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Birth month Baby
Dateline -- June 1952 --
Maurice Olley of General Motors began designing the Corvette,
the Korean War raged, the keel was laid for the U.S. Navy’s first
nuclear powered submarine – Nautilus – the fourth Navy ship
with that name, “I’ve Got a Secret” debuted on CBS TV,
I entered this world, and so did this 2” Baby Chiefs Special.
Like me, it's a wee bit the worse for wear, but we’re both still
doin’ okay for our age.
I reckon S&W shipped about 21,000 Baby Chiefs that year, and
I've seen a bunch of 'em, but this is only the second one I've
seen that shipped in June. I won it tonight. Seller's photo.
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03-01-2021, 12:15 AM
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At your age, if like the gun, all you have is a few freckles, a small bruise or two and look nice and solid with no screws loose, you're doing just fine.
Enjoy it!
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Congrats, Bob!! Birth year guns are always interesting to me.
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Congrats. It's always cool to find a birth year gun; even nicer to find a birth month gun like yours; and to find a birth day ?? 
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That is a very nice catch, Bob. I wish I had aged that well.
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I have a few birth year guns, and one a month before my birthday, but no birth month guns so far...maybe a WTB ad?
Nice find.
Robert
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Originally Posted by OLDSTER
... and to find a birth day ?? |
I'm not going to push my luck and ask for a letter just to be
disappointed that this little Baby didn't ship on my birthday. 
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... but no birth month guns so far...maybe a WTB ad?
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... or patience.
At one point I had eight birth year Chiefs -- four shipped the
month before me -- that spanned the spectrum of 1952 serial
numbers, including ones within a few hundred numbers of this
one. When I asked Dr. Roy for this one's ship date I held no
aspirations that it would actually have shipped in June.
Patience and perseverance, Robert. It will come. 
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03-01-2021, 11:29 AM
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Hmmm, the jury's still out on that last part.
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Patience and perseverance, Robert. It will come. |
I was born the first week of May and I have a birth year gun from April...i should letter it to see the exact date...it could be within a week of my birthday.
Robert
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WOW, that's one OLD gun! (and a nice one too!)
Just messin with ya Bob ......
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Congrats Bob!
According to pictured ad, S&W was celebrating your 1952 birth year too. Looking forward to your future 2052 "Howdy!" forum post about your century old Chiefs Special.
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That revolver is 10 years older than me and in MUCH better shape than I am.
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Congratulations Bob, another fine Baby!
Since you have so many, I have to show off my one and only Baby 😎.
Hoping for my Wife’s Birthday, but instead got August 29, 1952 (she was shipped in May). So you other Virgo’s from late August can be envious!
1952 was indeed a good year.
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I have a 3 digit K22 birth month/year gun. I'm perfectly happy knowing that. Don't know if it shipped on the 19th like I did, but I only got 1 chance out of 31 so I'm not sending for a letter either... but what if?
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Charlie, you're killin' me.
I know, I know.
Actually, it's not 31 (or 30) days. Only count Monday - Friday and the odds improve significantly.
I was a Friday baby.
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Happy Hour! 
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Holy Moly. That is a nice one. Hey, ask Roy!
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Here is my Birth Day gun.
Year, month, and, day.
Same as me.
The whole meal deal.
And, yes, it shipped on a Sunday as did I.
enjoy,
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