Has most members will now have guessed that I am not a favourite of factory made shotgun reproes , Most are made from poor grade materials and do not represent the original and require a lot of work to get them shooting with little trouble .For a original which is over a 150 years and well looked after it can shoot all day and not break down.
I own a pair of repro shotguns that I bought in 1980 these were made by a well known firm of Berretta they are under and over percussion guns to mark 300 years of Berretta guns
For a company like Berretta they were poor the stocks were of cheap grade wood ,but worse was the poor locks internals and springs which I had to re harden and finely tune in, the hammers also were to harden and reline to the nipples .The bottom barrel Allen screw on the breech plug began to gas leak which would have burnt a hole in the stock for end . I did a full customizing on these guns which now give me little trouble but will these reproes last has long has a original a good question .
Enclosed is a image of these guns after customized .
Feltwad
Berretta under and over
A Standard Birmingham Made Original With No Name
I own a pair of repro shotguns that I bought in 1980 these were made by a well known firm of Berretta they are under and over percussion guns to mark 300 years of Berretta guns
For a company like Berretta they were poor the stocks were of cheap grade wood ,but worse was the poor locks internals and springs which I had to re harden and finely tune in, the hammers also were to harden and reline to the nipples .The bottom barrel Allen screw on the breech plug began to gas leak which would have burnt a hole in the stock for end . I did a full customizing on these guns which now give me little trouble but will these reproes last has long has a original a good question .
Enclosed is a image of these guns after customized .
Feltwad
Berretta under and over
A Standard Birmingham Made Original With No Name