do current 442 have locks?
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You can find new 442s both with and without the lock, just keep looking.
There are some 442-2 that have the lock, and some don't. I don't know what the S&W product code is, but it is on their website or someone here will have it. I am pretty sure Buds had some without the lock available, but I haven't looked lately.
The SKU for the no-lock 442-2 is 150554
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I looked on Bud's site just this morning and they do have the non-lock version. I planned on getting one, but a local guy had a new, never fired lock type with a box of Winchester Supreme Elite personal protection ammo for $340! I couldn't pass it up and bought it a few hours ago. I can live with a lock at that price.
Oh, and it is a 442-2 with lock
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$340! I couldn't pass it up and bought it a few hours ago. I can live with a lock at that price.
I wouldn't be able to pass on that either.
One of this forums members has new ones in the guns for sale on this site
but a local guy had a new, never fired lock type with a box of Winchester Supreme Elite personal protection ammo for $340! I couldn't pass it up and bought it a few hours ago. I can live with a lock at that price.
You can use the money U saved on the 442 to get the lock removed. ~
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You can use the money U saved on the 442 to get the lock removed. ~
Can it be removed??? I so, how do they plug the hole?
I have no intention of using it anyway. In fact I don't even have the keys for it. When I met the seller at his work, he had forgot to bring them, but says he is sending them to me.
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One of my working 642's is a locker and I removed all the lock guts and left the hole. Doesn't look good, but like the greasy wrench out in my garage that doesn't look good, it works just fine.
Yes, it can be removed.
They fill the hole with a plug. But if I were having it done, I would also want the "arrow" removed from the frame.
Maybe there's someone here who's had it done that can post pics of the job?
Bought a NIB 442 w/o the infernal lock from Bud's yesterday.
The "check is in the mail" + 5 day wait + 2nd day air.
I'm looking forward to this gun being my new CCW gun. I also ordered a DeSantis Nemesis for it.
Derek at Bud's said that's the only model they have right now w/o the lock.
The "check is in the mail" + 5 day wait + 2nd day air.
I'm looking forward to this gun being my new CCW gun. I also ordered a DeSantis Nemesis for it.
Derek at Bud's said that's the only model they have right now w/o the lock.
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I just recieved my no lock 442 Pro Series last week.
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They are the work of the Devil.
I don't own a gun with the il, and won't buy one. I doubt whether they have any real effect on reliability, but they represent a departure from the old, accepted way of manufacturing S&W revolvers. I am a traditionalist. I own only one S&W with a non-pinned barrel (Mountain Gun 625-5) and won't buy any more.
I think it is more an aesthetic matter with many of us. The little butthole looking lock cavity is ugly.
All that said, I wouldn't rule out mechanical difficulties associated with the lock.
Edited to add: I did buy a new 442 without the lock for my daughter back in January.
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The 442 with a SKU number having a 6 for the second digit (i.e. x6xxxx) has the internal lock, whereas the 442 with a zero for the second digit (i.e. x0xxxx) does not have the lock. If you dealer does not have any, I am fairly sure RSR, an S&W distributor (they only sell to dealers) has both the 442 and 642 WITHOUT internal lock in stock. (I do not work for them.)
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