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Abbiatico & Salvinelli--anyone familiar with them?

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31 March 2004, 09:20
Spring
Abbiatico & Salvinelli--anyone familiar with them?
I've heard some good things about this Italian gun maker. Any of you have any experience or thoughts about their products?

Here's a picture of some impressive engraving by Paulo Abbiatico: Abbiatico & Salvinelli
31 March 2004, 09:43
fla3006
I saw some of their work at the Vegas show. Besides the USA, the top engravers in the world today are in Italy and Belgium. The folks at Purdey told me their most expensive and desireable guns are sent there for engraving. Arguably the finest double guns in the world today are built in Italy.
31 March 2004, 10:18
500grains
I have been told that A&B makes Dakota's double rifle based on one of the A&B shotgun actions.
31 March 2004, 14:26
Oldsarge
Heard of Abbiatico e Salvinelli? Ever heard of Holland & Holland? I'm not being facecious, they are at least as good, more innovative, more artistic and cost less. Given a choice between the two (in spite of Mickey1) Italian is the way to go.
31 March 2004, 15:53
Mickey1
OldSarge

Italian rifles are like Ferraris and Beautiful Women. lovely to look at, nice to hold and high maintanance. But they are pretty.

It is a good thing that there are no electronics on English Doubles though.
31 March 2004, 16:14
jeffeosso
WOW!!!

now thats what I am thinking when you pay extra for hand engraving!!!!

jeffe
31 March 2004, 16:15
Oldsarge
Quote:


It is a good thing that there are no electronics on English Doubles though.



Hell, it's a good thing there are no electronics on Italian doubles either. Fortunately, neither of us has any excuse for buying Japanese or Korean doubles.
01 April 2004, 09:17
<JOHAN>
500grains

I know that Ferlib used to make the dakota shotguns. Bother makes pretty guns.

H&H, Purdey is history compared to Italian, Belgian, Spanish and other Best Europeans. London guns was fine and the old still is, saidly the new made is more branding than quality.

I would much rather take a Bugatti, Ferrari, Masserati, Lamborghini than an English made furniture like Bently, Rolls, Jaguar. Feeling of driving a car from sitting in a couch. Who invented the darkness


Cheers
/ JOHAN
01 April 2004, 09:49
ThomasEdwards
...fwiw, bentley, rolls and lambo are now german-owned (vw, bmw and vw, respectively), whereas ferrari and maserati continue to be italian-owned (fiat group)...

...but you are correct, continental makers dominate all sectors of the hi-performance/luxury market segments, and even the former brit stalwarts jaguar and aston martin (now owned by ford, by the way) cannot compete with the likes of bmw (m-division), benz (amg-division) or vw (porsche-division)...