I bought 2 Uberti made Colt 1872 'Open Top' repros from an estate a couple years back. They are Cimmaron importer marked, but Uberti mfg'r.
One was NIB yet so I resold that one.
The other I liked and held onto it. It had been shot already and had a few marks on it.
Cal 44special.
Everything on the revolver is pretty nicely made and fitted except for a couple things.
The 2 leaf bolt & trigger spring inside was so heavy, it actually pushed the cylinder locking bolt off of the hammer cam prematurely as the hammer was being cocked. It gave the feel of an extra 'safety notch' in the hammer as it jammed itself against the cylinder.
I replaced the factory spring w/an aftermarket trigger/bolt spring from Brownells sold for Colt SAA action work. Can't recall the brand on it right now but it wasn't anything fancy.
It's a music wire constructed spring instead of the split flat stock style of the originals. Much lighter but does the job needed
Now the revolver works beautifully. Functions smoother than my real Colts. Timing and lockup is perfect.
I also adjusted the loading gate flat spring and detent a tiny bit so it opened and closed a little easier. Plus the gate can be opened a bit farther to make loading/unloading easier.
The ejector rod & tube needed a little touch up work near the ejector rod head. There's a squared off corner in the machining of those parts that makes the initial push of the rod jam up for the shooter when using it.
Some careful rounding of those inside square cuts solves that annoyance.
I've had a couple of owners of these tell me it's a common out of the box problem with these repro 1872's.
The firing pin is attached to the hammer as the originals were. There's no transfer bar or pin as in a lot of other foreign made repros.
To get the graces of the importation gods, they installed a tiny 'hammer safety' on the front edge of the hammer base itself. It's manually operated so you leave it alone it you want to. Some say it can get loose and engage itself when in use. Some people take it out of commission by staking it into place, even a dot of superglue to hold it in the down position.
The firing pin itself was almost ice pick sharp on mine. It pierced more primers than not on the first box of ammo (reloads).
It was a bit long also,,so I shortened it back and rounded the point. No more pierced primers.
The style & shape of the firing pin is true to the original 1872.
Now that's more than I would have done to a plain SAA clone to get it running right.
But I liked the '72 Open Top as it is different and for some reason it really caught my attention.
It is very accurate and a pleasant revolver to shoot.
I reload with a light load of BE and 245gr LSWC
That's the only Uberti I've personally owned.
I've done some repair to others for people over the years. Generally just minor adjustments, nothing major that I can recall.
They have had their good times and not so good times just like any other mfg'r.
I think Beretta owns them now
