{"id":2377,"date":"2024-07-18T22:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2024-07-18T22:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:39:54","slug":"perazzi-the-gold-standard-rock-island-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Perazzi: The Gold Standard | Rock Island Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In terms of craftsmanship, artistry, and competitive shooting acumen, the Perazzi shotgun brand ranks among the elite. Born from humble beginnings in 1957, this high-end Italian shotgun maker continues to appeal to hunters<\/a>, sportsmen<\/a>, and collectors<\/a> around the globe.<\/p>\n

In addition to an exquisite selection of Perazzi shotguns for sale, Rock Island Auction Company’s August 23 – 25 Premier Auction<\/a> in Bedford, Texas<\/a> features the finest works from other legendary Italian gunmakers like Beretta, Caesar Guerini, Abbiatico & Salvinelli, Rizzini, Fabbri, and more. Click on the images throughout this article to learn more about each exceptional example.<\/p>\n

The Perazzi Shotgun is Born <\/h3>\n

The son of a shoemaker, what young Daniele Perazzi<\/a> lacked in wealth he made up for with a relentless work ethic and an inexhaustible drive to succeed. A 14-year-old Perazzi cut his teeth in the arms industry by apprenticing as a cleaner for a local gunsmith. Six years later, Perazzi patented and sold a design for a single trigger mechanism.<\/p>\n

Daniele Perazzi went into business for himself in 1955, making custom shotguns from a little bench in his mother’s kitchen. In 1957, at the age of 25, Perazzi realized his dream by establishing Armi Perazzi<\/a>. The production plant was built in Botticino, a province in the northern Italian Lombardy region known for its winemaking heritage and breathtaking landscapes.<\/p>\n

The truly formative years of Armi Perazzi began in 1960 with a partnership between Daniele Perazzi and Ivo Fabbri. Fabbri had worked as a toolmaker for Fiat in Turin, known as Italy’s automobile city<\/a>, and brought his experience with state-of-the-art computerized manufacturing to Perazzi’s production process.<\/p>\n

The Perazzi and Fabbri partnership produced approximately 300 shotguns.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perazzi Shotguns Shoot for Gold<\/h3>\n

1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympic Games, proved a turning point Perazzi company. Ennio Mattarelli, an Italian trap shooting champion and talented gun designer in his own right, became aware of the custom over\/under shotguns being produced by Perazzi & Fabri and sought the designers out. At the time, Ennio Mattarelli had been using a Browning<\/a>, the dominant force in the competitive shooting market. <\/p>\n

Mattarelli’s collaboration with Perazzi resulted in a sidelock trap shotgun with a 29 inch barrel length, a 3\/4 full choke, a stock with a straight-hand grip, and a barrel with a hollow top rib to reduce weight. Where the bolting and jointing were concerned, Perazzi and Fabri were both greatly influenced by English models<\/a> like the Boss & Co. example below.<\/p>\n

Mattarelli’s Perazzi shotgun was completed in two months. That October, Ennio Mattarelli<\/a> became the first Italian to win a Gold medal in the 1964 Olympics with his world record score of 198\/200 in men’s trap. Perazzi developed further refinements to his design for Mattarelli’s next outing in 1968, including higher ribs for better heat dissipation in Mexico’s sweltering climate. The MX8 shotgun model, named for the Mexico City Olympic Games, would become the blueprint for every Perazzi competition gun to follow.<\/p>\n

The MX8 and its successors were used by champions around the world and rocketed Perazzi shotguns to international fame in the competitive shooting market. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, every medal winner shouldered a Perazzi shotgun. In total, Perazzi shooters have scored 62 Olympic medals<\/a>, including 21 gold, a record in the history of clay shooting Olympic events. <\/p>\n

Ivo Fabbri Shotguns<\/h3>\n

In 1965, Ivo Fabbri sold his shares back to Perazzi and dissolved their partnership. While Perazzi shotguns were focused on the competition shooting landscape<\/a>, Fabbri was determined to construct the highest-end shotguns possible.<\/p>\n

Much like the vintage Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Maserati, Fabbri shotguns offer a classic, high-performing over\/under design<\/a> engineered more like an Italian supercar than a traditional shotgun. Fabbri focuses solely on quality, producing only 30 shotguns per year. <\/p>\n

With a client list that includes Steven Spielberg, Tom Selleck<\/a>, and Eric Clapton, Fabbri shotguns have earned an exclusive status and represent one of the pinnacles in modern arms collecting. The vividly detailed Renaissance and fantasy-style engraving present on many Fabbri shotguns, like the breathtaking example pictured below, truly embodies the sporting arm as a canvas for exceptional artistic achievement.<\/p>\n

The Perazzi Shotgun Goes Global <\/h3>\n

Perazzi’s success in competitive shooting led to increased demand for not only the company’s sidelock guns, but for models designed for other shotgunning disciplines as well. Daniele Perazzi expanded his line to offer more rugged options for every type of clay target shooting. Today, Perazzi produces countless trap, skeet, pigeon, and sporting options, as well as numerous over\/under hunting shotgun<\/a> and double rifle<\/a> models and several side-by-side offerings.<\/p>\n

Like Fabbri, Perazzi shotguns enjoy an all-star clientele that includes names like Arnold Schwarzenegger, King Juan Carols of Spain, George H.W. Bush, and former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was using a 28 gauge Perazzi shotgun during a famous accidental shooting<\/a> during a quail hunt. Highness Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai helped popularize the Perazzi in the Middle East and won a gold medal with an MX8.<\/p>\n

In 1973, Ithaca Gun Company in New York became an importer of Perazzi shotguns. Ithaca was forced to file for bankruptcy and reorganize in 1978, and after a brief partnership with Winchester, Perazzi established an American subsidiary, Perazzi USA, to help manage its ever-growing North American market.<\/p>\n

Building the Perazzi Shotgun<\/h3>\n

On the company’s production process, Daniele’s son, Mauro Perazzi<\/a>, remarked, “Back in the 1600\u2019s there was an Italian violin maker, Antonio Stradivari, who took great care in his work: legend goes that he cut the woods at the right moon, only on one specific night every year, then embalmed and treated each single wood component with secret paints, and then chiseled away and tuned his violins. He spent hundreds of hours to craft each instrument. This is why there are no second-choice Stradivarius around, only masterpieces. And why there are no second-choice Perazzis, each piece being unique and tailored to each customer.”<\/p>\n

Perazzi shotguns are fully customizable, with customers given a broad range of options for the blank and grade of wood, the rib height and width, the trigger group, and the receiver engraving. These bespoke offerings are made using a fusion of traditional craftsmanship and precision technology by a close-knit team of engineers, technicians, gunsmiths, woodworkers, and master engravers. Only 3,000 Perazzi shotguns a year are produced, each representing a distinct work of art.<\/p>\n

Perazzi’s Legacy<\/h3>\n

Daniele passed away in 2012, just months after the Perazzi shotgun won 12 medals, including four gold, in the London Olympics<\/a>. In late 2023, Czechoslovak Group, a global industrial and technology holding company, acquired an 80% stake in Perazzi, with the founding family retaining the remaining stake. Daniele Perazzi’s daughter Roberta now serves as the company’s chief financial officer, with his son Mauro managing design, production, sales, marketing, and dealer relations.<\/p>\n

Daniele Perazzi was a passionate sportsman who dedicated more than 60 years of his life to building high-grade shotguns<\/a> that defined the competitive shooting market. It’s no surprise that Daniele selected Ferrari Red to define his brand, the color of elegance, engineering, and peak performance.<\/p>\n

On the memory of his father, Mauro said, “My favorite quote is from Clarence Buddington Kelland and makes me think of him \u2013 \u2018My father didn\u2019t tell me how to live; he lived and let me watch him do it.”<\/p>\n

Perazzi Shotguns for Sale<\/h3>\n

From the Olympic Games to the upland fields, the Perazzi shotgun has made its mark. The brand has become synonymous with strength, balance, beauty, and Italian craftsmanship, and Rock Island Auction Company’s August Premier Auction offers some of the finest vintage and modern Perazzi shotguns for sale.<\/p>\n

For more gun blogs<\/a> and gun videos<\/a> on classic<\/a> and modern sporting arms<\/a>, subscribe to the weekly Rock Island Auction newsletter<\/a> to find pieces on Abercrombie and Fitch<\/a>, Parker Brothers<\/a>, Winchester<\/a>, Marlin<\/a>, Browning<\/a>, and Savage<\/a>, as well as unique<\/a> and unusual<\/a> historic curiosities<\/a> like the M30 Luftwaffe drilling<\/a>, the combination gun<\/a>, the Paradox gun<\/a>, the revolving shotgun<\/a>, the 10 gauge shotgun<\/a>, the 4 bore<\/a>, the Punt gun<\/a>, \u00a0and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boss, Purdey, P.V. Nelson, Parker Bros., and more of the world’s best shotgun manufacturers can be found in RIAC’s August Premier Auction. From the well-known names envied by collectors, to the smaller manufacturers with quality that matches the larger houses, Rick Henley takes us through several notable examples as well as his two personal favorites.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n


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