Originally Posted by mwtdvm

S&W strives for perfection and as such they often fiddle with the design. The original is a "no dash".. after that the sky's the limit. If you are a collector, then this is important.

I am primarily an "accumulator" but I recently had the opportunity to acquire a S&W 52 no dash. It will fit in my safe beside the 52-1 and the 52-2.

So I guess I have "saved the whales" and collected the whole set..