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16/05/2018

A relative newcomer five Rizzini brothers and their childhood friend Rinaldo Zoli, came to prominence on the international gunmaking stage in the 1960s but soon developed a reputation for reliability and robustness. When Zoli retired, the Rizzinis established their own gun factory focused quality with one of the brothers Guido perfecting their design.

16/05/2018

Established by James Purdey in London in 1814, the company still enjoys an enviable reputation. His son, also James, took control in 1858 filing several patents receiving its first Royal Warrant in 1868 from the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, and from Queen Victoria in 1878. In 1880 the first Purdey hammerless gun was […]

16/05/2018

Founded in 1957, the company is now in the hands of the second generation of the Perazzi family and is run by brother and sister Mauro and Roberta. Born into poverty, Daniele found a job in gunmaking aged 16 and never gave up his dream of designing and building his own gun. Perazzi combines traditional […]

16/05/2018

Frederick Beesley was one of Victorian London’s famous gunmakers setting up his own company in 1879. Although making only around 1,800 guns, Beesley was an innovator lodging some 20 patents. He is perhaps most famous for his side-by-side hammerless self-opener which revolutionised the British sporting gun, but also designed an over-and-under called the ‘Shotover’ although […]