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Originally Posted by hsguy
Here is a Chief's Special Target. It is a bit interesting in that it is not model marked which started in 1957 but shipped in 1961. The grips are not original. The box numbers to the gun and the "TAR" was most likely added at the factory.
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Please see my post #6 above. Yours could be one of the 14 if not stamped Mod 36!! The next 198 were in '59 and would be model stamped.
Very nice little treasure you have.
Chiefs Specials in 1955 were the then fairly "new" and cool hideout gun of the time, so probably not popular with target sights on it which were most likely slow sellers.
It probably sat in the inventory vault until '61. The next 198 made in '59 were stamped 36 but went into the vault after yours. So 1st in, last out. Yours was probably one of the last sold of those two production runs. Just my speculation.
It's good you have the box, the top design of which may help us date it as will the serial number. Which flat latch does your gun have?
Difference between 2nd and 3rd Flat latch, top view:
