Friend found this at a gunshow a year or so ago. No italian proof marks and the only markins are EMF - SA under the ejector rod button, .38 special on the barrel and a serial number back to back on the lower front of the frame and the bottom rear of the barrel assembly. The finish is exceptional with dark blue case color that appears to be a real fire hardening process. The grips are fake ivory from a company Called "Buffalo"- also a gunshow find.
It hits right on top the sight picture with factory wadcutters, handles like a 61 navy. The action is smooth and the trigger pull light.
Shortly after he bought it, the extra thin mainspring broke and he replaced it with a generic part. The portion of the hammer that strikes the firing pin is kind of odd- a round stud screwed through the hammer. Beforehe locktited it, it would walk loose until firing pin contact became too light for postive ignition,
At first, we thought it was manufactured by Armi San Marco but the high quality of the action, the perfect alignment of the cylinder/barrel and the overall quality were not what ASM generally produced. It looks like it may be from the old Armi San Paolo plant now owned by EMF. Cimarron Arms has similiar ctg conversions/transitions from Uberti.
