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1214
$54,625.00

*EXTREMELY RARE FABBRI SIDE BY SIDE PIGEON GUN. SN E361. Cal. 12 ga 28″ Bohler Super Blitz steel barrels. Hand-filed tapered rib with single ivory sighting bead 2 3/4″ chambers IMP-MOD/FULL chokes; ejectors and Fabbri single trigger. Left barrel is marked ARMI FABBRI.BRESCIA/Made in Italy. Right barrel Fabricada Para “D. Juan Purto Belda”. Bottom of right barrel BOHLER.SUPER.BLITZ.STEEL. Barrel flat is date-coded XX7 for 1971. The sidelock receiver is totally engraved with ribbons and flowers and fine foliat arabesque scroll. Bottom receiver has ribbon engraved ARMI FABBRI BRESCIA. Right side of trigger plate is signed F. Iora Inc. Mounted with exhibition quality walnut, fully checkered small beaver tail foreend, push tip release and inlaid gold pigeon on bottom. Checkered pistol grip with right-hand palm swell, ebony grip cap, Monte Carlo and Fabbri black vented recoil pad. Bore diameter: left .726, right .726. Bore restrictions: left .035, right .022. Wall thickness: left .031, right .034. Drop at heel: 1 7/8″, drop at comb: 1 1/4″. Weight: 7 lbs. 7 oz. LOP 14 1/8″. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Barrels retain 99% of their original blue, some tiny handling marks and faint rub on bottom from forend. Receiver is a bright, crisp and clean silver finish. Stock is sound with some tiny bumps and bruises, fine sharp checkering and retains virtually all of its fine hand-rubbed original finish. Forend is sound with good sharp checkering, a few minor bumps and bruises and retains virtually all of its original finish. Mechanics are crisp with non-automatic safety, strong ejectors, bright shiny bores as gun appears to have seen very little use. 4-35280 BDT222 (37,500-47,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009
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