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wayneinFL

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How many of you guys have owned a Uberti, shot it quite a bit and been happy with it? If you weren't happy, how was their customer service?

I've been wanting a single action 45 LC since forever. I was leaning toward buying a Vaquero, but there's an outfit selling Uberti Cattleman Hombres for $250 on Gunbroker, so for that price I'm considering it.
 
I have an Uberti copy of the 1847 Walker Colt, and it is a nice quality gun and super accurate. Fit and finish are 2nd to none (except Colt, but for a while in the 70's, I believe the 2nd Gen. Colt BP guns were made by Uberti "in the white", and shipped to the USA for Colt's charcol finish and final inspection & stamp of approval). ? My memory might be foggy, and if it is, I'm sure someone will chime in with more accurate data, but either way, Uberti produces top notch guns and I wouldn't hesitate to grab a deal like you mentioned.
 
I have a Brother In Law that has one in 44-40. He has had it for some years and it is a great shooter. Seems like a solid gun.

Have a great day!
James
 
Uberti makes several variations of the 1873 revolver that are imported by several companies. Mechanically the guns appear to be pretty much the same. The Uberti replicas are popular with cowboy shooters and active cowboy shooters put LOTS of rounds through a gun.

I suspect that the Ruger is probably the best selling cowboy gun especially after the Colt-sized New Vaquero was introduced but you see lots of the Italian clones out there. In local clubs I see a few more Ubertis than Piettas. Rugers have a reputation for ruggedness that no Colt or Colt clone can match but I wouldn't call a Uberti fragile.

I friend of mine in Florida started shooting cowboy about a year ago. He bought a pair of the Uberti Hombres in .45 Colt from the dealer who sells them for $250 on Gunbroker. They work fine and I was impressed with how visible the sights are with the matte blue/black finish.

That price won't last forever. If you want a gun you can shoot and not just admire they are a heck of a deal. If you ever wanted to sell them and buy something prettier I can't believe you would lose much money on them.

At that price, buy a pair and come shoot a cowboy match.
 
My uberti 44/40 Henry is a great gun and I love it. Works great and is fun.

My Uberti Walker black powder is doing well. The finish is a bit thin but that may be due to the black powder attacking it during use. It is fun and accurate but I suspect that the metal is a bit soft. I note I am peening up the metal around the wedge but that may be do to my 60 grn loads I shoot in it. Its a Walker though so why shoot something less.
 
I have a Beretta Stampede and from what I understand they own Uberti so it's basically the same gun. Mine is slightly out of time, and I'm considering sending it in for a tuneup, but everything else about a SAA is great. Easy to take down, clean, shoot. My fiancée, who's never been much into pistol shooting loves it. It's a ton of fun, I'm sure you'll enjoy whichever one you get.
 
the only thing that is "fragile" is the trigger/bolt spring. but it is easy and cheap to replace.
the cool thing about these pistols is they follow the original design pretty closely, so they shoot black powder with no issues.
i have a few ubertis, and other then that one spring, that i have got real good about replacing, have had no issues.
 
You can't carry an Uberti six-up - the safety is, lower the hammer on an empty chamber.

Beretta's house-brand version of the Uberti has a modern transfer bar safety grafted in same as a Ruger, BUT it appears that the way they did it weakened the base Uberti action. You saw a timing issue complaint here and on the SASS wire forums they seem pretty clear that a no-safety Uberti is a tougher gun than a similar Beretta with the safety.

A Ruger will be tougher than anything Italian, and will probably out-shoot them as well. And the big advantage to the Ruger is, it's easier to alter and far, far more parts are available for it in terms of grip frames, alternate hammers, other stuff to make the gun fit you properly. The New Vaquero is basically the same size/heft as a post-WW2 Colt, which is also what the Italians copied, but the Ruger can take various parts from across the Ruger SA product line, leading to the widespread existence of "FrankenRugers" :D.

I'm about 2/3rds of the way to building the craziest FrankenRuger yet.
 
I didn't go with Colt clone Ubertis, but ruther the Remington clones. I don't know why, maybe it's just the 'wanna be different' thing- but I have a Remington 1875 and a 1890. Yeah, they're basically the same except for the bbls. The grip frames are longer than Colts and the grips are 2-peice. I don't shoot them a whole lot, but they are as stout and as robust as I need them to be. The draw to cock is seriously tough, but the let off is something short of amazing! If you go with a Remington clone, I would let it break in on it's own naturally and not try to home tinker it or 'hurry' it up. They're good, make that outstanding, firearms in my opinion. Haven't had any sort of malfunction or breakage in the 2+ years I've owned them.

The 1875 hits 2" to the right with Win PDX factory ammo, and the the 1890 hits about 1 1/2 right and 1" low with the same at 25yds.
 
On the customer service question, you need to understand a couple things.

First & foremost is that "Uberti" in general is a manufacturer in Italy. They do not sell their guns direct to consumers in America, they sell to importers.
Uberti, as such, has no "customer service".

The original Uberti USA was operated in this country some years back by Aldo Uberti's sister, Maria. That company was an importer & bought product from Uberti in Italy, just like the other importers were doing.
Due to issues not worth going into here, Maria shut down the gun part of her US business & it evolved into VTI, a parts company.

Some years later, a different Uberti USA opened up, as part of the Beretta/Stoeger/Benelli/Uberti conglomerate, and the current company is selling Italian-made products in the US that it imports, while several other importers like Cimarron still continue to buy from Uberti in Italy & import the products for US sale.

What all this means is that you can't buy a Uberti gun from just any source & "return" it to Uberti for service if a problem develops.

You return it to the importer you bought it from if you're the first owner, or you contact the importer stamped on it for service info if you buy it used.

If it's a Beretta Uberti, it'd go to Beretta. If it's a Cimarron Uberti, you talk to Cimarron. And so on.
"Uberti" would only be involved in repair or warrantee issues if the gun was imported & sold by the current Uberti USA outfit.

You buy from somebody on Gunbroker, I'd expect no warrantee & nobody to return it to directly for service.
The importer who originally brought it into the US MAY do repairs for you, but they'd most likely require you to pay for them, since you're not buying direct.

There's been some confusion about this in the past, when people tried to send Uberti products not sold by either of the two non-related Uberti USA companies to them for work.

It's not like you buying a new Ford from one dealer & being able to use the warrantee at any other Ford dealership across the country.
Denis
 
I just wore out an Uberti, Taylor & Co was the importer, if I've figured right I put a minimum of 7,500 rounds through it. Now I'm one of those guys who shoots full power loads, 200 gr bullet at 925 fps. Given the hard abuse I'm content that I got my money's worth out of it. I'll get myself another Uberti for Christmas.
 
I have an Uberti-made US Artillery model from Cimarron and it's a great gun. Wolff makes a wireform spring kit to replace the flat springs and give a lighter trigger pull. Have my Outlaw Josey Wales set-up of an 1860 Army and 2 1847 Walkers from them too.

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The Ruger Vaquero , while a very well made and somewhat stronger gun , just doesn't have the same authentic SAA feel.
 
jcsturgeon said:
I have a Beretta Stampede and from what I understand they own Uberti so it's basically the same gun.
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I believe Beretta does own Uberti, but the Stampede is in no way the same gun as Uberti's SAA clones. The Stampede has a Ruger-like transfer bar ignition, whereas the Uberti SAA cones use a conventional, hammer-mounted firing pin.

I don't even know if the Stampedes are made by Uberti.
 
Currently have 2. 1 cattleman in 45 colt the other is a birdshead 357. Both outstanding shooters and problem free. So no idea how customer service is.
 
The Ruger Vaquero , while a very well made and somewhat stronger gun , just doesn't have the same authentic SAA feel.
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The Ruger Vaquero has been out of production since 2004. The New Vaquero is a strong size/shape clone to the post-war Colts. The only handling difference is that in a Ruger you load it with the hammer fully down, gate opens to unlock the cylinder. It's a faster and safer system than the Colt or closer clones such as the Ubertis/Piettas/etc.
 
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