Fabrica Armi Fratelli Pietta or F.LLi Pietta is the Italian manufacturer we all know so well. Led by the president cavalier Giuseppe Pietta, with his wife Elisabetta Zanetti and his sons Alberto and Alessandro, FAP F.lli Pietta was born in 1963 with the production of hunting rifles. In 1964, their first challenge, starting to build reproductions of weapons of the American Civil War , to respond to a specific request of a French customer. "It was - remembers Giuseppe Pietta - a bet that immediately turned into a real development opportunity for the company.” Pietta, currently presents a very wide range of revolvers. Some never existed at the time, but they are the only manufacturers of the famous Starr and Lemat revolvers which are very beautiful replicas. The maker mark is currently the letters FAP in a diamond, and only this mark when they are not the distributors. The name of the company is usually written in full on the barrel.

Distribution in the United States is carried out by EMF, majority owned by Pietta and their United States service center.