The Beat-Up Chiefs Special Thread...

[TheHobbyist]

@ Wyatt, really like those old colts there!

 

[Iggy]

Nuttin' special.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Nuttin' special.

Yeah it is. I'll forever associate it with Wyoming and that great sense of feeling small and trivial in wide open spaces, like your avatar conveys.

 

[nostraDONus]

Picked this one up a few months ago. Must have been stored a bit damp but mechanically great. Not shot very much. I refinished a set of grips to dress it up a bit.

 

[stantheman86]

I love it! Guns that have actually been used hard and for their intended purpose! Purist collectors avert your eyes

I don't have any beater J-frames, but these are my "range guns", a Model 10-10 that was so loose I just replaced the cylinder assembly and dropped in a DAO hammer. Added a trigger shoe that was full of glue inside that I had to scrape out, and a T-grip. The 28-2 was a rattletrap, the cylinder swallowed 4 .002 bearings and the yoke needed one too, I am almost afraid to fire .357 in it, so it's more of a beefy .38 for me now. Purely a range plinker, got it for about $400 which seems to be a deal for a 4" 28 these days. The 10-5 needed a complete rebuild, the last owner tinkered it to death, and looks like it sat in a damp rag for a decade. After a few new parts, it's a tack driver.

 

[Combat]

This is the one I carry around in the summer months. It's light weight and 3" barrel is just about perfect for snake control or plinking.

 

[sigp220.45]

My faithful old NP3ed Model 36, showing battle scars from taking a tumble from a cheap ankle holster while I was being dragged by a car. It was then run over. Still shoots great.

 

[SWMod10]

My faithful old NP3ed Model 36, showing battle scars from taking a tumble from a cheap ankle holster while I was being dragged by a car. It was then run over. Still shoots great.

Now that's a gun with a story.

 

[walnutred]

Putting sentimental feelings aside, how much should someone expect to pay if they came across a Chief's Special like the ones shown in this thread and wanted to buy it? Most guns are advertised as NIB or LNIB or fired 40 rounds...these are solid, workhorse guns, but how much discount should be available for the added "character"?

Here is one I bought last month for $235, a little rougher looking than most posted here but I like it. Ditched the rubbers first thing and put on a set of Hip Grips.

 

[gizamo]

 

[Scary Gary]

I love the 10 .
I love the Aircrew Survival Knife.
I love the Zippo.
I love the flashlight.
I love the Holster.
I love the Propaganda.
I love it all.
Too cool Sir.

 

[sheriffoconee]

The OP asked for Model 36's, but it seems that all our old worn pocket guns are allowed, so here is my 49. Formerly a Knoxville PD gun, this is my every day carry, back up, every time I have my pants on gun.
Nice and tight, good shooter, and 100% reliable.

 

[bmcgilvray]

58 years old and still hanging in there, seeing occasional use.

Since the precedent has been set how about a 78 year old Colt Banker's Special in .38 New Police (.38 S&W). Just the thing for those wimpy bankers who couldn't handle the the recoil of the Detective Special and its .38 Special cartridge.

 

[stantheman86]

Love the look of guns that have been used, i.e. carried on duty, in combat, tossed in glove boxes, carried in a pocket with a lighter and coins, etc.!

Some of these "purist collectors" act as if a gun that has been actually holstered, fired and carried is worthless. J-frames are carry guns, not safe queens!

 

[rebelray84]

Love the look of guns that have been used, i.e. carried on duty, in combat, tossed in glove boxes, carried in a pocket with a lighter and coins, etc.!

Some of these "purist collectors" act as if a gun that has been actually holstered, fired and carried is worthless. J-frames are carry guns, not safe queens!

AMEN brother preach it!

 

[walnutred]

Colt Bankers Specials have a shorter cylinder and frame than the Detective Special. Now, next time you hold that revolver imagine it chambered in 9x19 +P+ and you see what the 9mm Federal should/could have been.

 

[gizamo]

I love the 10 .
I love the Aircrew Survival Knife.
I love the Zippo.
I love the flashlight.
I love the Holster.
I love the Propaganda.
I love it all.
Too cool Sir.

Gary,

Thanks...but it is actually a Chief Special...

It was bought two days before the 82nd Airborne deployed in response to the Tet Offensive....at a lil' gunshop outside FayetteNam..

 

[deanodog]

Here is mine I picked up cheap. It had been pocket carried with change and keys.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I only have two #36's, neither of which is very beat up. There is a bit of holster wear and a few spots of surface rust on them though.

 

[Scary Gary]

Gary,

Thanks...but it is actually a Chief Special...

It was bought two days before the 82nd Airborne deployed in response to the Tet Offensive....at a lil' gunshop outside FayetteNam..

I nailed the Zippo though didn't I ?