suggestions are the for want of different strokes = opinions
and " OPINIONs are like...well you know the old adage ...everybody has one " !
so for two cents I'll offer mine with no dog in the fight....
If I were to buy a SSA tomorrow... I'd be looking at the EMF Great Western II , in particular the PADADIN ( except for the grips , I'd opt for walnut )
or the CALIFORNIAN, STANDARD GRIP, 45LC, 7 1/2"
that said , I don't have one " Great Western II" but for the cash outlay, you will not find a better deal.
what I do have are a pair of pre- retraceable firing pin Uberti's circa 2015 ish
a blued 7 1/2 Cattleman and a Stainless steel 7/12" both are FINE guns
I also have a 2011 COLT SAA ....I stand on the fact Colt is making or was making quality SAA's in the last number of years.
( with perhaps the bad years of quality behind them )
They produce only a few a year now (if at all ) and the custom shop no longer builds them.... unless something has changed since 2018.
So...If I were to get a SAA tomorrow ? Great Western II @ $565.00 MSRP