All I know is that having shot an original Colt .36 Navy revolver and good quality replica on the same day, the original has a certain feel about it - when cocking - that no replica can duplicate. Same with long arms - I have yet to find ANY brand of replica, and that includes the much-missed Parker-Hale versions, that has that same sharp 'clickety-snick' to the action when cocking it like any of my Sniders do. The worst of them is better than any repro I've ever fired.