I picked up my 442UC today. It has the best factory stocks I have ever held.
The trigger has a very even rolling press. It's the best out of the box J-frame trigger I have ever tried.
The sights are great. That big green dot really pops, and drops right into the U-notch rear sight.
I'm going to do some dry presses this evening, then hit the range tomorrow after church.
For the price, you'd be a moron not to snag one of they were available. I have paid a lot more for J-frames that were not this good after a trip to a smith. For basically $200-ish dollars over the MSRP of a basic 642, you are getting custom gun features.
Joel at Lipsey's, with input from Darryl and BrYan knocked this out of the park. A big tip of the Stetson to the folks at Smith&Wesson for producing such a solid revolver.