My 52-2 isn't as pretty as your 52-1, and a previous owner mangled the front sight installing some colored insert, but I still feel lucky to have found it here in California:
I have a 52-2 I use for center fire portion a 3 gun shoot in Bullseye. I think this it the sweetest factory competition gun I have ever shot. I have never have any work done to it, I began shooting it right out of the box.
A model 52 no dash that I had for number of years. It shot beautifully and felt great in my hand. I just wish that the magazines would hold a round or 2 more. The jframe limit seemed a bit silly for a gun this big.
The magazines can be modified to hold more than 5 rounds. However the standard bullseye shooter only fires 5 rounds per string so the 5 round magazines were fine for the shooters the pistols were designed for.
A model 52 no dash that I had for number of years. It shot beautifully and felt great in my hand. I just wish that the magazines would hold a round or 2 more. The jframe limit seemed a bit silly for a gun this big.