A. Uberti

A. Uberti S.p.A., is an Italian manufacturer of replicas of 19th century American percussion revolvers, carbines, and rifles as well as cartridge revolvers, single-shot rifles, and lever-action rifles. These replicas are commonly used by historical re-enactors, participants in action shooting sports such as cowboy action shooting, working ranchers and target shooters who prefer traditional-style firearms.[1]

Uberti is located in Gardone V.T., a suburb of Brescia, Italy, for centuries the home to other firearm manufacturers and similar craft businesses. Independent for many years, Uberti was purchased and made into a subsidiary of Beretta Firearms and subsequently acquired by Benelli, also a member of the Beretta Holding Company.[2]

Origins and history

Aldo Uberti (d. 1998) founded his company in the foothills of the Italian Alps in 1959 to recreate long-obsolete but iconic firearms from the days of the American West and the U.S. Civil War. The factory was (and still is) in

Current production

Today, Uberti caters to collectors, cowboy action shooters, civil war skirmishers as well as working ranchers, hunters and other outdoorsmen who need or prefer to carry traditional firearms into the field. Historically, Uberti has produced parts such as frames, cylinders, and barrels for several other manufacturers like Beretta, Taurus, Charles Daly, Colt and USFA,[6] while current firearms made by the company are offered under both the Uberti brand names and those of importers Cimarron and Taylor's. [13]

Thanks to modern steels and the decades-old experience of the artisans assembling the guns, Uberti's replicas are highly regarded by shooters and collectors all over the world, sometimes thought as surpassing the originals in quality.[14] It is for this reason that Uberti has been called "The King of Replicas" by U.S. shooters and collectors.[15] Furthermore, Uberti's fidelity to the originals is such that many internal parts of their current Colt replica may be interchanged with those of an original first-generation Single Action Army.[16]

Following is a list of firearm categories currently available from Uberti:[17]

Handguns

Rifles and carbines

Black powder revolvers (1847 to 1860s), Colt and Remington models

Black powder conversion revolvers (late 1860s to early 1870s), Colt and Remington models

Colt Single Action Army cartridge revolver and variants (1873 to 1890s)

Remington 1875 New Army cartridge revolver and variants (1875 to 1890)

Smith & Wesson top-break cartridge revolver and variants (1875)

Specialized Colt Single Action Army revolvers optimized for Cowboy Mounted Shooting and Cowboy Action Shooting

.22 Caliber single-action revolver (6 to 12-shot models)

1860 Henry

1866 Yellowboy

1871 Remington Rolling Block rifles and carbines

1873 Winchester Model 1873 rifles and carbines

1873 Springfield model 1873 rifles and carbines

1874 Sharps rifle and carbines

1876 Winchester "Centennial"

1883 Colt Burgess

1884 Colt Lightning rifle

1885 Winchester High Wall

1886 Winchester model 1886

type	Società per azioni
foundation	Gardone Val Trompia, 1959
founder	Aldo Uberti
location city	Brescia
location country	Italy
industry	Firearms
products	Replica firearms
parent	Beretta Holding

Origins and history

Uberti in American western movies

Current production

Current U.S. importers

Business units and corporate ownership

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