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  • StantonCree

    Watch your beer
    Jan 23, 2011
    23,932
    Anyone own one or have any FIRST HAND knowledge of them? I need another cowboy style revolver since I got rid of the vaquero.....only because it was in 44 mag.

    So it's time to scratch the itch. I can always get another vaquero but figured I'd look around to see if the quality was really the same.
     

    jimbobborg

    Oddball caliber fan
    Aug 2, 2010
    17,112
    Northern Virginia
    You're looking at getting another transfer bar single action revolver, without the strength of the Ruger frame. I have a Pietta revolver with the firing pin on hammer. Nice gun, not as nice as an Uberti.
     

    StantonCree

    Watch your beer
    Jan 23, 2011
    23,932
    I'll probably end up with a vaquero again or an Uberti but the price point on these is so attractive I figured I'd ask
     

    fidelity

    piled higher and deeper
    MDS Supporter
    Aug 15, 2012
    22,400
    Frederick County
    Anyone own one or have any FIRST HAND knowledge of them? I need another cowboy style revolver since I got rid of the vaquero.....only because it was in 44 mag.

    So it's time to scratch the itch. I can always get another vaquero but figured I'd look around to see if the quality was really the same.

    357 Mag? 4.75 inch barrel? I think the danger in getting the SAA facsimiles is that they always look better as a pair ... and then one needs the belt and holsters as well. :D

    I can't wait for February to get my next revolver (sending pics of course)!

    You're looking at getting another transfer bar single action revolver, without the strength of the Ruger frame. I have a Pietta revolver with the firing pin on hammer. Nice gun, not as nice as an Uberti.

    Nice meeting you on the Colt forum, lol. They have very different moderation policy and close threads there quick. I suspect that they might have a connection to Colt corporate. Nonetheless, a great resource with so many pretty revolver pics.
     

    jimbobborg

    Oddball caliber fan
    Aug 2, 2010
    17,112
    Northern Virginia
    Nice meeting you on the Colt forum, lol. They have very different moderation policy and close threads there quick. I suspect that they might have a connection to Colt corporate. Nonetheless, a great resource with so many pretty revolver pics.

    One of the guys there works for Colt, so there's an inside source :thumbsup:
     

    remodeler1

    Active Member
    Jul 23, 2013
    837
    Frederick
    What about Taylor and company......made by Unerti, I've heard some gray things
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    I have an 1873 Cattleman in 22lr by Uberti I got thru Taylor & Company & I like it a lot. It shoots great, it's built well & I'm looking at something similar in .357 since its such a nice gun.
     

    fidelity

    piled higher and deeper
    MDS Supporter
    Aug 15, 2012
    22,400
    Frederick County
    One of the guys there works for Colt, so there's an inside source
    Noticed that (Brent from the pro shop). One of the reasons I started posting there.
    What about Taylor and company......made by Unerti, I've heard some gray things
    I have one and it's a thing of beauty. It's got the deluxe trigger work too, and the break is so clean. Like some other Italian manufacturing, the attention to detail in aesthetics is apparent. The bluing is really rich. The gun feels like a piece of heavy iron when you lift it, so just right.

    Little known fact about Uberti is that he apprenticed in the Beretta factory as a teen and then opened his own company in 1959, being a big fan of guns from the US post civil war/Cowboy movie era. His guns were used extensively in the Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns staring Clint Eastwood. Uberti Co, if I remember correctly, would be later bought by the Beretta conglomerate, bringing things full circle.

    Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
     

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