srl . industry firearms founded gardone val trompia 1959 founder aldo uberti headquarters brescia italy area served worldwide key people giacomo merlino products replica firearms owner benelli part of the beretta holding company divisions u.s. division in accokeek website official website a. uberti srl . is an italian manufacturer of high quality replicas of 19th century american percussion revolvers carbines and rifles as well as cartridge revolvers single shot rifles and lever action rifles . these replicas are commonly used by historical re enactors participants in action shooting sports such as cowboy action shooting working ranchers and target shooters who prefer traditional style firearms . thanks to their quality uberti replicas are also sought after by collectors and historical firearm enthusiasts . 1 uberti is located in gardone v.t. a suburb of brescia italy that has for centuries been the home to other firearm manufacturers and similar craft businesses . independent for many years uberti was purchased and made into a subsidiary of beretta firearms and subsequently acquired by benelli also a member of the beretta holding company . 2 contents 1 origins and history 2 uberti in american western movies 3 current production 4 current u.s. importers 5 business units and corporate ownership 6 gallery 7 see also 8 references 9 external links origins and history edit aldo uberti d. 1998 founded his company in the foothills of the italian alps in 1959 to recreate long obsolete but iconic firearms from the days of the american west and the u.s. civil war . the factory was and still is in gardone in the province of brescia an area renowned for arms and armor manufacturing since the late middle ages . in particular a manufacturing tradition of that area dating back to the renaissance has been that of replicating foreign style armor most notably armor in the german style to be exported to and used in germanic countries . this was done in part to help establish the area as an important arms manufacturing center which it remains today in part to showcase the ability of local artisans and metalsmiths . 3 aldo uberti had attended the zanardelli gunsmithing school and by age 14 he was already apprenticing with beretta a determining factor in his early career . he founded uberti on the eve of the u.s. civil war s 100th anniversary when he was approached by u.s. businessmen who wanted to cater to the budding but promising reenactment market . 4 uberti s first replica was the 1851 colt navy revolver followed by other colt civil war era models ; later he moved on to remington and winchester designs . it was during this era that colt ceased production of their famous single action army or peacemaker revolvers . 5 by the 1970s uberti had grown into an internationally recognized producer of civil war and old west firearms with high quality standards and a marked preference for forging their receivers out of solid steel rather than using casting or alloys . 6 in the year 2000 uberti was acquired by beretta thanks to whose substantial financing it upgraded the factory to a brand new facility thereby greatly expanding production capacity . by 2002 the factory was further modernized with cnc machinery ; this enabled them to expedite certain manufacturing processes although an amount of hand fitting and hand finishing remains necessary to this day for this type of firearm . 7 uberti in american western movies edit uberti firearms have been featured in numerous western movies thanks to their authentic looks . italian filmmaker sergio leone visited the uberti factory in the 1960s to procure replica civil war and old west revolvers for use in all his western films including the good the bad and the ugly and once upon a time in the west . 8 other movie credits include uberti s colt walker featured in john wayne s 1969 true grit 9 as well as the same model in clint eastwood s the outlaw josey wales 1979 . 10 all firearms in the 1990 western dances with wolves starring kevin costner were ubertis 11 while a number of uberti rifles and pistols have also been used in the 1993 film tombstone featuring val kilmer and kurt russell . 12 current production edit today uberti caters to collectors cowboy action shooters civil war skirmishers as well as working ranchers hunters and other outdoorsmen who need or prefer to carry traditional firearms into the field . historically uberti has produced parts such as frames cylinders and barrels for several other manufacturers like beretta taurus charles daly colt and usfa 5 while current firearms made by the company are offered under both the uberti brand names and those of importers cimarron and taylor s. 13 thanks to modern steels and the decades old experience of the artisans assembling the guns uberti s replicas are highly regarded by shooters and collectors all over the world sometimes thought as surpassing the originals in quality . 14 it is for this reason that uberti has been called the king of replicas by u.s. shooters and collectors . 15 furthermore uberti s faithfulness to the originals is such that many internal parts of their current colt replica may be interchanged with those of an original first generation single action army . 16 following is a list of firearm categories currently available from uberti 17 handguns black powder revolvers 1847 to 1860s colt and remington models black powder conversion revolvers late 1860s to early 1870s colt and remington models colt single action army cartridge revolver and variants 1873 to 1890s remington 1875 new army cartridge revolver and variants 1875 to 1890 smith & wesson top break cartridge revolver and variants 1875 specialized colt single action army revolvers optimized for cowboy mounted shooting and cowboy action shooting .22 caliber single action revolver 6 to 12 shot models rifles and carbines 1860 henry 1866 yellowboy 1871 remington rolling block carbines winchester model 1873 rifles and carbines 1874 sharps rifles and carbines 1876 winchester centennial 1883 colt burgess 1884 colt lightning rifle 1885 winchester high wall current u.s. importers edit the long and varied history of uberti importers has sometimes created confusion in the mind of the u.s. customer with unfounded rumors about quality differences between the lines offered through various importers . 18 the reason is that the product has been often marketed under the importer s name e.g. navy arms cimarron etc. rather than the manufacturer s with each importer naturally positioning their product as being the best . currently uberti firearms come into the united states through three main importers . the first and largest is stoeger a member of the same parent company benelli in turn a member of the beretta holding company . in this case stoeger does not act as a brand but only as a the ffl under which the uberti firearms are imported which is why these are the only uberti firearms to be openly marketed under the uberti brand ; and b the company handling the 5 year warranty . the second is taylor s a virginia based company that caters in particular to cowboy action shooters reenactors and collectors . the third is cimarron arms a texas based company also specializing in the cowboy action market . uberti percussion revolver including top to bottom colt paterson colt walker colt 3rd variation revolving holster pistol dragoon a uberti made cimarron model p in 32 20 32 wcf business units and corporate ownership edit the beretta holding company acquired uberti with the explicit goal of dominating the market niche of replica firearms a niche that up to that point beretta had not entered . through this acquisition beretta s intention was to quickly become the dominant force in this interesting market segment particularly in the u.s. by offering a product that reflected beretta s own manufacturing standards . according to the then ceo of beretta holding dott . piero gussalli beretta the objective of this acquisition was that of leading the beretta group onto the stage of america s most genuine tradition of cowboy type firearms and shooting through a brand that is comparable to beretta in quality and prestige . 19 a year after the acquisition 2001 uberti netted a record of 15m . the current uberti ceo is dr. giacomo merlino . 20 today the u.s. subdivision of uberti is located in accokeek maryland within the benelli u.s. main offices . uberti is in fact part of the benelli group in turn a member of the beretta holding family . 21 gallery edit photos of various uberti products remington new model army cased replica set colt single action cased set walker colt revolver replica colt thunderer replica colt buntline revolver replica see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to a. uberti s.p.a. . chiappa firearms davide pedersoli references edit taffin john 24 april 2005 . the gun digest book of cowboy action shooting guns gear tactics kevin michalowski ed . . iola wisconsin gun digest books . pp. 226 228 . isbn 0 89689 140 2 . lee jerry 12 august 2013 . gun digest 2014 . iola wisconsin krause publications . p. 523 . isbn 978 1 4402 3542 9 . stuart phyrr heroic armor of the italian renaissance 321 322 farwest.it magazine july 2001 a b hogg ian ; walter john 29 august 2004 . pistols of the world . david & charles . pp. 352 363 . isbn 0 87349 460 1 . http www.sackpeterson.com models dakota.html http www.ubertireplicas.com about uberti wilson robert lawrence 2008 . the peacemakers arms and adventure in the american west . chartwell books . p. 175 . isbn 978 0 7858 1892 2 . true west magazine scattergun sidekick unite 24 may 2011 the wall street journal the story of guns in america 9 february 2014 http www.imfdb.org wiki dances with wolves http www.imfdb.org wiki tombstone ayoob massad 2011 . gun digest book of beretta pistols function accuracy performance . iola wisconsin gun digest books . p. 128 . isbn 1 4402 2653 9 . magnum n 2 year 3 p 68 73 . milano acquario editrice 1994 joseph g. bilby civil war firearms their historical background and tactical use da capo press 29 march 2005 207 colt 1873 single action lupidicavatore.eu http www.uberti.com https thefiringline.com forums showthread.php t 321040 beretta acquires uberti shooting industry find articles at bnet findarticles.com . tina grant international directory of company histories st. james press 2001 isbn 978 1 55862 444 3 . carpenteri stephen d. 13 december 2013 . gun trader s guide to rifles a comprehensive fully illustrated reference for modern rifles with current market values . skyhorse publishing company incorporated . p. 341 . isbn 978 1 62873 481 2 . external links edit official website http www.ubertireplicas.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a. uberti srl . & oldid 743530936 categories 1959 establishments in italyberettacompanies established in 1959firearm manufacturers of italyhistorical reenactmentitalian brandsmuzzleloadinghidden categories use dmy dates from september 2016use american english from september 2016all wikipedia articles written in american englishcommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 02 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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