oneoleone, that is a sweet lookin' nickeled Chief's!
The Really Old Chief's Special Thread
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oneoleone
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JayCeeNC I just recently bought it from Lee Jarrett. It has been re-nickeled but was to pretty to pass on.
Jerry
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This thread is getting better al the time. Very nice stuff guys.
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scott williams
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i have s/n 147xx
Great stuff,guys. I did just happen to buy a 'Baby Chief' on a g.b. auction last month. It was Battle creek Mi. P.D. but not marked as such. It is the small frame and triggerguard 5screw,flatlatch,ramp fr,sight #45963.IT was listed as a model 36 4screw. And I promise pictures A.s.a.p. A good friend is coming by to take shots of the whole collection. Best to all Al
Erich
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Nice guns, everybody, and Ed . . . whoa!
Is it really 10-some ounces, like Elmer wrote?
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bmcgilvray
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Nice guns, everybody, and Ed . . . whoa!Is it really 10-some ounces, like Elmer wrote?
Just the gun for an afternoon's fun with +P158's, NOT!
Erich's right. Nice guns everybody!
The little red boxes are really cool. I also like the blue boxes without the Bangor Punta name on them. The '52 nickel is pretty eye-popping. I like the '68 gun with the clip holster. The Chief's Specials really look nice to me right up through the 60's when Bangor Punta had them. The '61 Square butt with the nice diamond grips trips my trigger. Scott's revolver has the satin blue finish rather than the later bright blue.
My first Model 36 was a 99% gun from 1966. It was a round butt and sported the flat latch and diamond grips. Must have been near the end of the run for those features. It came from a local gun shop with a story and supporting court documentation.
Seems a very old lady who lived down at Hillsboro was being constantly harassed by some fellow who was trying to bilk her out of her property. He was threatening and being verbally abusive and was at her constantly.
One day she'd had enough of him so met him at the door with her late husband's Chief's Special. Popped him right through the screen door, she did. He reeled off of the porch and fell in the yard. She went out after him and emptied the revolver into him.
They did her for manslaughter as I recall. The gun came to me with copies of depositions, court documents and the manila envelope in which it'd been stored. The guy at the polishing wheel must have been having a good day as it had a particularly pretty blue finish. Alas, I sold it when I was scrounging up the money to purchase a collectible car. Still have the factory letter around here somewhere.
Nice pieces! I just took delivery of a new nickle plated Model 36 and I wish it had that flat cylinder release on it. The latch on mine chewed the crap out of my strong hand thumb. I had to re-adjust my grip for this gun. It shoots well and looks kool, though.
Just got my letter on the Chief's Special Airweight that I posted a pic of earlier in this thread. Shipped in April of 1953 to Houston and apparently everything is original since the letter states that it wasn't until 1954 that the alloy cylinders were replaced with steel cylinders.
Another interesting thing that I didn't know was that the 605 guns that the U.S. Air Force ordered as part of the Air Crew Program were serial numbered starting with "A.F." and the numbers following that were 1795-2399. Seems as though that knowledge should keep someone from being duped by someone faking this gun.
Ed
Another interesting thing that I didn't know was that the 605 guns that the U.S. Air Force ordered as part of the Air Crew Program were serial numbered starting with "A.F." and the numbers following that were 1795-2399. Seems as though that knowledge should keep someone from being duped by someone faking this gun.
Ed
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GF
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JayCeeNC don't ever change anything on that gun. Those are the guns we wish could tell us stories!
Allen-frame
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Holy thread resurrection Batman! Smith17 is right,
and I finally got this picture thing down
This is that 'baby Chief' I bought last year.
Had big ol' uncle Mikes rubbers on it and advertised as a mod. 36.
I looked at the auction pictures closely,,, and counted 5 screws.
The stags came from a friend locally, I frame penciled on the back.
Regards ,,,Al
and I finally got this picture thing down
This is that 'baby Chief' I bought last year.
Had big ol' uncle Mikes rubbers on it and advertised as a mod. 36.
I looked at the auction pictures closely,,, and counted 5 screws.
The stags came from a friend locally, I frame penciled on the back.
Regards ,,,Al
Plottman Pops
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Chiefs Special 584xx 1955 W/ a lot of history!
Here is my one and only safe queen, an unfired pre 36. I had to buy another to have one to shoot.
oneoleone
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Here's a Chief's Special Target, 1 of 100 made in 1955.
Win712
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Ok, I'll do my part to keep this great older post alive. This is my latest aquisition a Pre-37 circa 1954, serial 438XX, has a steel cylinder and aluminum frame. I posted a question here elsewhere and discovered this revolver is around the transition period for the cylinder material change, John C. has a beautiful Chief's Special Airweight only 85 digits more recent than mine that has an aluminum cylinder. I tried a different set of RB J-diamond grips just yesterday only to discover that the grip horns extended above the grip frame about an 1/8". So this old revolver must have also the short grip frame common in earlier production. As can be seen the photo the old Chiefs Special Airweight has some character wear from over 35 years of carry by a retired local Sheriff department deputy detective. I going to wear it down some more because this is my new CCW gun. From a rest it will keep all 5 shots in 3" at 50' and about twice that size shooting one handed double action. Let's keep this post alive, lots of great info and some handsome old Chiefs'. Greg
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