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Is there a reason why you would prefer they be ASM? Are they higher quality than other makers?
I told Jim my limit was $800!!! I HATE BIDDING WARS!
Is there a reason why you would prefer they be ASM? Are they higher quality than other makers?
Jim has mentioned most of what I would say about ASM but I will add:Is there a reason why you would prefer they be ASM? Are they higher quality than other makers?
The fit and finish was as good or better than any other Italian maker (love their case coloring.)
My interest in these is mainly to see if they are a very rare variant of ASM pocket pistol in which case they are MINE!!! If not, I will just enjoy the thrill of discovering what they are.
Thanks for the thorough response. Merry Christmas!Jim has mentioned most of what I would say about ASM but I will add:
They were advertised as having parts that interchanged with 1st. gen Colts in the EMF catalogs (so much so that they were bought by collectors needing to repair their originals) and so they look and heft like 1st. gens..
They out did all the competition in the variants that they produced for each model so they are a gold mine for a collector on a budget.
The mechanical quality was good unless you were into competition shooting and shot them around the clock.
The fit and finish was as good or better than any other Italian maker (love their case coloring.)
They produced a variant of most of their models in the eighties that had correctly Colt marked barrels and cylinders which are fairly rare.
There is a theory that these were produced for Colt at some point in the 2nd or 3rd gen lines and then orphaned by Colt when they stopped production.
I have noticed some ASM models with barrel addresses that read with the correct barrel address as held in the right hand as on real Colt products and I have found others where the address is correct but reads correctly when the revolver is held in the left hand. The right hand specimens seem harder to find and appear to be of a better blue finish than the left hand ones (although they are both better than unmarked ASM's.)
Willie Sutton and El Hombre were discussing these Colt marked ASM's many years back on THR and the thread caught my interest so I started collecting ASM primarily and especially those with Colt markings.
Unlike Uberti and Pietta, there will never be any more Armi San Marco products made which means their value will increase just like any other limited resource for which there is a demand.
My interest in these is mainly to see if they are a very rare variant of ASM pocket pistol in which case they are MINE!!! If not, I will just enjoy the thrill of discovering what they are.
It all goes back to the joy of opening presents as a child on Christmas morning!
The joy of finding treasure.
They are very well done Ivory imitations.My question is what are the grips made of?
If they're bone, ivory, or elk stag, there's another significant addition to the cost.