Anyone shoot a Fabarm autumn? A Rizzini br550? There’s also a aya from 2005 I might consider
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My friend just picked up his Rizzini BR552, 410 last weekend and we shot it. It's case colored and has 29" barrels. Very nice looking gun.
I have the 20 ga br550 and I like them a lot. 29" barrels, teague chokes, steel capable. I changed out the wood recoil pad/extension and put on standard rubber. It brought the balance just a fraction back to just ahead of the hinge pin. I didn't want to change the screw hole placement in the buttstock in case I want to put the wood pad back on. The hole spacing is metric so you're limited on the pad choice. I used the Gazalan 1/2" solid recoil pad with a 3 1/4 hole spacing. That gave me a 14 11/16 LOP. The oveall fit of the stock is pretty close to the 20 ga. Parker Repro so with the exception of cast(I need a little more off) it fits pretty good. I also have the case frame, I like it better.
Also I have the br550 that are the Field models. They're a little less expensive than the RB and in the sub gauges carry just fine with no noticable hard corners unlike the Win. Model 23's. The 20 gauge br550 with the 29" barrel and galazan pad weights 6lbs. 5oz.