American guns, for all of the romance we tend to associate with them, were and are almost entirely made in a batch process. The guns from our Golden Era (1890s thru the 1930s)were mass-produced in a process that had enough human interaction to at least ensure some art and balance went into the final product. Post WW-II guns were generally shown even less interaction with skilled workers and the final product reflects that fact. There are exceptions, but most were fairly pedestrian. English guns have a different history. More later.
