Autumn Sale of Fine and Sporting Arms

BERETTA AN SO6 SPORTING 12-BORE SIDEPLATED OVER & UNDER EJECTOR SER NO C12002B

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Estimated price: £7,000 - £9,000

Auction house commission: 25%

VAT: On commission only

Chequered butt, richly figured, full pistol grip stock, Schnabel forend, both chequered. Multi-choke, bead foresight, 10mm ventilated, machine-finished rib, engraved ‘P. Beretta – ITALY’. , hold-open top lever with embossed, heavy gold crown, manual safety with integral barrel selector, ‘S’ inlaid in gold. Gently carved fences, short bolster, sideplates. The fences lightly engraved with acanthus bouquets, the sideplates with avian scenes of grouse and duck with acanthus framing. The guard inlaid ‘SPORTING’ in gold, the tang ‘SO6’ and the plate ‘Bottega C. Giovanelli inc. E. Bontacchio’. For 1990

Weight 8lb, Chambers 2 3/4", Choke Cyl, Cyl, Pull 15", Barrels 28", OAL

Proof 18.4 (.724) Readings 18.44, 18.43 (.726, .725)

FAA – Sect 2. Shotgun Certificate / RFD required to buy this item.


M - A/B. F - B, W - B

The finish to the barrels intact with very fine silvered edges to the breech and under the forend. The stock with minor scratches and three dings and no damage.