A FINE PEDRETTI-ENGRAVED .410 (3IN. MAGNUM) SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY ABBIATICO & SALVINELLI, No. 546

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A FINE PEDRETTI-ENGRAVED .410 (3IN. MAGNUM) SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY ABBIATICO & SALVINELLI, No. 546
The non-selective single-trigger with rolled-edge triggerguard, manual safe, hold-open toplever, the pinless lockplates and action-body finely engraved with scenes of woodcock in their woodland habitats and the triggerguard engraved with the head of a retriever with duck, the whole surrounded and invaded by bold foliate-scrolls, scrolling tendrils, foliage and fruit on a matt ground, the triggerstrap signed 'Pedretti', bright finish overall, highly-figured stock, the barrels with matt ventilated top-rib and gold-inlaid maker's signature, the underside of the breech-ends signed with the Christian names of those craftsmen involved in the gun's production
Weight 5lb. 6oz., 14.1/8in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 3in. (Magnum) chambers, nitro proof

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拍品专文

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1982 at an approximate cost then of GBP 33,000. The engraver, Pedretti, has achieved considerable fame as one of the world's foremost artist-engravers. The gun appears to have been little used