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05-04-2015, 06:07 PM
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help identify model/year
Recently inherited grandpa's backup from nypd days served 60s and 70s ...R 60685 stamped inside cylinder frame..38 s&w spl. Stamped on barrel
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05-04-2015, 06:16 PM
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Welcome to the Forum.
That number dates to the early '70s.
Open the cylinder and see if it says Mod.- something. Should say M60, but I have never seen one with the flat latch or those stocks.
Almost looks like a nickle M36.
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05-04-2015, 06:22 PM
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Only markings I found are the ones mentioned in first post
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The serial number is on the butt of the revolver. Please check there.
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05-04-2015, 06:27 PM
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Took off grip # 58493 thx tim
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Nice, the serial # dates your Cheif's Special to around 1955ish.
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05-04-2015, 06:37 PM
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Any thoughts on model?
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The Chief's Special became the Model 36 in 1957
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Yes. As Smith357 told you, it is a Chiefs Special. At the time it was made there were no model numbers, it was simply called a Chiefs Special. By 1958, this model was called the Chiefs Special Model 36.
I'm sure you are aware by now that the stocks on your gun are not original.
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Or is the chiefs special the model? Is there a model# designation also?
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Thanks for the input gentlemen. Now I am off to clean it up
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Answer given before you posted . . . 
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Before 1957 all S & W revolvers and other guns had only a model name, like Chiefs Special. After 1957 they kept the name and also got a model number, like 36.
A 1955 gun only had a name; collectors will sometimes call a gun like yours a "pre-model 36" but it is not an official name. Hope this is helpful.
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