Autumn Sale of Fine and Sporting Arms
Lot 76:
BERETTA AN SO4 12-BORE FERRANTE-ENGRAVED SIDELPLATED OVER & UNDER SER NO C11245B
Finely chequered butt, richly, beautifully figured, full pistol grip stock, rounded forend. 11mm ventilated, machine-finished rib, the upper barrel engraved ‘P. Beretta – ITALY’, the lower ‘BOEHLER * ANTINIT STEEL’. Chequered , hold-open top lever, manual safety with integral barrel selector, ‘S’ engraved. Lightly carved fences, short bolster, sideplates. The fences finely engraved with acanthus bouquets, the sideplates with avian scenes of grouse and duck with acanthus bouquet framing. The guard inlaid ‘SPORTING’ in gold, the tang ‘SO4’ and the plate ‘F. Ferrante’. For 1987
Weight 7lb 15oz, Chambers 2 3/4", Choke approx 3/4, 1/4, Pull 15 1/4", Barrels 27 7/8", OAL 45 3/4"
Proof 18.5 (.728) Readings 18.57, 18.55 Walls 37, 39
FAA – Sect 2. Shotgun Certificate / RFD required to buy this item.
M - A/B. F - A/B, W - A/B
The finish to the barrels intact. The stock near perfect having been refinished. The action with some very localised sheen-like tarnish to the underside.
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