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s&w 442 with internal lock vs. s&w 442 no internal lock
JimP:
--- Quote ---As far as I can recall the 442 is not completely rust proof
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No gun made of steel, which is a ferrous metal, is rust proof.
Stainless just stains less. Less rust, and less is better.
Stainless steel has other problems, though- galling is one. Stainless steel likes to stick to stainless steel......
bigmountainskiercfg:
For those of you that have the 442/642/bodyguard? How bad is the recoil? I have yet to shoot one? I shoot on a pretty regular basis a s&W 686 .357 but its a 3 inch barrel? I keep going back and forth between 642 or maybe a pm9, xds or similar semi auto.
bk09:
--- Quote from: bigmountainskiercfg on July 23, 2012, 10:34:48 PM ---For those of you that have the 442/642/bodyguard? How bad is the recoil? I have yet to shoot one? I shoot on a pretty regular basis a s&W 686 .357 but its a 3 inch barrel? I keep going back and forth between 642 or maybe a pm9, xds or similar semi auto.
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The first 2 hundred rounds I had to keep tweaking my grip. The first 100 I cut up my thumb pretty good on the cylinder release button, and the next 100 or so I was still getting used to the recoil. Now I load 125gr Pb flat point bullets with any range of titegroup powder. They all feel the same recoil-wise to me. Shoot it a lot and get used to it(as you should with a ccw) and it actually becomes controllable and is pretty accurate. I have held a lot of the small ccw's like the Kahr CW40s, LCP, LC9 and similar sized guns and much prefer the feel of the 642. With the J frame I actually mount my thumb securely to the frame to help keep a grip, which would be much harder with a semi-auto that has a slide that has to move. The only gun I want to look into now that is meant for just CC is the s&w Shield. Chances are I won't like the feel since I haven't liked the feel of any other tiny semi auto, but it's worth a shot.
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