Lock free S&W 642's on the way

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As of about 1:30pm today, MY 642-1 SN DCMXXXX was bought and paid for and safely stored before my wife ever noticed.
 
I talked to the guys at my LGS today and they called RSR while I was there. RSR must have received more 642-1s from S&W because they had 1,100 in stock. I sure wish I could afford another one but I have one with a lock and one without and I am out of money.:(
 
It'll be interesting if, and when, Smith comes up with any other revolver frames without internal locks, say something in K or L-frame configurations.

THEN, we MIGHT say the S&W folks have FINALLY caught on to what their customers want!
 
Thanks to THR and the posters here for this thread

Hi everybody. Longtime lurker; first post here.

I just wanted to thank the posters here and on the 642 megathread (where I'm only on page 68 of part 1) for tipping me off to this release of no-lock 642s. I have a pre-lock 442-1 that is my main CCW and have been wanting a similar no-lock backup to it, and was able to have my LGS order me one for $429. I should have it early next week.

What brought me to THR was a search for more S&W info after seeing the no-lock 40-1 in American Rifleman and immediately ordering that one. It is a real joy to shoot and will carry most of the practice duty for the Airweights, and the extra 5 ounces of weight plus a heavy bronze T-grip make it much easier to shoot and faster too, with much less muzzle flip. It's a rock in my pocket compared to the 442, but still very carryable.

Anyway, back to lurking. Keep the good stuff coming...
 
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I have two on the way. :)

The RSR rep my dealer talked to said they had plenty of them in stock. They also said there may be more no-lock S&Ws in other models coming! :D
 
Well, I picked mine up from Correia this morning. He posted on his blog that he had 2 more for sale. I wonder if he sold both today.
 
It makes sense there are another 1,100 in stock. S&W is making 4,000 and RSR Group got an initial shipment of 700 on Tuesday. I'm sure the rest will follow shortly. Now that 1,800 have been sent to RSR there are only 2,200 left to be sent.

Gator,
For real??? Or are you pulling our leg??? It's too good to be true S&W might actually be making no-lock revolver again. I know the re-release of their Classic Revolvers has been lack luster at best but I still never dreamed they would actually reverse their decision to put locks on everything they sell. The only bad thing about the possibility of them ditching the locks is, I can't afford all the revolvers I want to buy!! It took so long to find a no-lock revolver in the past I had time to save up the money while looking!! LOL
 
That's what the RSR rep said, but I've also heard that these 642s are over runs from a foreign contract, or that they were assembled from some older pre-lock frames that were lying around.

I'm thinking positive. :)

I'll buy a Classic Model 21 in a heartbeat if they make one without the lock!
 
That's what the RSR rep said, but I've also heard that these 642s are over runs from a foreign contract, or that they were assembled from some older pre-lock frames that were lying around.
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Well, I imagine he wouldn't be lying...after all, that would be quite dumb to kill any "Gotta buy it NOW if I'm gonna" feelings to this current lock-free release...

Here's hoping he didn't just get some bad info!!!

For that matter, even if this lot IS just "leftovers," they still MIGHT be planning on dumping the lock! :)
 
Hopefully S&W pays attention to how fast these things are going.....
I may have to send them a friendly email with kudos on its release .
Might would help if a few other online friends emailed them also ;)
 
They don't seem to be selling particularly fast. RSR still has 1100 of a 3000 production run, and many are still on dealer's shelves. Considering the fact that there's been a furor among certain people, with guys buying a gun (some guys buying several) that many of them don't even want, I'd say sales are brisk but not exciting. When the dust settles and people calm down, a lot of these guns will be hitting the used market at bargain prices. That'll be the time to buy.
 
They don't seem to be selling particularly fast. RSR still has 1100 of a 3000 production run, and many are still on dealer's shelves.
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Well most of this isn't even a month old, with only internet forums and some select email flyers as advertising. The word really isn't out, unless you follow forums like this word of mouth is only way you'd know, and that takes time. If they have gone through near 2,000 guns in a few weeks time out of a run that wasn't marketed, that's pretty good!
 
They are selling better/faster than the lock equipped revolvers locally. At least around here, there are finally orders being placed for new S&W revolvers. My FFL was surprised..........and pleased.
 
"When the dust settles and people calm down, a lot of these guns will be hitting the used market at bargain prices. That'll be the time to buy."

You're dreaming. Have you seen any locked versions of the 642 at bargain prices ? I sure haven't. So, why would a more desirable version of the same gun start showing up at bargain prices, especially since there was only a run of 4,000 ?
It's S&W's most popular gun. There will always be a market, particularly for the no-lock version.
Before these came out, the 642-1 was bringing $100 - $250 more than the locked version on Gunbroker.
So, I'm betting when these are gone, all you are going to see is them commanding a higher price on Gunbroker. There won't be any bargains.
 
Interesting thought Matt-J2. If S&W indeed keeps making new lock free revolvers, and expands it to other models, the lock equipped models of those revolvers will be essentially worthless.............. and ugly :)
 
I'll buy a Classic Model 21 in a heartbeat if they make one without the lock!
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Gator,
I feel the same way about the M627 Pro. I would love to own a 8 round .357 Magnum that I can load with or without full moon clips.
 
Well, considering how much I like my 642-1, and not knowing if S&W will ever decide to offer a standard catalog/production version of this non-ILS Airweight again, I decided to go ahead and order one of these newly released ones ...

If this keeps up I may end up owning as many J-frames as I do 1911's. :scrutiny:
 
I am sitting here dry-firing my new non-lock 642 from FBMG!

Sold my last Glock to buy it.

I would buy a classic 21 non-lock in a heartbeat!!!
 
I realize all the conflicting information regarding the run of 642's without IL, so I'll add mine! I e-mailed the COO of S&W last night encouraging them to expand this to other product lines, and received the following response this morning:

Thank you for taking time to write. We appreciate the feedback. The Model 642 is a special run only. We had some frame in our inventory that were the old style. We will continue to manufacture the revolver line with
the internal lock.

Thank you
kf


FWIW!
 
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