Perazzi SCO Over-under Shotgun

Three-barrel set. Engraving by Galeazzi.

If not for Daniele Perazzi, best-quality Italian guns might have remained little more than a footnote in the American market, despite the efforts of Beretta and others. Perazzi apprenticed in the Val Trompian trade, worked for a while with Ivo Fabbri, and set up his own shop in 1961. By 1964, every competition shooter the world over knew his name.

Aside from the high quality of materials and workmanship that goes into them, the Perazzi over-unders have two innovative features that hold vast appeal for competitive target and pigeon shooters: quick-change trigger locks and interchangeable buttstocks.