yessir, so many shops and gunsmiths back in the day ,customized, promoted the work that they do, and wanted to come up with a "seller" a "niche item" advertizing their stuff, their work...in this case the "Metalife finish" or was it even "Armaloy" ? out of texas back then? I don't recall now, , then their "porting", EDM slots in the front top of the barrel to reduce muzzle jump, their trigger jobs, lockwork, and yes even engraving the top strap with their "logo",,,I had one long ago it was called a Tomahawk?? too nice and flashy to take out in the woods hunting so sold it to some "BBQ cowboy."...as I often say this shows a "sum of the total of the parts" or in this case the "work" done to a basic Ruger Single action revolver....add it up, like noted above they took a GOOD work gun, and "pimped their ride", so to speak....... a LOT of old timers I Know will say that between Mag-Na-Port, and Poly Choke, they screwed up the values of all too many guns............