Need your opinion on my new newly aquired toy

[Thal]

While on a brief 3 day vacation last weekend, the LOML and I went down to Fredricksburg, TX for a visit. Eat some good German Food and enjoy all that is in the area to enjoy.

One of the places I had to go was "Texas Jacks".

While there, I picked up a 5 1/2"  1873 "P" in 45 Long Colt.  The action seemed very smooth and the revolver fit my hand very well.  Fell in love with it and could not leave the store with out it.

I understand this gun is made by Uberti.  I also see that there aren't many references to to Uberti revolvers here.

Anyone have experience with these revolvers made by Uberti ? Will it hold up to the CAS shooting requirements ?  How does it compare to the Ruger Vaquero ? Can hotter loads be shot through it, or only CAS.

-Thal

[Flint]

All the Henry, 66 Yellowboy and 73 repro rifles, no matter who's name is on it, are made by Uberti.  The Navy Arms Schofield and Russian, and many other revolvers are made by Uberti.  The 2nd generation Colt cap and ball guns (in the 70's) were made by Uberti.  Beretta recently bought Uberti, and the new Beretta single action "Stampede" is made by Uberti. The cap and ball guns by Uberti are the standard the others are judged by.  Strong as a Ruger? No.  Strong as a real Colt SAA? probably.  Stand up to Cowboy Action Shooting, certainly.  Shoot hot 45Colt loads? NO! The Ruger has bigger, stronger cylinders and frames, any load safe in a real Colt SAA is safe  in an Italian SAA.  I have several Uberti single actions, Schofield, Russian, Cimarron model P, and 1860, 1851 and 1861 Navy percussions, as wel as REmington percussion and Outlaw, all are excellent.  Actually, Uberti quality seems to be improving as time goes on, and Cimarron's pick are best.  Uberti makes the Cimarron 72 open top and 38-40 73 rifle as exclusives.  Short of the finish put on by Beretta (though I haven't handled one yet) Ubertis are as good as Italian guns get .