You will have to call S&W or provde the serial number for an answer.
Your Smith and Wesson model 36-1 chief,s special was made in the year 1969 with the serial number you have supplied.
The Smith and wesson model 36 was made from 1957-1966.The model 36-1 was started in 1967.
s&w mod. 36-7 serial BKE 25xxWhat year was my Smith and Wesson
1981
Your early J frame model 36 Smith and Wesson was made in the year 1955 with the serial number that you have provided.
No way to answer without a serial number.
@1972
Sometime in the 80's
Impossible to answer without a serial number.
@1952
@1973
Your serial number indicates that your early model 36 was made in the year 1954.