Found it once but wanted to go back and check when cleared areas respawn - decent weapon to gear settlers with since they don't use bullets.

Does anyone recall location where the pistol is found and rough coordinates or landmarks to get there? Had read it was SE lake area'ish but not finding it so far.

Go to the lake near Sanctuary and follow the shore until you find the pump with the hose running into the woods - follow the hose and you find a water filter and dead body - in my game, he had a .44 snub nose plus other loot.

I don't specifically recall one. Might be in one of the household safes in Sanctuary? Or in the root cellar? First one I carried, I picked off a certain someone's body in Fort Hagen. Fired twice, stuffed in a work bench, went back to the Poisoner's 10mm Pistol for my go-to sidearm. Sorry. Wish I could help.

Found one in the way to tenpinnes upper map about 1/3 way from sanctuary

Found mine, here too. On my way from sanctuary to the satellite dish.

Find the dead raider and mongrel across the bridge from Sanctuary. Assuming that you came from Sanctuary, turn left and follow the river bank. It will take a few minutes, but you'll come across a box with a circuit breaker on top sitting in the water. It's past the little dock, by the way, so if you hit that, you haven't gone far enough. Open the breaker box and flip the switch, then follow the pipe up the hill. The yellow machine that the pipe connects to can be opened for 3 Cap Stashes. Next to the skeleton you'll also find here should be a Snubnosed .44 Pistol and a box containing about 5 rounds of .44 ammo.

sweet, found it. Makes a nice modded hand cannon to give my settlers.