Armi San Marco was a family owned gun maker in Brescia, Italy. They supplied American retailers with replica firearms over the 1960’s thru 1990’s.
Armi San Marco first started making a Colt 1873 replica in the middle 1980’s. In terms of authenticity, Armi San Marco’s clone was noted as a great improvement over Uberti and Jager single actions. Armi San Marco’s revolvers were of Colt dimensions, and its best ones were all steel with premium finishes.
Over the years Armi San Marco acquired a nagging reputation for soft mechanical parts and other defects however. When last in business, ASM was a subsidiary of American Western Arms, but insurmountable operational problems put a cease to manufacturing in 2004.
Retailers / Models
- EMF Hartford / New Dakota
- Cimarron Model P
- AWA Peacekeeper / Longhorn
- KBI / Kassnar Liberty Limited
- Navy Arms 1873
- Traditions 1873
Import years: 1985 – 2004
Serial ranges: General range is SA1 to about SA30000. AWA has ranges for Peacekeeper and Longhorn models.
1873 Colts and Clones 