Funny how there's one or even a couple that attach themselves to you on a level the others don't.
Maybe it's because I cut my teeth on reloading with the 480 Ruger but of all the trades/sales I've made in the last few years there was a 480 bisley I had which was the one gun I truly regretted letting go. No thread compression, straight sights, well fitted grips, melted in my hand.. wasn't a Freedom Arms or a Linebaugh, but she was perfect to me man.
I tried to replace her with others, a 500JRH BFR, then the Smiths, tried a 460Rowland 1911, a Gucci Glock, FNX45 with red dot and light, others too... great guns, some with more power, maybe style, but just didn't light my spark. They were fun but I kept looking for something else.
So I started looking online in a GA trade forum we have here. Snagged a 480 Alaskan which got me going "gotta find me another bisley", someone had a 4 5/8" model and I thought, nah, I want a 6.5" again.. then someone else messaged me. The same dude I sold mine to over two years ago. Claimed he hasn't shot it once but has been hording components since.. must have been true because when I opened the case she was as I left her, covered in oil with four 480 snap caps still in the cylinder, so a little wheel and deal for the extra boolits and brass, dies, even the custom Mountainmolds 440gr mold (never thought I'd see that again either) and she's back home... and is never leaving me again.