Hey Guys,
As you can probably tell from the title of my post I'm rather new to the world of SAA clones and am finding it hard to wrap my mind around which clone manufacturers produce the models sold by the big distributors here in the US: EMF, Taylors, Cimarron.
Based on my lurking around here for some time...this is my first post...it seems that these three companies have used both Uberti and Pietta at various times to produce their 6-guns. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like the Cattleman, for example, was produced by both Uberti and Pietta at different times. What I'm hoping to confirm is which of the 2 Italian companies is producing a SSA for which of the big 3 US distributors.
EMF SAA clones = Pietta
Cimarron SAA clones = Uberti
Taylors SAA clones = Uberti
This brings up two more questions. Are the models being sold by these 3 distributors just private label Uberti and Pietta guns or are they unique in some way to what Pietta and Uberti offer themselves? In other words, does EMF, Cimarrom, and Taylors just have the Italians slap their name on a gun that is no different from the competition...a Cimmaron Uberti is the same as a Taylors Uberti, they just have different model names. Or is each gun offered by the 3 distributors made by the Italians to specs they provide so that perhaps a Taylors Uberti is superior in some way/feature to a Cimarron Uberti, or vice versa?
BTW, these are the models I'm looking at for my first SSA purchase:
EMF Great Western II
Taylors Smokewagon or Cattleman
Cimarron Model P "Old Model"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.