Cabela's Uberti Models
Cabela's sells four Uberti-made models available: the Remington 1858 New model Army Carbine with an 18 inch barrel, a Colt .45 SAA replica with a matte finish and brass backstrap and triggerguard (FFL purchase only), the 1848 Colt Pocket pistol, and the 1847 Colt Walker .44.
ALL of these guns, sold by CABELAS, are entirely manufactured by UBERTI, and not Pietta, They are all suberb guns. I own them all, and bought them all from Cabelas, with the exception of the .45 which I had to buy through my local FFL gun shop. All other Cabela-sold BP guns are Piettas. there is nothing wrong with Piettas at all. they are just as good as Ubertis. this is 2006, not 1995. Quality of Piettas have improved ten-fold since then. You can't go wrong with either a Pietta or an Uberti. This is a fact. Anyone that says different is a peewit. Having said all of that guff, my favorite BP gun is my Uberti Rem 1858 New Army Carbine. Like the guy before said, there is a safety notch between the nipples on both Colt and Rem replicas. That safety works just fine, unless you are a complete clumbsy slob, and hit the hammer with your fist several dozen time to make it somehow slip down to strike a cap. This would take a great deal of purposeful effort, regardless of what the "official" rules of safety are in the manual. Get your hands on one, put the hammer in the notch, and a blind man will see what I am talking about.
leave the hammer in the notch, end of story. They are all good guns, end of story. If they break, which ANY gun, regardless of make or country of origin can do, send it back to Cabelas and they will replace it, no questions asked. My Uberti 1848 pocket pistol broke a spring in the trigger assembly, and Cabelas sent me a brand new gun within two weeks.
If you MUST insist on an Uberti 1858 Rem pistol, them get one from texasjacks.com. they are decent people that will surely help with any malfunctions of the Ubertis they sell might encounter.