Looking at getting an Uberti Cattleman 7 1/2" 45LC or an Uberti Brisley 7 1/2" 45LC

[Gunny]

What do you guys know about these two fine replicas? Preferences? Opinions? General Information?

Here are a couple pictures!

This is the one I would like to get in the Cattleman's except the picture is a 4 1/2"

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o121/cwthames/1873_cattleman_nm_steel_lg.jpg

Here is the Brisley!
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o121/cwthames/1873_cattleman_bisley_lg.jpg

[scottaschultz]

I asked a similar question here and on Hangunforum.net and here are the replies I got...

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=343528

http://www.handgunforum.net/showthread.php?t=18496

In a nutshell, the Uberti seems to be a fairly well made decent shooter for the money, but if you are going to be doing any heavy-duty CAS type shooting, a Ruger equivalent would probably be your better choice.

Scott

[Hafoc]

...except that I like the New Vaquero, and Ruger doesn't make a New Vaquero in the Bisley style, so I got the standard New Vaquero. But wait...

http://www.ruger-firearms.com/Firearms/FAProdResults?function=famid&famid=57&variation=Bisley%20New%20Vaquero%AE&bct=Yes&type=Revolver

Bastids!

[scottaschultz]

Very nice!

But I was trying to suggest something in the same price range as the Uberti.

Scott

[dalegribble]

i have 3 uberties, 2, 4 5/8 and 1, 3 1/2 all in 45 and i love em all. i shoot factory cowboy loads and reloads to cowboy specs all day long with no problems. they are smooth, surprisingly accurate for notch sights and just a joy to shoot. i dare anyone to pick up one of these guns and shoot it without bringing a smile to your face. they have a great finish and fit. i love shooting the 45's out of these guns. i know there are more expensive guns out there, some may even be worth the higher prices, spend your money any way you like but don't let anyone tell you these uberties aren't great guns.

[timothy75]

Its Bisley not Brisley freind. Like mentioned Uberti makes very fine guns, the one thing I'll add is that you might choose to buy a Cimarron instead which is still Uberti made but doesnt have an unatractive saftey on the back of the hammer (you cant see it on side pictures). Good luck

[Jim March]

Let's talk about grip frames a sec.

Ruger's "Bisley" isn't anything like the Uberti Bisley above, which is a good clone of the original Colt Bisley.

In both of the Colt-type grips pictured, the front part of the grip frame containing the trigger guard and front face of the grip meets at the bottom with a bolt to the back half of the grip frame.

In the 1920s a gunsmith started producing a grip frame that later came to be known as the #5: you take the back half of the Bisley grip frame, heat and bend it outwards a bit, and mate it to the front half of the standard SAA grip frame. The result is a grip that feels more like the Colt SAA, but raises your hand up higher (closer to the hammer) for better recoil control.

This is the grip frame Ruger semi-cloned to make their "Bisley" except Ruger stretched the #5 concept longer. This works for some but eliminates the whole idea of "pinkie under" shooting which in my experience speeds up your shot strings.

Ron Powers (Power Custom) is supposed to be working on a bolt-on #5 grip frame kit for Rugers, with a shipping target summer of this year.

I'm considering either that for my next grip frame, or maybe take the Ruger Bisley and have it custom-chopped shorter for a similar effect.

[CraigC]

Both are fine, perfectly serviceable sixguns. I own examples of both. I'd suggest that if you have not handled the Colt Bisley pattern, you do so before spending your money. With most shooters, it's love or hate. It is very different from any other ever produced. Personally, I really like it and find it extremely comfortable right up to Elmer Keith's famous 1200fps .44Spl load.

http://photos.imageevent.com/newfrontier45/sixgunsiii/large/Uberti%20Bisley%2002.JPG

[timothy75]

Wow, great pic Craig! Do those loads hit low?

[CraigC]

Yep but they hit left too. Good thing I've got a dovetail front sight planned. Finally got my dovetail cutter this week. Gonna mock up some front sights in brass or aluminum. ;)