It may be true the Italians build good quality guns, but they are by no means exact or close to exact copy's. When building my Walker I did countless days of research, I have over 300 high definition photos of over 20 original Walkers. I spent several hours just comparing the originals to a Uberti and ASM I had in hand. And my conclusion was that both were so far off the original that there is no way to make them 100% accurate without somehow adding metal in some spots. And it also may come as a surprise that the ASM was a better dimensioned gun. However the Uberti had some parts that were better.
I spent so much time studying walkers that when I see one I can instantly tell if it's a Uberti, ASM, or original. I also can see well made fakes and tell that indeed they are fake but also who made it. Now that's not to say that the Italian replicas are bad, but there are some major things on them that could be easily changed. Since Uberti is the only one who still makes them I will just list a few of the Uberti's problems off the top of my head, there are many more but I don't want to bore anyone.
Grip is totally the wrong shape and size, cylinder notches are completely the wrong shape, the loading port is the wrong shape, the trigger is too long, the trigger guard is way too thin, the frame is not tall enough, and the wedge is too small.
I spent so much time studying walkers that when I see one I can instantly tell if it's a Uberti, ASM, or original. I also can see well made fakes and tell that indeed they are fake but also who made it. Now that's not to say that the Italian replicas are bad, but there are some major things on them that could be easily changed. Since Uberti is the only one who still makes them I will just list a few of the Uberti's problems off the top of my head, there are many more but I don't want to bore anyone.
Grip is totally the wrong shape and size, cylinder notches are completely the wrong shape, the loading port is the wrong shape, the trigger is too long, the trigger guard is way too thin, the frame is not tall enough, and the wedge is too small.