GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
LOVELY BERTUZZI SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE TRIGGER GAME SHOTGUN WITH CLASSIC ROSE AND SCROLL BY DASSA AND CASE. BERTUZZI SXS VENERE 5913 12GA MODERN Cal. 12 ga. 27-5/8" Chopper lump bbls with matted game rib, are engraved "ARMI Flli BERTUZZI GARDONE V.T. ITALY" on top of left bbl, makers name is in gold. Bbl flats are stamped with 1991 Italian nitro proofs for 2-3/4" chambers, and engraved with importer (BSA). Coin finished sidelock action is nicely filed with slightly rounded bar, and features non-automatic safety, bushed strikers, and dbl triggers (front articulated). Action and lockplates are engraved with superb classic rose and scroll. Makers name is on left side of action. Engravers signature and date, "DASSA 91" are on trigger plate. SN is on tang of scroll engraved trigger guard. Superb dark marbled and fiddle figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 13-7/8" over checkered wood butt, and features classic drop points as well as closely spaced point pattern checkering at grip. Matching splinter ejector forend with Anson release has inlet gold Bertuzzi crest on central diamond. Bore diameter: left -.724, right - .725. Bore restrictions: left - .027 (IMod), right - .015 (mod). Drop at heel: 2-3/8", drop at comb: 1-7/16". Cast about 1/4 off. Weight: 6 lbs. 11 oz. LOP: 13-7/8". Green canvas case with stitched leather corners is lined in green felt and has Bertuzzi label in lid, and contains a pair of snap caps. CONDITION: Excellent, essentially as new, appears unfired since proof, with only one or two light marks in wood finish and some minor assembly marks in metal. Mechanically crisp. Case is excellent. As the Bertuzzi brothers retired a number of years ago, this gun is irreplaceable. 52660-3 MGM384 (15,000-22,500) W/CASE