My father owns a replica Colt .45 Cimmeron single action made by either Uberti or Pietta. It was NOT made by Colt. BUT it is, as far as I can tell, probably the most accurate gun in our household. I've let people use it that have never handled a SA "cowboy" gun in their lives and have put the shot dead center (not exaggerating there) on the FIRST shot at about 10-15 yards. I took the gun recently and (after a few shots) planted one in the center of a strip of paper the half the size of a business card that my mother taped to the center of a target at 25 yards.
Why in the world did I pay about $450 for that and the cost of a genuine Colt Single Action army would be about $900-1200 just because it has Colt's name on it? The Italian replica works at least as good as a Colt (you can't get much better than what I described above) What is it? Does Colt get enough suckers to pay that kind of money for a gun with their name on it? Or is it cheap European labor for a quality gun?
If it's the latter than Pietta and Uberti need to go move on to 20th century Colt guns like the Official Police or the Python and Anaconda. Man they will sell like hotcakes and put Colt out of business.
Why in the world did I pay about $450 for that and the cost of a genuine Colt Single Action army would be about $900-1200 just because it has Colt's name on it? The Italian replica works at least as good as a Colt (you can't get much better than what I described above) What is it? Does Colt get enough suckers to pay that kind of money for a gun with their name on it? Or is it cheap European labor for a quality gun?
If it's the latter than Pietta and Uberti need to go move on to 20th century Colt guns like the Official Police or the Python and Anaconda. Man they will sell like hotcakes and put Colt out of business.
