I bought an Colt 1860 Army and an 1858 Remington from Cabelas about 10 years ago. Both were Pietta products, and both were manure. The Remington shot fine, but the loading lever link was so soft that it deformed when seating a bullet. And the loading lever plunger hole in the frame was drilled off-center causing the plunger to strike the edge of the chamber! This was very noticeable to the eye. The colt copy displayed poor fit and finish, was severely under-timed, and the arbor pin for the cylinder wiggled. This experience followed my receiving an 1873 Colt "hartford model" from EMF (made by ASM) that had a BIG machine mark gouged accross the rifling. I haven't bought an Italian replica since. I've never bought a Uberti revolver, but I'm awaiting delivery of two right now (explains my prowling this forum now) after being encouraged by others that Uberti replicas are top-notch. In all fairness, my Piettas were purchased 10 years ago. Perhaps their quality has come up since then. We'll see....... Incidentally, I think the Uberti's have more faithful contours. Compare the line of the curve that runs along the side of the 1860 Army barrel from the breech to the muzzle. Originals sweep up gracefully at the breech. The Uberti appears to come closer to replicating this than the Pietta which just sweeps up slighty. And an ad photograph of a Pietta-produced 1858 Remington I saw the other day showed the reloading lever plunger protruding about 1/8 inch from its hole even though the lever was latched. I might sound picky, but they're supposed to be replicas, right? If they can't pay attention to detail better than that...