Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is a 1/2 scale Perazzi MX-8 SCO ORO superposed shotgun made by Sandro Lucchini & Darko Visini in Italy about 25 years ago. It is engraved and gold inlaid by Carlo Pazotti, who was an engraver for Perazzi. 22 3/8″ long overall with 14 1/16″ barrels. This fabulous miniature shotgun features a single selective trigger, selective ejectors, and drop trigger assembly. There are eleven highly detailed gold inlaid game scenes showing nine birds and three dogs, incredible highly figured French walnut buttstock & forearm with hand checkering at the forearm, buttstock wrist, and butt. The bank note engraving is just mind blowing. Only a handful of these were made about 20 – 25 years ago, & until last year, I had not seen one for sale in almost 20 years. This is the second of these I’ve been fortunate enough to offer for sale in less than a year, and this one has more engraved gold bird inlays. The miniature has a box lock action, but has sideplates like a sidelock to give more area for engraving and gold inlays. The action is cocked upon opening. When one barrel is fired, the inertia resets the trigger for the second barrel. You can simulate this by dry firing the miniature, then bumping the buttstock firmly against your palm, then fire the second barrel. Included is the original brown leather luggage type casing with twin combination locks and flip latches. The interior French fit and lined in a burgundy felt. Accessories include the tool to remove the buttstock and a Perazzi oval pin. A full size Perazzi of this quality will set you back about $35K new, or $15K – $28K used. A similar full size Perazzi recently sold for $14.75K in a Rock Island Auction, and another, almost exactly like this miniature was for sale in James Julia’s past auction estimated at $18K – $28K. This miniature is a factor of 8 times more difficult to build and engrave than one in full size. Three of these miniature beauties are featured in the book “The Art of Miniature Firearms – Centuries of Craftsmanship”, on pages 58, & 60 – 63. I will let the included photos tell the rest of the story. Stock # CR-41. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!
