I think Faustis being sold at Walmart more or less ruined the name in this country. They were cheap, ugly, and the name was plastered all over the gun. Hard to spend 3 to 7k on a gun with that kind of brand damage. I know they are very capable of making a good, well finished gun...but Id never spend 3 to 5k on anything with their name on it. The nicer guns by Fausti that I looked over were all fat through the wrist and still sort or had that cheap gun stigma attached to it.
The same could be said for Antonio Zoli. They put out some real crappers in the past but the Kronos-Expedition-Pernice guns are in a much different class than lets say the SA-3 that SigArms brought in. Yuck. They also suffer brand damage from flooding the market with cheap guns. If Zoli wouldve stuck with the better stuff, people wouldnt associate their name with cheap guns as much and their higher end stuff would be held in higher regard.
This was a problem I was having with deciding to get a Fausti, but from what I've read they make a fine gun now.
Years ago I bought one of those less expensive Zoli guns, it was a Delfino, and to be honest I loved it, but no choke tubes, I gave it to one of my sons when I bought a RRL, and he still has it, but says he can't hit anything with it. It came with a very nice hard gun case that is covered with fabric, not canvas, but heavy like that, I kept the case!
Thanks again
TM
