This nice used double percussion shotgun was manufactured by Davide Pedersoli of Italy. Used it has a few scattered marks on the stock, the barrels have a high polished brown finish, and the locks have a color case hardened finish. Barrels are 28" long, smooth bore. Marked as a 12 gauge we find these early production shotguns have a much tighter bore dimension and work best with 13 gauge wads and cards. The 13-3/8" and 14-1/4" trigger reach should fit today's average shooter quite well. Weight is only 5.9 pounds. No cheekpiece is carved, making this shotgun equally handy for right or left hand shooters.

The high polish brown finished barrels are 28" long and fitted with a brass bead front sight. The brown barrels have a few small marks, which is very common on this type of finish. Both barrels appears to be choked slightly. The bore measures 0.715" past the choke. The right hand barrel constricts down to 0.710" or a skeet choke, while the left hand barrel constricts down to 0.700" or a improved modified bore. We find the 704/.709" diameter bores will work best with 13 gauge wads and cards, and either lead, or bismuth shot. The wad manufacturer recommends the following mixture of cards to pass through choked bores. A 13 gauge over powder card passed through on it's side, a 14 gauge fiber wad to pass easier through the choke, and a standard 13 gauge overshot card which should be flexible enough to pass through the choke

The straight grip is checkered, and the walnut stock is fitted with a blued steel buttplate. This wide buttplate is nearly flat, comfortably with full loads. The stock has a few scattered handling marks and the buttplate now stands above the wood due to wood shrinkage over the years. The left hand side of the stock does have one small cosmetic check at the heel where the wood has been lifted as the stock has pulled against the buttplate as it shrunk. The right hand side of the stock has a factory filled knot on the front of the comb. The forend is has a single key that retains the barrel. The key allows for quick disassembly for cleaning. Simply withdraw the ramrod, press out the key with firm thumb pressure, and lift the muzzle end, to dismount the barrels for easy cleaning.

Remove the two standard 1/4-28 nipples, using our #NW-120 nipple wrench, and immerse the breech end in a bucket of hot soapy water. Place a wet cleaning patch on our #Ramrod-7-10-B cleaning rod, fitted with our #Jag-12-10 cleaning jag tip. Push the air out, and draw the water in, as you pump the ramrod the full length of each barrel, a few times. Change the water, and the patch. When the patch comes out clean, you are ready to wipe the bores dry, using a patch wetted with WD-40 or other water displacing oil. Never insert a dry patch. If you used warm water, the warm barrels will dry instantly.

Davide Pedersoli double shotguns use our standard 1/4-28 nipple. However, he taps the thread seats to the minimum size, knowing that normal use will wear the nipple threads, over time, enlarging them to better fit a standard nipple. Our standard 1/4-28 nipples are quite snug in the thread seats. Apply a tiny amount of Birchwood Casey's Choke Tube Lube, or any good anti-seize grease, to the nipple threads, and install the nipples. Our 1/4-28 nipples are the correct size. The factory nipples are still fitted, showing little if any actual use.

The Pedersoli shotgun locks are case colored and engraved with a floral pattern. Both locks have scattered brown speckled patina from use. The locks are perfect inside, with strong springs, secure half-cock notches, and full cock notches that release smoothly with normal trigger finger pressure.

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