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Posted by Marty Klier
on 3/27/2009, 8:50 pm, in reply to "Need help identifying an Italian gunmaker"
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The gun you show in the picture was marketed as a Le Page percussion target pistol. I am not sure who built it, but it was marketed through Track of the Wolf among others.
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: I own a .44 caliber percussion European match
: pistol made in 1983, but there are no
: identifying maker marks other than a
: "S" inside of an octagon that's
: inside of a circle. The gun is nearly
: identical to the Pedersoli "Mang in
: Graz" model sold by Davide Pedersoli.
: I've searched high and low for some
: information on who made this pistol, but
: can't seem to locate anyone who knows
: anything about this gun.
:
: The gun was sold through the Beeman
: Precision Airgun catalog in 1984, and was
: sold as the "Pietro Beretta
: Aristocrat." In their literature,
: Beeman said it was made by the same small
: Italian gunmaker who originally made them
: for Beretta back in 1835, and these
: reproductions were a limited edition of 1000
: (I have #0362). I contacted Beeman directly,
: but they were useless and provided no
: information. Apparently nobody there
: remembers anything about it, or would bother
: to dig around and locate some information on
: the maker.
:
: Anyone recognize this gun, or could make a
: guess who the maker is from just the
: "S" barrel stamp?
:
: I've had it appraised at $1,300 based upon
: the price of the Pedersoli gun, but the
: appraiser suggested it would be worth a bit
: more as it appears to be better quality,
: plus it's a limited edition that's never
: been fired.
:
:
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