Taylors & Co. revolvers, opinions?

I'll let you know in about a week,,,

On my lunch break I went to The Evil Pawn Shop,,,
I had him order a 5.5" Cattleman revolver,,,
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.22 LR, steel frame, brass strap/guard.

I own a "Dakota" 5.5" in .357 Magnum,,,
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It has the identical frame and brass parts.

The pictures of the .22 show it looking "exactly" like my .357,,,
I've researched on the web but can't get the definitive answer on what Italian brand it actually is.

I just like matching rimfire/centerfire pairs,,,
This was too close in looks to pass on.

Now I hafta make another holster. :cool:

Aarond

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Beretta has been owned by the same family for some five hundred years. ... Holding, also owns Beretta USA, Benelli, Franchi, SAKO, Stoeger, Tikka, Uberti, and ...
 
Hello Microgunner,,,

Aarond, it's about time you got around to ordering that 22 cattleman.
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About time? :eek:

I only got the back in stock e-mail on Tuesday,,,
It was on order to The Evil Pawn Shop by noon on Wednesday. ;)

I was hoping the J.P. Sauer and Sohns SAA I bought would satisfy me,,,
But it was way too worn out to be much fun to shoot,,,
I have much higher hopes for this one.

Aarond

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Bought a Taylor imported Uberti around 4 years ago. I accedently spilled a bottle of bluing remover on it and the case harded finish was ruined.
So I had it reblued and stripped and refinished the grips with linseed oil. Looks nice. The weapon shoots abot 2 inches left at 20 yards, but is accurate for it's type. I only negative I could find on it was the screws seem to be on the soft side.
 
My carry pistol is a 4.75" barreled .45 Uberti cattleman NM. Pretty much the same pistol minus the fancier finish and grips. Due to that, I kinda softened the finish a little. Polished the matte brass and fitted/refinished the grip, but I loved the way it shot right out of the box. Funny thing about it is....it shot dead on point of aim @ 15-18 yards, right out of the box with 200gr Speer Gold dots. Pretty good with XTPs too.


Im so used to "load one, skip one....load four" that I cant stand to handle a transfer bar pistol (other than my 17hmr single six:o) I shoot with, and became a little obsessed with SSA "styled" pistols for such a piece...that shooting a "direct drive" 6 gun has be come 1ST nature for me. Heck I load, eject, reload and handle my SAA clones, swifter and smoother than any of my automatics.


I don't own one, but from the ones I've handled and shot...I don't think you'd be disappointed with a Taylors Uberti. Heck you've almost got me thinking about one in .357 now.......almost ;)
 
Before you plunk down your hard-earned cash on an Uberti, you might want to also consider Traditions Firearms Frontier Series.

I've always been a Ruger single-action guy and own quite a few, but recently picked up a new color-case hardened 4.75"bbl Frontier in 45LC.
These revolvers have the transfer bar safety so you can carry 6 safely, but has the half-cock for loading gate action.

They do leave the front sight a bit high for tailoring to your own loads and I need to reduce mine a bit to hit where I aim for the 250gr.

Check them out - a great value and nicely made revolvers.
 
Traditions are made in Italy Pietta. Pietta and Uberti today are about equal on fit and finish. Some people say the Uberti is marginally better in fit and finish, and that may have been true comparing the Uberti's with earlier Pietta's. But Pietta has come up a lot in quality and I would put them now in the same quality as Uberti. Although for some inexplicable reason the Uberti's still seem to command a higher price than the Piettas on gunbroker auctions.
 
PeggySue - you are correct that Pietta makes Traditions.
In my experience, I've found that the Pietta made clones have better fit and finish than Uberti, but the internals and 'smoothness' of Ubertis are a bit better than the Piettas.
Just based on my personal experience and exposure... Thanks for the explanation/clarification about Traditions and Pietta vs. Uberti.
 
I went back and looked at this revolver again today. It indeed says its a Uberti. I really like this SA but I think I'm going to spend a little more and get a GP100, SS, 4.2" barrel/.357 as my next revolver.

The Uberti has a super smooth action and I love a smooth SA but for an open carry gun I want a DA and I want it in SS. If I had an extra $500 I would get the Taylors just to have!

Thanks for every ones excellent responses
 
I always wanted one of those small .38 S/A's! They look so perfect to carry. No doubt the .38Special is a good round and Ubertis are really good revolvers.
I just keep buying S&W's and will probablly never get a Uberti Stallion...
I have a terrible BP addiction also. Just bought another Navy!
Too many neat guns and never enough cash!
 
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