Stormson, nice dream but it's time to wake up. Uberti and Pietta have been in business for the same amount of time. About 1960.
Pietta makes a good product today, but that product is the same window with different drapes hung on it. They once made Walkers, 1st, 2nd,3rd and Whitneyville Dragoons and others I'm sure but today, they have reduced the offerings to one basic frame with different cyls and barrels (just as you pointed out), many of which were never offered. I think it's great to give folks options (historic or not) but it's still cheaper to produce one car and offer different colors.
Uberti on the other hand still produces pocket models, horse pistols, belt pistols and . . . . they're of correct size . . . . The famous Colt 2nd gen open top revolvers were derived from Uberti castings and parts . . . . and some barrels from ASM . . . . not Pietta's.
The action parts in Uberti's today are light years ahead of Piettas parts. Even Sam Colt would agree they're better than what he had. They are excellent in proportion, finished very nicely and require much less work for the tuner. Pietta parts are still thick, just like the 70's parts, and require a lot of work. Neither maker has a hammer cam worth a damn as far as consistency.
The point is, there's not a factory offered S.A. revolver that wouldn't benefit from being tuned to some degree. It's the same with anything mechanical. Individual attention is always better than the mass produced item.
So, as much as you like to holler your opinion about how great a particular companies item is, it's still a "one trick pony". On the other hand, others may enjoy the many offerings ( how many offerings should there be? Pietta doesn't even make my favorite!) that Uberti produces so they can choose what they like. Shame shame I know but it just sucks that folks have options and plenty to choose from . . . .
Maybe you could tell us what the "smith' did to your 2016 to make so sweet and slick? Does it have wire springs instead of flats? (That's what they usually do and that's about it). Did they put a Ruger type (in the frame) hand spring in it? How bout the left bolt arm, is the corner rounded where it joins the body to remove the stress to prevent breaking?
It's funny what folks "know" till they don't know.
Mike