In those days, a lot of older cops carried detective specials as their secondary or off duty gun, while younger guys tended to carry Chiefs Specials (Model 36s once numerical designations were assigned). Shown is an early example, serial number 689. The S&W’s Chiefs Special popularized the five-shot. I carried it as a backup to my S&W Model 58 revolver, or in my pocket when serving papers for local lawyers or earning a $10 bill for accompanying finance company assistant managers when they re-possessed cars. 38 Special snub was a S&W Chiefs Special, an early one with the flat latch. 32 S&W example is shown with the re-introduced Centennial LW model (aka Model 42) and the more recent Model 42 Classic.Īs with many reading this, my first five-shot. S&W’s Safety Hammerless “Bicycle” revolver was a popular late 19th Century/early 20th Century concealment 5-shot DA only. I also owned a S&W Safety Hammerless “Bicycle Revolver” with a two-inch barrel. After I traded that little “Owl Head,” I missed it and finally found another one a few years ago. 32 S&W cartridges was expensive for me in those days. The first five-shot snub I owned was an Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless with a trigger safety lever à la Glock.
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