September 10-12, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2024
Circa 2021. Both sets of barrels are monoblocs with brass bead front sights on vent ribs with machine cut matting. Barrels marked "Rizzini Marcheno V.T. Italy" on left, with importer information and safety on right. Chambers with designations chambering, flats with modern Italian nitro proofs. Forearms are both round nose game forearms with unreinforced Anson plunger releases, a central escutcheon, and checkered in a point and wave pattern, engraved in floral scroll at the exterior iron; forearms numbered to the barrels on interior. Round body action with both of barrel numbers on wings, and engraved in near full coverage of floral scroll on a blackened and stippled ground, with "Rizzini" in a ribbon on either side, bottom with "Round Body". Trigger guard signed "Bottega C. Giovanelli" abutting on right side, "MADE IN ITALY" on left. Inertia driven single trigger, protected by a short tang blued trigger guard with a sprig of engraving en suite, selective safety slide with horizontal positions for barrel selector is non-automatic; "S" ahead of slide. Stock of a nicely grained and widely fiddled walnut with Prince of Wales grip and checkered in two panels about the wrist in a point and wave pattern and finished by a serrated buttstock extension; cast off for a right handed shooter. In a Rizzini branded ABS case compartments for both barrel sets, shotgun, and 2 choke tube cases: 28 gauge tubes include Cylinder, Full, and Improved Modified, with Improved Cylinder and Modified currently installed, 20 gauge tubes are Cylinder, Full, and Improved Modified, with Modified and Improved Cylinder installed. CONDITION: Excellent, and appears to have been used very little, if at all, since proof. Both sets of barrels retain virtually all of the original bluing with some minor handling marks. Receiver excellent, with crisp engraving and some minor handling marks, one very small spot of heavier-than-balance stippling adjacent to trigger plate. Stocks excellent, with very minor marks. Mechanically fine, 20 bore ejectors are out of time but both fire, 28s are in time, bores are excellent. Case and accessories fine.
Accessories
Factory plastic case, 2 sets of barrels
Chamber
(A) 3" (B) 2 - 3/4"
Gauge
(A) 20 Bore (B) 28 Bore
Length of Pull
14 - 1/2" over extension,
Weight
6 lbs 5 oz w/ 20 gauge bbls