Long Cylinder Colt 1860 Conversion

[Long Johns Wolf]

Howdy to the campfire. I really like those pics of the Long Cylinder Conversions in D. Adlers recent book. The background info in McDowells's got me interested. And this rear sight dove-tailed into the barrel looks pretty functional, much more so than the RS on an OT.
Does any of you pards & pardettes out there happen to have a newly built variant of these conversions? Or even built one? Would you care to share pics?
Because I got bitten by this virulent conversion bug and would want one in the modern .44 Colt cal, possibly a snubby with a 5" barrel.
For those in the know which replica did you use to start with, Uberti, Pietta or even Centaure?
Is there enough metal that a .44 cal. liner can be used in these .44 C&B barrels?
Do you know a smith who would lathe a straight conversion cylinder and ship it to Germany?
Which stumbling blocks did you experience when you made this conversion and how did you overcome them?
As you pards & pardettes realize now this German cowboy needs all the help he can get to be cured.
Thanks!
Long Johns Wolf

[Coffinmaker]

Long Johns,

I'd suggest e-mail to Bob Millington @ armssport and also to Kenny Howell @ R&D.  Kenny has been known to drop what he is doing and jump on something different just for fun.  Be worth a try!!

Coffinmaker