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F. Pedretti Shotgun

Randy FondrenRandy Fondren Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
edited June 2003 in Ask the Experts
I have a 20ga sxs marked F. Pedretti Gardone VT on one barrel and on the other it is marked RICHLAND ARMS CO BLISSFIELD MICM MODEL 230
20 GA. It has very nice engraving but the stock is cracked and it does not have the original butt plate. Can you give me any information?

Thanks, randy
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a reference for a Richland Arms Co., of Blissfield Michigan as a importer of Spanish shotguns, (doesn't say anything about Italian shotguns) in the 1980's. Supposedly they went out of business in 1986.
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  • Randy FondrenRandy Fondren Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the info. I also posted this on Shotgun World and learned somethings by reading other postings.

    The markings on the barrels and reciever after you take the barrels off tell alot but I don't know what story they tell.

    Star with crossed rifles under it.
    Star with PSF under it.
    Star with FINITO or NITO under it.
    F PEDRETTI GARDONE VT (BRESCIA).
    Some type of flying bird that I can not make out.

    Same markings on the Barrel with the exception of the following:

    KG1070, 15 9, 15 9 or 15 8 (looks over stamped) and X7.

    Can any help???
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What you describe, are standard post 1950 Italian Shotgun Proofmarks. The one with "FINITO" denotes that the shotgun was proofed completely finished.
    I believe that the "KG1070" marking is the proof pressure in Kilograms, and the "15 9" is the barrel dimension in millimeters.
    " X 7" is a coded system for the year the shotgun was proofed. Sorry my book isn't clear on how to interpret the code.
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  • Randy FondrenRandy Fondren Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the info again. Does your book give you any contact info for replacement parts. The stock is cracked, but has been clued back and the butt plate is not original and I would like to replace these if I could.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry, can't help you regarding the parts. Couldn't find anything in my references concerning a shotgun manufacturer by the name of Pedretti in Gardone VT ( premier gun manufacturing area of Italy). Fraid you have a orphan on you hands.
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  • Randy FondrenRandy Fondren Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for all of you help. If I can not find the parts thats ok it still shoots great and is a very nice looking gun anyway.
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