When Colt dropped the SAA, USFA seemed to really start doing well. Don't know if they hired some of Colt's retirees, who have now permanently retired, or if they just could not maintain the quality, but it sounds like they are moving to guns that are less labor intensive to manufacture.
Colt has retooled and is making the SAA again, apparently to very good quality standards, and that's likely to squeeze other people out of a very limited market.
I chased a .44 Special New Frontier SAA for 20 years, 5.5" barrel just like Skeeter wrote about. When I finally got it, it simply never felt right to me. I'd much rather have a Ruger Bisley, which feels much better and can handle hotter loads.
