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Beretta Silver Snipe?
sxsnuf
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An acquaintance has an opportunity to purchase a Pietro Beretta Silver Snipe, or that's what he says it is. It belonged to a recently deceased friend, and neither he nor the friend's widow has any idea about the value. He wants to give her a fair price and asked if I'd do a little research. I can't find any (lots of Silver Pigeons) on the auction side but thought certainly someone here would know something about them. Thanx in advance.
Arrivederci gigi
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I have found several for sale
Beretta Silver Snipe 12 gauge O/U Shotgun - Over Under Shotguns at GunBroker.com : 924947981
Beretta Silver Snipe 12GA 26” - Over Under Shotguns at GunBroker.com : 922311543
Pietro Beretta Silver Snipe Over- Under 20 Gauge Shotgun Skeet C&R - Over Under Shotguns at GunBroker.com : 924343459
Thank you Ricci! I spent an hour or better looking for those. Maybe it's all in the search terms.
@sxsnuf You got me thinking about a Silver Hawk I acquired a few years ago & just stuck it in the back of a safe. So I brought it out & cleaned it up. Problem is that only the right barrel fires. Looks like I'm going have to take it apart for a checkup.
"Problem is that only the right barrel fires."..................did you 'bump' the stock on the floor after 'dry firing' the 1st barrel?. some doubles have to have 'recoil' to set the second barrel.
@MIKE WISKEY You're the MAN. Thanks!
Many years ago I had a Golden Snipe with the single selective trigger. It was a GREAT gun. I used it for trap for a while. It had some issues and I took it to Beretta for service. We were both in MD at the time. They told me it was a great field gun but was probably not up to large rounds of trap. Then they offered to buy it from me. Seems the barrels are a hot commodity. I didn't want it parted out so I sold it to a hunter and bought a dedicated trap gun.
Mike Wiskey is absolutely correct. Bump it and the second barrel will fire.