TAYLORS

[CRAZY DELBERT]

Had some questions about the Taylor clones and my questions were answered below thank you. 

[Abilene]

Well okay, you asked.  I'm going to talk about a standard single action (SAA).  Uberti (and Taylors) call it a Cattleman.  Cimarron calls it a Model P.  Yes, they are the same on the inside (except for the hammer, part of which is "inside").  The differences are cosmetic.   The Cattleman has what is commonly called a hammer-block safety, with a metal wedge below the firing pin and a screw on top of the hammer and a slot in the back and linkage that goes down through the hammer to the safety notch.  Cimarron has a standard Colt-style hammer.  Also charcoal blue screws, because the originals had them.  Also proof marks are hidden under triggerguard and ejector housing, and those required to be visible are miniaturized.  And Cimarron uses the same font on barrel markings as originals.  Those are the main things, and Cimarron does pay extra for them.  Cimarrons used to have better steel, but Uberti standardized so all the SAA's use that steel.  Same with the coil hand spring.

So yeah, they all function the same and are the same quality (although each company has several models that are reworked in the States), but there are differences in appearance.  These differences won't make it a better cowboy action shooting gun, and some people don't care about them, while others do.

By the way, all the above info is in this Cas City forum in past discussions.

[Virginia Gentleman]

Well okay, you asked.  I'm going to talk about a standard single action (SAA).  Uberti (and Taylors) call it a Cattleman.  Cimarron calls it a Model P.  Yes, they are the same on the inside (except for the hammer, part of which is "inside").  The differences are cosmetic.   The Cattleman has what is commonly called a hammer-block safety, with a metal wedge below the firing pin and a screw on top of the hammer and a slot in the back and linkage that goes down through the hammer to the safety notch.  Cimarron has a standard Colt-style hammer.  Also charcoal blue screws, because the originals had them.  Also proof marks are hidden under triggerguard and ejector housing, and those required to be visible are miniaturized.  And Cimarron uses the same font on barrel markings as originals.  Those are the main things, and Cimarron does pay extra for them.  Cimarrons used to have better steel, but Uberti standardized so all the SAA's use that steel.  Same with the coil hand spring.

So yeah, they all function the same and are the same quality (although each company has several models that are reworked in the States), but there are differences in appearance.  These differences won't make it a better cowboy action shooting gun, and some people don't care about them, while others do.

By the way, all the above info is in this Cas City forum in past discussions.

Cimarron and Taylors have the same steel alloys and forgings.  I asked Tammy Loy one of the owners of Taylors and Company and she said the Uberti factory does not offer a harder or softer steel for their guns in either stainless or blue/CC models no matter who imports them.