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Antonio Belleni?
#486227 07/21/17 01:36 PM
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Anyone heard of Antonio Belleni, Italian maker in Ponte Zanano? I ran across a gun by him on Gunbroker (#670387069). Have no interest in another 12 but hadn't heard of this maker.

Looks like a "made for USA" model: heavy PG, "small BT," and over ornamented for its pay grade. 27" "metric" bbls, both Full choke, marked "Made for George '.30-06" Derbes, Pottsville, PA" 1964 date stamp.

Anybody heard of Antonio or George????
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Re: Antonio Belleni?
Mike A. #486246 07/21/17 08:42 PM
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Thanks for the links and leads, skeettx!

Apparently the Belleri are a gunmaking family in the Brescia/Val Trompia area who have for many years worked for the bigger firms in the area and also made custom "bespoke" guns for private customers and small runs of trade guns for various retailers,including in the US. The gun I found on Joe Salter's Gunbroker offerings is apparently one of the later. The truly custom Belleri guns all seem to be sidelocks or at least cleverly concealed side-plated guns (an Italian specialty, I think).

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