Need advice, answers on reproduction 1875 Remington revolvers

[Doc Hollowpoint]

I am ithinking about getting a  7-1/2" bbl replica of the 1875 Remington revolver, and I am hoping to get some information and answers from folks on this board who have knowledge of and experience with them.
Here are my main questions.
1. I understand these are/have been offered by Navy Arms, EMF, Cimmaron and Uberti.
Which do you rexommend, and why
2. I have read that some (or all) of these are made by the same manufacturer, Uberti. Is this true? If so whatt, if any, difference by brand.
3. Would there be any problem in installing a lanyard ring such as the one offered on the 1890 police model?
I welcome any sharing of experiences, ithoughts, ideas and suggestions
Thanks!
Doc Hollowpoint 

[Jubal Starbuck]

    Well, Doc, I am not an expert, but I have two 7 1/2" 1875 Remingtons in .44WCF made by Uberti and imported by EMF that I like very much.  I can't say whether there is any difference by brand as I have no experience with anything but the two Ubertis.  I have three friends who also own and shoot Ubertis and they all like them also.  One of them has installed lanyard rings on his '75's without problems and I have seen them installed on 1890's also.  Some people say they have had issues with hand springs breaking on 1875's, but I have been lucky with mine as I'm still waiting for one to break after several years of shooting .  I have spare hands and springs as backup in case of need, and I have been told that bobby pins can be used to make replacement hand springs pretty easily, although I have not done it yet.  I did experience some fouling problems with shooting black powder loads in mine at first.  I took the cylinder pins out and polished them with 600 grit paper, reblued and reinstalled them, lubed them with Ballistol for a noticeable improvement when used with MAV-D soft cast slugs lubed with SPG lube.  I put poly ivory checkered star slightly  antiqued grips on for a slightly slimmer grip (from River Junction Trade Co.).   I am very happy with mine and recommend them to anyone.

[River City John]

The main issue with installing a lanyard ring is that the serial numbers are placed right where the lanyard would go on the strap, and no gunsmith will deface serial numbers.

[Curley Cole]

What RCJ said

also here are pix of my Remington (I won a pair and the Ghormley holster) and Old Top has a pair of 44-40 we love em. They are heavvy on style points.

curley

[Cole Younger]

I am ithinking about getting a  7-1/2" bbl replica of the 1875 Remington revolver, and I am hoping to get some information and answers from folks on this board who have knowledge of and experience with them.
Here are my main questions.
1. I understand these are/have been offered by Navy Arms, EMF, Cimmaron and Uberti.
Which do you rexommend, and why
2. I have read that some (or all) of these are made by the same manufacturer, Uberti. Is this true? If so whatt, if any, difference by brand.
3. Would there be any problem in installing a lanyard ring such as the one offered on the 1890 police model?
I welcome any sharing of experiences, ithoughts, ideas and suggestions
Thanks!
Doc Hollowpoint 

To the best of my knowledge, replicas of the '75 have been made by Uberti and Armi San Marcos, both Italian companies.  The latter is now defunct and the former was absorbed by Beretta.   If you get into a used gun, conventional wisdom was always that Uberti was better than Armi as far as manufacturers go.   

Cimmarron, EMF, and Navy Arms are all importers of the gun.  Taylor imports them too and other firms such as Allen Firearms, have imported them in years past.  The United States company, United States Firearms supposedly has an 1875 in the works.  Cimmarron is always a top importer. The fit and finish on those guns always seems to be top-notch.  Uberti USA is a good importer too.

A lanyard ring should be an easy install.  Any competent gunsmith could do it.  If you yourself have any mechanical skills, you could probably do it.

[Pay Dirt Norvelle]

I have a 1875 made by Uberti.  However, as I just got it I haven't been able to shoot it yet.  From what I can tell the action is smooth and I will be able to say more when I get some rounds out of it.  I have a Cimmaron 1875 on order which will not be available until January so I will be shooting my Uberti and a C&B 1858 Euroarms Remington for a couple of months.