Howdy
This seems as appropriate a place to post this as anywhere.
I attended the Amoskeag Auction in Manchester NH a few weeks ago.
There was an American that I was sorely tempted to bid on. The American model is the only S&W #3 Top Break that I don't have an example of yet. It was a parts gun, not all original, and the hinge was a bit loose. But if the price had been right I would have bid on it.
As luck would have it, I won something else earlier in the day that ate up most of my funds.
And the American went for more $$$ than I wanted to spend.
http://www.amoskeagauction.com/112/1511.phpOne of these days I will find an American. And it will be fun loading heeled bullets for it.