Uberti 1873 Revolvers

[elemenope]

Anyone own one or more of these? I was thinking of getting a cowboy revolver for the fun of it and wanted to get opinions on quality, fit, finish, etc. Also, .357 vs .44-40?

http://www.uberti.com/firearms/single-action-cattleman.php

[Lead Waster]

Those look beautiful. If it's a true Colt clone, you should do a "John Wayne" load and only load 5 rounds.

For a fun cowboy gun, look at Ruger Vaqueros. Transfer bar safety will allow loading 6 rounds safely.

But it won't have that 4 click sound like when cocking a Colt/clone

[chuckdc]

Got one. Like it a lot. Mine is a .45LC/45ACP combo.

[jimmythebrain]

I have one labelled Cimmaron (not sure about the spelling) with parts made by Urberi. It is great littel shooter. No transfer bar safety.
I also have a Beretta Stampede with a transfer bar safety. I believe Beretta now owns Uberti. Teh wood grips on the Beretta pistol are very pretty but very soft and dent easily.
Both of mine are case colored recievers with blue barrels. Both are 45 ACP/45 Long colt conevrtyible (two cylinders).
Of the two calibers you suggest I would get the 357 and shoot 38 special. 38 Special is much easier to find.
Uberti makes a lot of the single action revolvers and then they get labelled as Cimmaron, Uberti, Beretta, Etc.
Keep in mind that the Uberti made guns are like the old original Colts- they are made to handle low pressure cowboy loads. If you want to shoot hot loads then go with a Ruger or USA (US Arms?) single action guns.

I find shooting low pressure cowboy loads, one at a time with the drawn out unload and load sequence more pleasurable than the spray 10-16 rounds down range really fast and do a magazine swap...repeat..Icycle that have with my Semi-Autos.

Of course I only use my single action revolvers for range/plinking. My CCW gun is a Sig P239 and my Bedside gun is Sig P226.

[xXRifleManXx]

The Uberti guns are not bad for the price. There are definitely several grades however. The different importers have different grade guns being manufactured for them and brought into the country. I did quite a bit of research before I bought one of these guns, a lot on the net and more speaking with the reps from Taylor and Cimmaron and finally Evilroy him self in person.

The smokewagon and the evilroy are probably the panicle of fit and finish from Uberti. They have reps in the factory looking at and spot checking these guns before they even get shipped over here. And they guys doing this are ex-pats not some guy they hired over there.

As far as the claim that these guns are not safe for standard loads...well it is flat out not true. These guns are made with good steel and are not the guns of 130 years ago, however there is an abundance of old colt saa clones many of which are not very well built. It is an industry standard to under rate these guns due to law suits. These guns are NOT as strong as the large frame/three screw Rugers which are built like tanks and never will be, but they can handle warm .45 Colt without taking half your face off.

jimmy hits it square on the head these old .45 colts are a true joy to shoot and are pure Americana right up there with the 1911 and M1Garand.

I finally got the evil roy in .45 Colt for three reasons.

1. I have a blued USFA SAA in .45 Colt and wanted something I wouldn't feel bad shooting
2. I wanted a stainless Colt clone with a 6" barrel and a nice trigger
3. I reload .45 Colt and I had a .45 ACP cylinder made up for it else I would have gone for a .357

The trigger on this gun is oh so nice, the action moves like butter and the trigger snaps like a piece of hair made of glass-zero movement
If you are really getting into shooting sports with these old guns I would recommend the Ruger vaquero. A lot of people bought them and you can find them for cheep- great way to get started

[elemenope]

Thanks for the feedback! They are pretty guns for sure, and while sporting is always an option, these would just be for fun range time. Are cylinders in 45 ACP common/readily available? I shoot a lot of 45 already which would be preferable to a new cartridge. Otherwise 38SP/357 sounds like a good route.

[chuckdc]

Thanks for the feedback! They are pretty guns for sure, and while sporting is always an option, these would just be for fun range time. Are cylinders in 45 ACP common/readily available? I shoot a lot of 45 already which would be preferable to a new cartridge. Otherwise 38SP/357 sounds like a good route.

Took me a LOT of looking to find my ACP cylinder, only to end up getting it from Taylor and Co (maker of my particular gun) when they found it on a back shelf somewhere. I had expected (they told me) a 6-8 week back order minimum

Doing it over again, I'd probably start off with a .357. I just happened to find the elusive "Good deal on Gunbroker" and I got the gun for under 300 including shipping, DROS, etc. Mine is Case/blued. 5 1/2" barrel.