Clones Of The Colt SAA

[SGW Gunsmith]

What are the opinions, if any, concerning the clones of the Colt Single Action Army revolvers being made from Taylors & Company or Cimarron?
Do they have the firing pin in the hammer, same as the Colt Peacemakers do?
They look pretty dang good in picture form, but I do suppose they will need some smoothing up in the internals. If you have one or more of the clones, I'd like to read your opinions.

 

[Rexster]

Only two or three threads below yours:

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...colt-saa-clone-cimarron-vs-taylors-co.875031/

 

[ontarget]

Not sure why you assume the internals need to be smoothed up?
I have 2 Uberti El Patrons. One in .357 the other in 45 Colt. Both smooth as glass right out of the box.

 

[Armored farmer]

Not sure why you assume the internals need to be smoothed up?
I have 2 Uberti El Patrons. One in .357 the other in 45 Colt. Both smooth as glass right out of the box.

So is my El Patron. ^^^^
Very smooth
Very accurate
Very well balanced

 

[MAKster]

The El Patron is a higher priced model. They are hand-tuned at the Uberti factory.

 

[.455_Hunter]

The number of guns that provide a true Colt hammer feel is declining.

Uberti seems to have fallen in love with various "safety" systems that detract from the experience with transfer bars or translating firing pins.

Unfortunately, the owner of USFA became schizophrenic and decided what the world needed instead of quality SAA clones was the moronic .22 Zip pistol.

 

[ontarget]

The El Patron is a higher priced model. They are hand-tuned at the Uberti factory.

And still they cost about 1/4 of the price of a real Colt SAA. Even a recent production model.
Well I guess the Rampant Colt stamp is worth a premium.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I have an El Patron. It is indeed top-notch. It is still under the cost of a Colt, and I'm not sure where you could find it inferior to one, even if you compared them side by side. ?? Anyhow, it's worth the extra money if you want perfection. I have two other Uberti's, and neither one needs/needed/required any tuning of the action.

 

[SGW Gunsmith]

Not sure why you assume the internals need to be smoothed up?
I have 2 Uberti El Patrons. One in .357 the other in 45 Colt. Both smooth as glass right out of the box.

I came across an Uberti Cattleman around 25 years ago and it was a pretty rough operating revolver and was just trying to find out how they've progressed, or not.

 

[bear166]

I own a Cimarron Pistolero (SAA clone manufactured by Pietta), and it operated flawlessly out of the box. I also have an Uberti 1875 Remington, and while actually a little more accurate than the Cimarron, it's pretty stiff. Same story with my Uberti 1851 Navy. Still some fun guns to play with, but when my Cimarron was actually cheaper than the '75, I'd have to say that whatever tuning they do is worth it if you don't want to do the tuning yourself.

 

[Master Blaster]

Uberti El Patron Competition 2019/2020 New production. Very smooth 2lb trigger pull. Has the new FP safety.

The trigger pull gauge shows the average of 5 pulls.

 

[EmGeeGeorge]

I’ll give my fondness for Great Western 2 models; I’ve got one in .45 LC that is very well made, seems to swap parts out fine with an actual colt, excellent trigger. I bought it from SOG shortly before they closed for under $400 NIB