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38th Classic Auction

AT-1220 Wien, Kagraner Platz 9  

Auction on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 from 10:00  | Auction ended

Completed | Physical auction
Lot: 824

sidelock-s/s shotgun FAMARS (Abbiatico & Salvinelli) cal. 12/70 serial #895

Starting price 18.500 EUR
not sold

barrel length 71 cm (28"), stock length 37,5 cm (14,5"), overall length 114 cm (45"), choke 1/2 % full (M & F), weight 3,1 kg, year of manufacture 1990, Italian proof 1989, condition 1.
Demibloc barrels discreetly signed "abbiatico & salvinelli", smooth concave rib, deep-seated brass front sight, ejectors, brightly polished breech engraved with fine English arabesques and rose bouquets, screws, fences and top lever integrated into the fine decoration, signed "M. Dassa", bar-action sidelocks, sear, disc-set strikers, sliding tang safety, double trigger with articulated front blade, rolled trigger guard, beautifully grained burl walnut stock with straight grip, drop, carved butt end, empty gold stock monogram plate on fore-end with Anson push-rod, shipped in original manufacturer's leather case with canvas cover, including trade label, manufacturer's papers and engraving certificate as well as final completion date of 1990, buffer cartridges by Holland & Holland. Top finished shotgun from the Italian manufacture with an artistic finish by Mauro Dassa, who together with his brothers runs the traditional gun engraving house founded by his father Alessandro Dassa in Collebeato (Brescia).
Founded in 1967 by Mario Abbiatico and Remo Salvinelli, the Fabbrica Armi di Mario Abbiatico e Remo Salvinelli was established in Gardone, in the Trompia Valley, which is known for gun manufacturing. While in the first decade of the company's history they had produced a wide range of qualities, they finally decided to focus exclusively on high quality and custom made shotguns. This success was accompanied by the Bulino engravings, which were becoming more and more popular for collector's guns at that time. Among the technical highlights of FAMARS history are the cock shotguns developed by Mario Abbiatico. His passion gave birth to the first cock double shotguns combined with self-cocking function, ejectors and single trigger. Also world famous is the Quattrocanne, a four barrel shotgun with a combination of cock locks with recoil springs for the upper barrels and Anson & Deeley box locks for the lower barrels. Then as now in family ownership, FAMARS is emblematic of the art of shotgun making and engraving from Italy.