I ran across one of these in a hock shop a few days ago and am fascinated by it. I Googled up reviews and they were absolutely no help. Anyone here have any range experience with one? I sure could use some guidance.

Ed

Cimarron is an importer. The gun would have been made either by Uberti or Pietta. Both of which are excellent manufacturers. I have some Uberti guns, both Rifle and pistol. Matter of fact the three pistols are all Cimarron.


I dislike the Colt Bisley grip - it feels extremely uncomfortable to my hand. And since that is the grip that is on the Cimarron Bisley, I have no practical experience with that particular model. But the two "Colts" and the "Smith and Wesson #3" are all excellent guns.


So if you like the way that grip feels, I say go for it.

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Have had several Uberti replica revolvers and have no complaints.

My Cimarron SAA is fine for what it is but I am not sure I see how it is any better finished than many a plain Uberti. Their stuff is portrayed as something like the picks of the litter, and maybe that is so most of the time. Any of these can be a great affordable way to enjoy the old ones. I have spent many pleasant hours shooting mine badly

I have two Cimarron SAA Clones one in 357 the other in 45 Colt. Timing and trigger are first rate! Both are standard grip frame. In mt slightly larger than Medium hands, I like a Bisley grip, but I prefer the Rugar version.

Ivan

The Cimarron Bisley is made just as well as all the rest of their guns. Some don't like the Bisley grip, I personally love it, now that I have actually fired them. The Bisley grip reduces the felt recoil of the .45 Colt compared to the regular plow handle. My Colt Bisleys are excellent shooters when fired using the Bisley style shooting stance (also feels weird, but it works.) Almost like it was designed to work that way.

I have an Italian Bisley in 44-40 and find it much more comfortable to shoot than the SAA. The Bisley grip is much better in my large hand than the typical Colt SAA stock and the hammer action is much more to my liking. I usually only fire black powder rounds and find the Italian Bisley quite a bit of fun. There is an old trick to shooting black powder revolvers, before you start a shooting session, pack all of the openings to the internals with a fine lubricant. I've been using STOS for decades, its like a cross between vaseline and STP, very fine but nice and slippery. When I'm done shooting a session of at least fifty rounds and more likely closer to a hundred the revolver clean up is much easier. I usually completely take the revolver apart and have very little issue with crud build up. The only issue one can expect with Italian copies of Colt's revolvers is that the color case hardening is very thin and in some cases can almost be wiped off with aggressive cleaning, as with all color case hardening exposure to sunlight will cause fading. Mechanics are strong however and they hold up well. Again any areas that are subjected to wear and heat treated to lessen quick wear should not be stoned more than enough to slick up operation slightly or remove any machining burrs. The Italian revolvers are not over sprung like a few modern Colts I have had in my hands.