I also read that the Dance cylinder is a few thousandths longer than the 1860 cylinder.
But the rebated 1860 cylinder serves as a replacement or extra cylinder.
That may be true, but I doubt it because the bolt won't come up far enough to engage the cylinder stop slots securely.
I was incorrect about the Pietta Dance cylinder being longer than the Pietta Colt 1860 cylinder.
The Dance cylinder is actually shorter than the Pietta Colt 1860 cylinder by ~120 thousandths.
However the 1860 cylinder does work in the gun as a replacement once a slight adjustment is made to the breech end of the barrel.
But that doesn't have anything to do with the cylinder stop / bolt.
The Kirst Konverter website states:
"The .45 Colt conversion for the Pietta made Dance Brothers revolver uses the exact same Konverter as the 1860 Colt Army. However, to convert the Pietta Dance revolver to .45 Colt you need to remove 120 thousandths of an inch from the breech end of the barrel. Note that the original Dance percussion cylinder will no longer fit, however a Pietta 1860 Army percussion cylinder will fit." --->>>
https://www.kirstkonverter.com/dance-brothers-civil-war-revolver.html
To reiterate, the Pietta Colt 1860 cylinder is ~120 thousandths longer than the Pietta Dance cylinder.
And once the 1860 Kirst Converter cylinder has been installed and fitted, then the longer Pietta Colt 1860 cylinder must be used after that.
expat_alaska,
I'm glad that you caught my error because it helps to make it more clearly understood by everyone, that there's a slight anomoly with the Dance compared to other Pietta models when it comes to installing a Kirst Converter.
Also, Dixie sells a replacement Pietta Dance .44 cylinder for $99.50 --->>>
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index/page/product/product_id/7923
On another note,
The [original] Dance cylinder is slightly longer than an original Colt 1851 cylinder.
This is from the Pietta website which states:
"The .36 caliber Colt Navy cylinders, featuring the W. L. Ormsby engraving of the Texas Navy’s victory over the Mexican Navy in 1843, were 1-11/16 inches in length, whereas the Dance, which could be chambered in either .36 or .44 caliber, used a plain unmarked cylinder that was slightly longer." --->>>
https://www.pietta.it/post/dixie-gu...s-revolver-the-confederacy-s-1851-navy-2-of-2
These two references may have been the reason for my confusion in my original post above.