ic Old West Creating authent equires r s m r a e ir f a ic l p re detail, o t n io t n e t t a e l incredib seen in every e b n a c s il a t e d e and thos on Firearms. gun from Cimarr somewhere st Coast, West Coast or Ea e th on e liv u yo d we all if an , er us doesn’t matt cowboy and cowgirl iniquely American tle lit a ve ha all e W n. ee un sa in betw spirit of the Old West.n It’ earms has been Fir can connect with thenc ro ar m Ci at one th feeling of independe y e, years. began tapping into for nearlaft40 and Mar y Lou Harvey ike M er tly or sh e started 84 “W 19 s. Cimar ron began in firearms at their store in Houston, Texa ing lud ca inc pli n re ut soon bega selling Old West s,” says Mike Harvey,at“b rted it all was the Colt sta with percussion firearm th n idge gu rtr ca e th d An s. rm ea fir cartridge al Colt A).” Single Action Ar my (SA fledgling company had legs, so he took one of his origin ady mak-
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his Uberti. “Uberti was alre Early on, Harvey sensed order to work with Aldo in ly p and Ita in y tor fac i ert he says. “I changed the gri SAAs to the Ub a more authentic replica,” d ution to hide nte sol e wa I ativ but cre a A, nd SA e fou tyl n ing a Colt-s markings, and eve ct rre -co iod per c instructions regardtic cifi hen spe rvey also had very Ha s.” frame shape, developed aut lica rep lian Ita the that covered the numerous proof marks ny and case-hardening. ing ish er manufacturers) for ma pol ss, ing metal hardne with Uberti (as well as oth arron ned Cim alig t, y fac sel In clo n t.” tha bee We’re more than . ter por And though Cimarron has im an as us of rve built to Ha y’s t, “You can’t just think it ensures that the guns are and , cts years, Harvey stresses tha du pro ir the p elo facturers to dev works closely with manu s. ion exact specificat
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