Welcome aboard from Wyoming.

You made NO mistakes!

The baby Chiefs Specials shipped from the factory from 1950 to 1953; I'm betting yours went out in 1953. The highest serial number "baby" was just shy of 46000. Baby meant the grip frame was about ⅛" shorter than the one that followed in 1953, and yours has the first-style flat thumb latch. For comparison's sake, my sn 21249 shipped in October 1952.

The barrel is 1⅞", but the company identified it as a 2".

Congrats on a great buy. Enjoy

Slàinte,

Bob

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Bob