Of course, I can buy 3-4 Ubertis for the price of one Colt, and as far as accuracy, function and durability the Colt can't do anything that the Ubertis can't.
my experience is the opposite with lead bullets...I really had a hard time getting accuracy at 25 meters with UBERTIs, mainly because of a very inadequate rifling for lead bullets, and crazy dimensions in chambers, that were not even perfectly round. The dimensions run, in the same cylinder, from 456 to 462". Colt´s are very very uniform in that aspect, however.
as a matter of fact, I had less accuracy problems with the underrated TAURUS GAUCHO, than with UBERTI. As far as I know, many of these problems have been corrected by UBERTI in their current production, so a modern Uberti is allways a better buy than and old one..
the Colts made my life a lot easier as a shooter...would shoot great with most loads. A more shallow rifling and chambers well drilled, uniform of around 456". Just using a larger bullet with shallow grooves and hollow base, made the gun shoot superb.
Piettas are more nicely finished than UBERTI, but in some models, I have noted the steel is softer in the frame, very typical in Pietta, nicely made, but cheaper steel. It wont affect durability much.