Bunch of them, but the foremost would probably be:
It's a Colt New Service with D.W. King work including those "speed holes" as part of a worked over action, a ramped red square post rear sight, with a "Super Police" rear sight.
The engraving is helpfully explained by a letter to (and response from) Mr. Askins way back when:
If any of you are familiar with a gunshop in Bothell Washington called DJ's then you are undoubtedly familiar with the wonderful man who is no longer with us; Bruce Jordan. He was instrumental in teaching me about guns and most importantly what quality in firearms means. I could never really reach the rarified air of what he loved collecting (just couldn't afford it), but the quality I learned led me to the intersection of affordability and extreme quality: The Smith & Wesson.
Of course this tutelage also led me to discover what fine work D.W. King was doing to guns, and of course I became a King and finely modified revolver fanatic.
This particular gun was one that Bruce knew about for years and eventually convinced the owner to part with it so that it could come to my hands.
I miss Bruce a lot. This would be the last gun I would ever part with.
And man, would it be painful parting with the 11 guns that are behind this one for favorites, with some kind of sentimental attachment to them all basically at this point;
Not *quite* your favorite
What is your Favorite Gun?
That list of top 10 is kind of wrong at this point. Two guns have entered my collection which belong in here, but I am not sure how to wedge them in. I think maybe I will need to make a top 15?