Cheifs special in great condition

[Surprisewheeler]

Here is a new to me model 60 2" in 38spl. I'm not having much luck searching on how to date it, other than its pinned. Im still learning a lot on here. Ser# R21xxxx Grampa said some of his guns had not been fired. What you all think, has this one been fired?

 

[sophie]

Nice gun and congratulations.
The gun does look to have been fired when looking at the front of the cylinder and chambers. That light corrosion or freckling should clean off the cylinder with little effort. How does the barrel bore look?

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass! Your gun was made in the 1977-78 time frame. It's quite nice looking and if it was fired, it was infrequent. Congratulations!

 

[Surprisewheeler]

Here's the barrel.

 

[Surprisewheeler]

Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass! Your gun was made in the 1977-78 time frame. It's quite nice looking and if it was fired, it was infrequent. Congratulations!

Thank you!

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Based on the factory standard to fire three shots I'd suggest your Model 60 was fired after it left the factory, and someone did a nice job of cleaning the face of the cylinder.

Factory-only fired revolvers typically only have three powder burn rings on the face of the cylinder.

Yours has none, suggesting someone has fired it and cleaned the face of the cylinder after they fired it.

One guy's opinion.

 

[Jakerin]

The barrel looks awful. I'd show a close up but this site always tells me this when I try to post a pic.

"This JPEG image has the incorrect file extension."

 

[yugolovr]

Nice model 60. They are a great J frame

 

[Surprisewheeler]

The barrel looks awful. I'd show a close up but this site always tells me this when I try to post a pic.

"This JPEG image has the incorrect file extension."

Finally got around to cleaning it. Not sure what was inside the barrel but it had not been cleaned in maybe a decade. Brushed it right out. Now she's ready for a few rounds.