Prolly most of that high price is because of all that cowboy action shooting. I know they sue were not all that expensive when they first came out The Uberti's I mean. I bought a 4.75" barrels Colt clone in .45 ACP and .45 Long Colt for right around $180 and change as memory serves. It was more accurate with the ACP cylinder and I only sold it because the nickel plating was peeling off in strips.
I should have just had my gunsmith strip all the nickel off and reblue the gun. It was more accurate than the genuine Colt single action with the same length barrel. Dang it, let another good one get away.
Paul B.