Pietta Great Western II Premier 44-40 Win 5.5" 6rd Revolver

The Great Western II Premier is Pietta's top grade take on the 1873 Colt single action, built true to the original and chambered here in 44-40 Win. It has a 5.5 inch blued steel barrel, a blued six shot cylinder and an exposed hammer. The alloy steel frame is color case hardened the traditional way, with bone and charcoal instead of chemicals, so every frame carries its own pattern of colors.

Pietta treats the Premier as a showpiece of old world gunmaking. The walnut grips are carefully checkered and fitted to the frame, and the screws, cylinder pin and ejector knob are nitride blued to match the barrel and cylinder. Before a Premier is boxed, a member of the Pietta family personally checks it. The 5.5 inch barrel keeps the revolver well balanced in the hand and easy to carry in a belt holster, and the 44-40 chambering gives it one of the classic cartridges of the frontier era. It is a revolver built to be shot at cowboy action matches and handed down afterward.