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I've got a nice italian sidelock pigeon gun, Cal. 12/70, Barrels 81 cm proofed in 1961. On the side of the Barrels is "G. Tonolini, Brescia" Made in Italy. He was a gunmaker in Brescia from the 1950ies to the 1970ies. Rather unknown maker. But on the watertable as well as on the barrel lugs there is stamped a weapon with script "Fausti di Brozzo" and that makes the gun a little bit mysterious. Perhaps anyone can help! Any comment appreciated! Kind regards, Gunwolf  
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Tonolini sent some nice eight gauge guns to this country in the sixties or seventies. They are scarce and coveted today. That is the only knowledge of this company that I have.
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Thanks for your answers - I have another Tonolini catalogue from the 60ies and there is indeed a 8 gauge offered.
What I'm really curious about is the Fausti connection…
I asked in an italian forum and got this answer (in italian, translated by Google translator…):
At that time, 1961 shotguns had many rods long and narrow bottlenecks of 10-11/10.
The reasons for these production techniques are to be found in the little seal of borraggi cxercavano that in this way to compensate for the loss of pressure of the combustion gases. In fact, they are also one of the dating bores of the barrels that shoot 18.2 with wads of today create facial trauma to no end.
The company Tonolini, primarily a supplier of accessories and spare parts to dealers, not directly produced weapons but if it was done by artisans of the valley 'Gardone VT'.
the Fausti as other craftsmen have produced for Tonolini certainly, but times were different then and you can not make a comparison with the current production of 'new Fausti'.
Cheers,
Gunwolf
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It is a 1957 catalog. Sells for $103.21. Like the Belgians, the Italians had a registry for all the trade marks. So, any maker who touched a gun had the right to add their mark to it. Does not mean they made gun, they could have provided the barrels or the forging for the action, etc. I saw this registry recently, it was simply too big for me scan it all and make it available. I should have made a copy of it. Pete
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There's another book, I believe available from the Italian proofhouse, that lists all Italian gunmakers (pretty sure past as well as present) and shows all their trademarks.
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Just got to fancy those Imperial Chickens in gold on the tops of the tubes.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Seems to be special for Tonolini, on my gun it reads: "Tonolini Armi - Acier Cockerill"
the chicken may be the italian eagle..?
Cheers,
Gunwolf
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