That’s a beaut! Little known fact. Perazzi apprenticed under Franchi in Brescia and I’ve heard but can’t confirm that the early Perazzi actions and barrel lumps were actually forged by Franchi. They parted ways because Perazzi wanted leaf spring triggers and wanted to focus on competition guns and Franchi wanted to change to coils and like Fabbri, wanted to concentrate on hunting models plus newer technology like the titanium alloy actions and coil springs. Both were right for their prospective fields. The leaf having a slightly faster lock time and lighter trigger and the coil being less maintenance. Point being, you can’t really talk about gun making in Brescia without mentioning Franchi who’d been manufacturing firearms there since 1868. 👍🏼
That’s a beaut! Little known fact. Perazzi apprenticed under Franchi in Brescia and I’ve heard but can’t confirm that the early Perazzi actions and barrel lumps were actually forged by Franchi. They parted ways because Perazzi wanted leaf spring triggers and wanted to focus on competition guns and Franchi wanted to change to coils and like Fabbri, wanted to concentrate on hunting models plus newer technology like the titanium alloy actions and coil springs. Both were right for their prospective fields. The leaf having a slightly faster lock time and lighter trigger and the coil being less maintenance. Point being, you can’t really talk about gun making in Brescia without mentioning Franchi who’d been manufacturing firearms there since 1868. 👍🏼
Fabbri is not pronounced the way you do it, you pronounce it with a single b and an accented i.