Ol asm really seem to have stuck in my hart as the nicest pieces I've ever got to handle an own.
If I find one from the 1970s that has that good fitting an finishing and the high quality bluing I'll probably go around
400 yanki dollars.
As far as standards and preference and what's the best goes, as they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
How many of us have a preference for something because of an impression made on us in our childhood.
I heard for years that the Roger and Spencer was the best cap and ball revolver ever made, far superior to colt & remington they say, but I didn't care, because I wasn't really interested in what people claim is the very best, I was interested in what I like and feel comfortable with, and for $1,000 for a Roger and Spencer , I'm figuring 'wow I could get a pair of what I like and a bag of ammunition to go with it.
But one became available and they are a neat looking piece . . .
So I've had and carried it for some time and while I don't hate it it certainly is far from being the best, & it's not even very handy.
the muzzle heavy ol walker is even more handy than the r&s is.