Date code being 1973 makes sense...
This particular one is stamped Pedersen - North Haven, CT...
In late 1972 - early 1973, Pedersen Custom Guns imported a "handful" of Bernardelli O/U & SxS, as well as some from Beretta & Aramberri of Spain, to figure out which ones they would chose for their line of guns..
Pedersen wound up going with the Beretta BL-4 (model 1000) & GR-4 (Model 2000) for their "higher end" guns and with the Aramberri offerings for their "inexpensive" models (Models 1500 & 2500, respectively)... at the time, I guess they couldn't make enough profit going with the Bernardellis...
Last edited by Smitty in CT; 04/28/11 01:57 PM.