No the replica guns, are they modeled after the 1873 version or a later version?
Pablo
No, the Umberti’s you posted are defiantly molded after the Colt 1873 SAA.
So whats the deal with the fanning of the gun? Most single actions I saw are hard to cock, let alone fan?
Pablo
Not so much really. Fanning or "slip shooting" a single action is really all about the speed. The trick is to have your finger depressed on the trigger before cocking the gun. If your finger has already depressed the trigger the only action required to fire it is rotating the cylinder and letting the hammer drop on the cartridge. The key to fanning is keeping the trigger depressed as you are rotating the cylinder in quick secession.
It takes about 6 pounds of pressure to cock a single action with the trigger depressed and about 8 pounds of pressure without the trigger being depressed. The trigger pull on a single action, which wouldn’t apply in fanning it, is about 2 pounds of pressure.
To fan a single action takes about the same amount of energy as moderately clapping your hands, although the gunfighters of yesteryear and the competitive shooters of today go at it much harder than that because faster equals harder. On the other hand, softer means better accuracy, so there is a fine line to be drawn between speed and being accurate.
