S&W 442 / 642 No-Lock - Rare?

[David E]

The original design called for it to be installed in the triggerguard. Turn it "on," it blocked the trigger.

Thing was, they were bulky and ugly. So ugly, sales would suffer. So they came up with the current unobtrusive design.

I never saw one with the safety mounted in the triggerguard, but I did see pictures of it, possibly even in their catalog.

 

[Guillermo]

we would then have to settle for MIM flame wars as #1 HOT topic

Now come on OF...you know we could find SOMETHING to flame about.

We had arguments before MIM and IL

 

[PaisteMage]

Yeah that makes sense

 

[David S]

Proper safety training for your kids is the right way to handle that, not adding a lock to a gun.
Thats "egging" the chicken