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Uberti firearms have been featured in numerous Western movies thanks to their authentic looks. Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone visited the Uberti factory in the 1960s to procure replica Civil War and Old West revolvers for use in all his Western films including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. [9]
Some Italian Western films were made as vehicles for musical stars, such as Ferdinando Baldi's Rita of the West, featuring Rita Pavone and Terence Hill. In non-singing roles were Ringo Starr as a villain in Blindman and French rock 'n' roll veteran Johnny Hallyday as the gunfighter and avenger hero in Sergio Corbucci's The Specialists.
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M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali: Bolt-action: 10.4mm Vetterli: 1892–1950 Carcano: ... Service pistols. Firearm Type Calibre Service Bodeo M1889: Revolver 10.35mm
The gun manufacturer was active since the early 1950s, manufacturing semi-automatic .22 rimfire sporting rifles and replica "Western" revolvers. Later it evolved to rimfire and small-caliber centerfire firearms patterned after the look of military rifles which at the time were difficult or illegal to own for civilians in Italy.
A Uberti-made Cimarron Model P in 32-20/32 WCF. The company's most popular offering is the Model P based on the Colt Peacemaker.One of the first supporters of SASS and Cowboy Action Shooting, Cimarron makes exclusive versions for competitors such as the "Evil Roy" model built to the specs of Gene Pearcey.
M1 Garand- Used immediately post War till 1959.Was manufactured in Italy with American help. Beretta BM 59 [1]-Italian improved M14 with select fire. Beretta AR70- Modern rifle for its time in 5.56 introduced 1972.
The first design was a 6.35mm blow-back design based on the Browning 1906. [1] This was the Brevetto 5 (Italian for "Model" or "Patent" number 5). Galesi Arms would continue to do more designs including the Brevetto 9 (a longer version of the Brevetto 5) and the 500 series, which included 14 designs ranging from Brevetto 503 to Brevetto 517.