May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/9/2024
Circa 2002. A nice and virtually new combination sporting/game gun with 30” nitro proofed blued mono-bloc steel barrels. Barrels are fit with ejectors, low profiled machine filed ventilated ribs. Ribs with small mid beads and larger white front bead sights. The 28 gauge barrels are built with 2 - 3/4” chambers and numbered “1” on rib near breech. The .410 barrels are fit with 3” chambers and numbered “2” on rib near breech. Both sets of barrels are choked with Beretta multi chokes and with individual forearms. Barrels read “BERETTA USA ACCK. MD” on right side of top barrel and “SPORTING BERETTA - MADE IN ITALY GARDONE V.T.”. Left side of top barrels read with “28 GA 2 3/4” – 30” and “410 GA. 3”- 30”. Bottoms of barrels with serial number and Italian proof markings. The side plated boxlock action is brush bright coin finished, with game scene and scroll engraving. “P. Beretta” is engraved at top of walls. Bottom of action reads “S 687 EL GOLD PIGEON II”, ”MADE IN ITALY”. Action built with single selective gold washed inertia trigger. Top lever with light scroll and scored. Safe slide built with barrel selector and is scored. Dark walnut stock with pistol hand grip (finely checkered), vacant golden shield, and finished with a black rubber pad. Schnable forearms with fine checkering are numbered “1” and “2” on their individual Deeley styled latch releases. Exterior iron metal with light scroll engraving. Gun lives in its blue “BERETTA” ABS case with choke wrench, extra chokes and manual. CONDITION: Excellent. Barrels are excellent – as new. Action, trigger and ejectors are excellent. Stock and forearms excellent. Case is very good.
Barrel Wall Thickness
(A/28) (O) .046 (U) .047 (B/.410) (O) .040 (U) .042
Gauge
(A) 28 Bore (B) .410
Internal Bore Diameter
(A) (O) .547 (U) .546 (B) (BOTH) .404
Model
S 687 EL Gold Pigeon II
Weight
(A/28) 6 lbs 10 oz (B/.410) 6 lbs 15 oz