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The Ubertea Company has been making replicas for 30 or so years.

The Beretta Group recently bought the company to modernize production, take

advantage of the worldwide craze for these weapons, and distribute the

within the company.

Replica weapons are a big market.

Many people buy weapons that resemble the firearms manufactured in the 1870s

of historical interest, with certain collectors seeking products that are

to the originals, or for their recreational value and target practice.

Uberty now manufactures about 30 ,000 guns a year, 80 % of which are sold on

U .S. market, which has embraced these firearms because of their high quality

and because they are exactly like the original weapons.

Uberty makes two types of Winchesters, the 1866 Yellow Boy model and the 1873

Winchester model.

The 1866 is available in different versions, octagonal -barreled or round

-barreled, available in different calibers.

or long -barreled in the sporting version for accurate distance shooting.

It's a very interesting rifle with a brass case that makes it a real cowboy

a firearm of the West.

The 1873 Winchester comes in several versions, too.

It's modeled, giving it a very aesthetic aspect.

It comes in different calibers, in octagonal -barreled, in round and

-barreled, and long and short -barreled.

There's a wide choice to please all enthusiasts.

Uber T also makes black powder replicas and metallic ammunition.

The metallic ammunition replicas use cartridges sold over the counter.

Black powder is a unique system.

Either the cylinder or the barrel is loaded with powder and a bullet.

Firing is achieved via a small primer positioned on the cylinder of the

Uber T firearms are renowned for being of very high quality and almost

to the originals.

The weapons adhere to practically all of the original blueprints.

You see, all of the copyrights registered by the big brand -name gun

manufacturers such as Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Remington in the years

1850 and 1870 fell into the public domain.

Uberty uses the original blueprint to shape these weapons as best as possible

and make them as accessible as possible.

Another type of revolver used by the Army, Navy, and Police is the .36

which is smaller and easier to handle.

It meant you could have a lighter gun.

often carried in the waistcoat or waistband.

It was much easier to handle for everyone, especially in town, where

were often forbidden to carry guns, pistols of the Army and Navy type.

This model is an antique version, and thus almost exactly as it was back then.

This is the celebrated walker, a gun weighing about three kilos.

One can imagine that certain cowboys were more apt to knock out their

than to kill them.

Such guns were quick on the draw, but seldom used.

There were few cowboys around with an 1892 rifle cut this way.

The 1892 is an interesting Winchester.

These original weapons are usually well maintained, and still turn up on

occasion in a good state of repair.

When they do, they have a high market value, and because they are a weapon in

its original state, it allows collectors to own genuine rifles that were made

back in the 1870s.