Centennial thread

[haywood]

I'll keep it going. Carry and shooting these on and off since 2012.

 

[jcelect]

Centennials

I have added a few since my last post on this thread!

And my mostest favoritest shooter with Curt Harlow grips!

These are hot ones to shoot but with the right grips they can be fun!
jcelect

 

[NCBeagle]

Great thread. I like and regularly carry centennials. Have some of the less common variants. But, one of my favorites is a basic, regular production, Model 442-2 from about 2005. It has a few thousand rounds downrange and lots of ankle, pocket and appendix carry time. It is super reliable. Was my "go everywhere" gun for years. Now, I am so attached to it that I will not fly with it or take it some places. Carried it today.

 

[photoman]

 

[photoman]

 

[photoman]

 

[photoman]

 

[JH1951]

Glad to see this thread still has a pulse.
Here is my pre-Model 40, satin blue, 4-screw, that likely shipped in early 1955..... (still has the safety pin):

 

[rockquarry]

Glad to see this thread still has a pulse.
Here is my pre-Model 40, satin blue, 4-screw, that likely shipped in early 1955..... (still has the safety pin):

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To me, a real Centennial has a grip safety. That's a real Centennial.

 

[sigp220.45]

I can finally contribute:

 

[Engine49guy]

While the early guns are really cool IMO the squeeze safety (likely inherited from their top break predecessors) is really a useless feature and likely why they eliminated it.
I always carried a Model 37 or 38 but have a Model 042 in satin blue been debating about putting into ccw rotation.

 

[NCBeagle]

Here are two more. Models 042. The most attractive centennial in my view. The nickel Model 40 a close second. Wanted one since the first time that I saw the picture in the Catalog of Smith & Wesson 3rd Edition. Shiny blue and anodized alloy frame. It's a winner. Sort of like the "black tie" version of my 442-2 posted above.