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Below is a thread on an early Beretta but I don't see a Rampant Lion but the term choke & its position is similar:

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=370845&page=1


"Jim Bode published this last year. It is the 1940 catalog:

- Mod. 409bis 4 locks, receiver and tubes in Krupp steel, fins
- Mod. 409 PB 4 locks, Krupp receiver, �Prima Krupp� tubes
- Mod. 409E PB As above, w/ejectors
- Mod. 410 Piccione 4 locks, �Prima Krupp tubes�, special engraving
- Mod. 410E Piccione As above, w/ejectors
- Mod. 411 Piccione Extra 4 locks, stainless �Excelsior� tubes, sideplate, toplever gold pigeon inlay
- Mod. 411E Piccione Extra As above, w/ejectors

They were constantly seeking out sources for barrels. Krupp first appears in the 1930's."
PeteM


Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Check out this P. Beretta w/ Poldi's Antikorro tubes:









Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Some odd marks on this P. Beretta:


FUCILE RINFORZATO SPECIALE PER POLVERI BIANCHE


http://www.gunsandtreasures.com/long-guns-shotguns/

Interesting touchmarks low on the flats but I can't say if it is a Rampant Lion on the Crown over Crossed Arms in a shield? Ones eyes plays tricks after a time & you see Rampant Lions even in your sleep.

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Longwalker

Maybe look at it this way. I view this forum a little like really good pub with a varied offering and varied clientele. There's a lot of very interesting viewpoints and information here. Your post, to be specific is very interesting and I've been watching it without comment thinking my own thoughts (Scandinavian? Central / Southern Europe? etc.). The subject has been very worthwhile on the whole.
Like a pub, there's always the chance you might have some drunken bums get into an incoherent rant (not taking sides here) or sit next to some prattling gossipy old bags, but on the whole that doesn't stop me going back to a good "local". I know it's disappointing; I get disappointed myself to see good threads degenerate into drivel but there's still a lot of good info here.

But back to the topic at hand. I found some of the marks very interesting in that they seemed identical to some Swedish and Finnish ones. I'm probably wrong about that as it only came from scanning the internet for various obscure proof marks. The main point here is just to say thanks for stimulating some interesting comments and indirectly raising my knowledge a little.

Jeremy