I made a pilgrimage to a little gunshop out in the farm lands and came across six 2nd generation rebarreled Colt SAA's in 357 with tuned actions and lots of wear, finishwise.
I chose the earliest one (1958) even though the frame is now silver. These were used by a cowboy shooter who died at the young age of 45. This one was $900 but I gave them $850 for it. That's tops I would go on this gun. 1958 is the first year of the post war Colt SAA's in .44 Special so I lined up a gunsmith semi-locally who can rebore the cylinder and put my spare .44 Special barrel on it for $245. I'll do that when I scrounge up the money.