shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...
s from
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. The company sells hunting and sporting models of shotguns noted for their removable trigger groups, high quality, and high prices (US$7,500–$440,000). Its founder is Daniele Perazzi, and his family owns and operates it.
Perazzi shotguns are marketed as quality guns and are priced accordingly. The factory is in Botticino near Brescia, Italy. The guns are made to order and the customer can visit the factory to select options and receive a custom gun fit. This is called "The Perazzi Experience". The process of purchasing a shotgun normally begins with the specification of all the metalwork first. Custom options include the gauge of the shotgun, the blank and grade of wood for the stock and forearm, barrel length and diameter, rib height and width, the trigger group, and receiver engraving. The guns can also be engraved and there are different levels of engraving quality and also side plates available. A "test gun" is used to determine the correct fit and measurements for the shotgun to be made for the customer. In the Perazzi factory there is a public viewing area of shotgun production. Customers also have the option of visiting the nearby family owned Cafe / restaurant for homemade pasta and wine while their shotgun is being made.
History
Daniele Perazzi was six years old when he was introduced to firearms by his uncle. Later when he was fourteen, he was hired by a local gunsmith. Before becoming an apprentice to the gunsmith, he often ran errands around town on a bicycle. Perazzi began working on his own at the age of twenty. He found his first commercial success after inventing and patenting a trigger design which he sold to other gun manufacturers. At the age of twenty five in 1957, Perazzi officially established Perazzi Armi.
In 1960, Perazzi met Ivo Fabbri, a young automotive engineer who worked for Fiat. The two joined together to create high class, yet affordable shotguns. They were inspired by the British gun makers Boss & Co. and Woodward, who made firearms by hand with extravagant prices. Perazzi and Ivo believed there was a way to create such high class firearms that would be affordable for the average Italian. The pair then began to work with Italian shooting star and gun designer,
Ennio Mattarelli
Ennio Mattarelli (born 5 August 1928) is an Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in trap shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. From this partnership the first Olympic grade Perazzi shotgun was born, which Mattarelli used to win the gold medal in
Olympic trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
at the
1964 Tokyo Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this hon ...
with a world record score of 198/200 targets. A year later Fabbri separated from Perazzi to establish his own firearm company, Fabbri Arms. Perazzi continued to work with Mattarelli. The two focused on developing a new shotgun for Mattarelli to shoot at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The model MX8 shotgun was born, built specifically for the conditions of shooting in Mexico City. The gun featured a higher rib and respective higher stock to reduce heat distortion along the sight plane in the hot climate. Doing so lowered to the placement of the stock on the shoulder, resulting in the recoil being directed horizontally back into the shooter, rather than vertical muzzle jump. A pistol grip was included to increase the control over traditional straight English stocks. The MX8 was also one of the first guns to have interchangeable screw in chokes in the bottom barrel. This feature is now found in nearly every modern shotgun. Also included was the revolutionary detachable v-springs trigger assembly. Perazzi preferred v-springs over the traditional coil trigger assembly due to their better trigger pulls. The draw back of v-springs was their unreliability. When worn out they can break without warning, unlike the coil trigger assemblies they slowly wear down with age. Since the v-spring assembly was detachable, they could be changed at any time by the competitor for peace of mind. This innovation along with slanted hammers reduced misfires significantly.
Following Daniele Perazzi's death in 2012, his son, Mauro, and his daughter, Roberta, have taken over the business.
Olympic use
1964 Tokyo
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Ennio Mattarelli
Ennio Mattarelli (born 5 August 1928) is an Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in trap shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Gold. Model SHO.
1980 Moscow
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Rustam Yambulatov
Rustam Zaynullovich Yambulatov (russian: Рустам Зайнуллович Ямбулато, born November 10, 1950) is a Soviet sport shooter. He won a silver medal in Trap Shooting in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympi ...
RUS.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Silver. Model MX8.
1984 Los Angeles
* Daniel Carlisle USA.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
Olympic Skeet
Olympic Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. The discipline is sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 target ...
. Bronze. Model MX8.
1996 Atlanta
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Kim Rhode
Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most succes ...
USA. Double Trap Ladies. Gold. Model MX12.
* Michael Diamond AUS.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Gold. Model MX8.
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Josh Lakatos
Joshua David "Josh" Lakatos (born March 24, 1973) is an American former Olympic target shooter. He was born in Pasadena, California.
Career
At the 1992 Olympic Trials, Lakatos did not make the Olympic team, finishing in seventh place.
At the 19 ...
USA.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
Deborah Gelisio
Deborah Gelisio (born 26 February 1976) is a former Italian sport shooter who won a silver medal in Double trap at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Biography
In career she won also five medals at ISSF World Shooting Championships
The ISSF World Shooti ...
ITA. Double Trap Ladies. Silver. Model MX2000/8.
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Giovanni Pellielo
Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer ...
ITA.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Silver. Model MX8.
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Fehaid Al-Deehani
Fahad Al-Deehani ( ar, فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military. He was born in Kuwait City.
Olympic career
Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's dou ...
KUW.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Bronze. Model MX8.
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Kim Rhode
Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most succes ...
USA. Double Trap Ladies. Bronze. Model MX12.
* James Graves USA.
Olympic Skeet
Olympic Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. The discipline is sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 target ...
. Bronze. Model MX8.
* Diana Igaly HUN. Olympic Skeet Ladies. Bronze. Model MX8.
2004 Athens
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Aleksey Alipov
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov (russian: Алексей Александрович Алипов, born 7 August 1975) is a Russian olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline.
Career
Born in Moscow, he was trained at ...
RUS.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Gold. Model MX8.
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Suzanne Balogh
Suzanne Elspeth (Suzy) Balogh OAM (born 8 May 1973 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is a sport shooter from Australia. Balogh competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in Trap. She also competed in the Double Trap event ...
AUS. Olympic Trap Ladies. Gold. Model MX8.
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Kim Rhode
Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most succes ...
USA. Double Trap Ladies. Gold. Model MX12.
* Diana Igaly HUN. Olympic Skeet Ladies. Gold. Model SC3.
* Maria Quintanal ESP. Olympic Trap Ladies. Silver. Model MX2000/8.
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Lee Bo-na
Lee Bo-Na (born July 22, 1981) is a female South Korean sports shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She won the silver medal in the women's double trap
A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for ...
KOR. Double Trap Ladies. Silver. Model MX8.
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, , (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist, former shooting athlete and retired Indian Army officer. Rathore is a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural seat. ...
IND.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Silver. Model MX8.
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Marko Kemppainen
Marko Kemppainen (born 13 July 1976 in Kajaani) is an athlete from Finland. He competes in skeet shooting.
Kemppainen won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Cairo. He represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 ...
FIN.
Olympic Skeet
Olympic Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. The discipline is sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 target ...
. Silver. Model MX2000/8.
*
Lee Bo-na
Lee Bo-Na (born July 22, 1981) is a female South Korean sports shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She won the silver medal in the women's double trap
A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for ...
KOR. Olympic Trap Ladies. Bronze. Model MX8.
* Wang Zheng CHN.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
Olympic Skeet
Olympic Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. The discipline is sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 target ...
. Bronze. Model MX8.
2012 London
* Peter Wilson GBR.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Gold. Model MX2005.
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Giovanni Cernogoraz
Giovanni Cernogoraz (born 27 December 1982) is a Croatian sports shooter. Competing in shotgun events, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's Olympic Trap, trap at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He was elected for Croatian Sportsman of the yea ...
CRO.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Gold. Model MX2000/8.
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Kim Rhode
Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most succes ...
. USA. Olympic Skeet Ladies. Gold. Model MX2000/S.
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Jessica Rossi
Jessica Rossi (born 7 January 1992) is a female Italian sports shooter.
Biography
She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap
A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecol ...
ITA. Olympic Trap Ladies. Gold. Model MX8.
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Zuzana Stefecekova
Zuzana is a common female given name in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is often translated to other languages as Zuzanna (Polish), Suzanne, Susan, or Susannah – all commonly derived from the Hebrew language name Shoshana, meaning "lilly" ...
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Silver. Model MX2008.
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Massimo Fabbrizi
Massimo Fabbrizi (born 27 August 1977 in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean ...
ITA.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
Olympic Skeet
Olympic Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. The discipline is sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 target ...
. Silver. Model MX2000/8
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Vasily Mosin
Vasily Alexandrovich Mosin (russian: Василий Александрович Мосин; born 9 May 1972, in Kazan) is a Russian sport shooter who specializes in the double trap.
At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in nineteenth place in the ...
RUS.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Bronze. Model MX2008.
*
Fehaid Al-Deehani
Fahad Al-Deehani ( ar, فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military. He was born in Kuwait City.
Olympic career
Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's dou ...
KUW.
Olympic Trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Bronze. Model MX2005.
* Delphine Reau FRA. Olympic Trap Ladies. Bronze. Model MX8.
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Danka Bartekova Danka may refer to:
*A family affiliated with a Buddhist temple in Japan, or '' danka''.
People with the given name
* Danka Barteková (born 1984), Slovak skeet shooter
*Danka Kovinić (born 1994), Montenegrin professional tennis player
* Danka P ...
SVK. Olympic Skeet Ladies. Bronze. Model MX8.
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Fehaid Al-Deehani
Fahad Al-Deehani ( ar, فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military. He was born in Kuwait City.
Olympic career
Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's dou ...
KUW.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Gold. Model MX8.
*
Steven Scott
Steven "Steve" Scott (born 10 January 1985) is a British shooter.
Career
He won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held from 3–14 October 2010 in Delhi, India, and a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Scott was born ...
GBR.
Double Trap
Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed.
The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...
. Bronze. Model High Tech.
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Edward Ling
Edward Ling (born 7 March 1983) is an English sport shooter who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and 2016 Summer Olympics. Ling was born in Taunton, Somerset.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics
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GBR.
Olympic trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Bronze. Model MX2000/3.
2020 Tokyo
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Zuzana Stefecekova
Zuzana is a common female given name in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is often translated to other languages as Zuzanna (Polish), Suzanne, Susan, or Susannah – all commonly derived from the Hebrew language name Shoshana, meaning "lilly" ...
SVK. Olympic Trap Ladies. Gold. Model High Tech 2020.
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Alberto Fernandez
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albert ...
ESP. Olympic Trap Mixed Team. Gold. Model MX2000/8.
* Amber English USA. Olympic Skeet Ladies. Gold. Model MX8.
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David Kostelecký
David Kostelecký (; born May 12, 1975, in Brno, Czechoslovakia,) is a male Czech sports shooter. He won the gold medal in the Men's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Sp ...
CZE.
Olympic trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Silver. Model High Tech 3.
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Gian Marco Berti
Gian Marco Berti (born 11 November 1982) is a Sammarinese Shooting sport, sports shooter. He competed in the Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, men's trap and the Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap team, mixed ...
SMR. Olympic Trap Mixed Team. Silver. Model MX8.
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Matthew Coward-Holley
Matthew Coward-Holley (born 14 December 1994) is a British sport shooter.
Coward-Holley was a promising rugby player as a teenager but two serious back injuries involving broken vertebrae ended his playing. In order to remain active, he turned t ...
GBR.
Olympic trap
Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...
. Bronze. Model MX2000/8.
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Brian Burrows
Brian Burrows (born February 17, 1988, in Torrance, California) is an American sport shooter. Burrows and Madelynn Bernau won the bronze medal in the mixed trap team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2019, he won the g ...