I just read an article about this and it seems a possibility that Bass Pro is going to keep the Cabela's name and their stores as a "somewhat" separate entity, leaving Cabela's to primarily address the hunting/shooting aspect and Bass Pro to primarily address the fishing/boating aspect. Keeping our collective fingers crossed...
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/10/03/bass-pro-plans-to-keep-cabelas-front-and-center.html
I have been looking for Cabela's to put the Pietta 1851 Navy steel .36 pistol on sale (normal price: $250) every day for some time now (just because I "need" another one!
) and snagged one yesterday in a one-day sale for
$180 with free shipping!. I have never seen them offer one at that low of a price before. Maybe a loss leader? Today the price is back up to $250 and no free shipping.
My reasoning for snatching up this pistol is that I need it to complete my Pietta 1851 .36 six-pistol historical fantasy (using 3 pistols based upon a 2014 [CM] "tail" grip profile, a 2015 [CN], and this new 2016 [CP], the latter two having the newer grip profile): 1851 Navy Second Model (SB TG), 1851 Navy Third Model (RB TG), Griswold & Gunnison, Schneider & Glassick, Leech & Rigdon, and my fave fantasy 1851: steel frame, SB TG, part octagon/part round barrel, and plain cylinder. Colt should have produced it as the 1851 Navy .36 Dragoon pistol. I love the lines of this pistol. I will post a pic of them all when I receive the new pistol.
Evidently the full octagonal barrel won out.
Here are two of them, the G&G and the Second Model. The pic was taken in this fashion to show the difference between the newer grip profile vs. the "tail" profile. Unless I am mistaken, Pietta is done with the "tail" profile and those will become replica collector items.
Still awaiting Mr. Brown for the new one.
And I am getting somewhat off-topic. I digress. Sorry.