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Cabela's finally got the .44 5.5" one back in stock, and I just picked it up on sale for $199! Happy to request the thread here be closed!

It wouldn't take any convincing to get me to have a 8" version, as I've had one for a while! Piettas can be finicky (or at least older ones), but I've had nothing but fun and good luck with the two I have. I'm just itching for the Sheriff-sized one to complete the collection, as it were.

I've managed to find some Uberti makes of the right size, but my deal is that I already have a .45LC conversion cylinder for the Pietta, and Uberti is ever so slightly different in dimensions that the cylinders aren't swappable. In particular, I think the Pietta cylinder is something like a gap differential of 26/1000 of an inch too long compared to the Uberti. Considering that the cylinders cost as much as the guns sometimes do, I'm a Pietta man for a while!

Incidentally, while the hunt continues for a 5.5" 1858, I snagged a blued 1863 Pocket Remington I found while scouring for its big brother. Range reports shall come this weekend for that new gem!

... title says it all! I've been hunting for months for a Pietta manufacture Remington 1858 in 44 caliber, with either a 5.5 or a 6.5 inch barrel. With it being an antique, normally I'd just find it online and buy it direct, but my crawling online has turned up nothing in stock from the major blackpowder retailers, and I haven't been able to find anything secondhand locally in stores or at gun shows, either.

Ergo, if anyone has one they're willing to part with, let me know!

(edit - 6.5 inch barrel would be acceptable in a pinch, I suppose, but the 5.5 Sheriff size is the dream!)