All right guys I need some help. I love over and unders and always have. I bought what I feel was a nice piece a few months back. It’s either a nice custom piece with no value or something really special, either way I like it but would love to know more about it. All right, it is a 12 gauge made in Italy by Antonio Belleri or Belleri Antonio with the inscriptions Ponte Zanano V.T. < Brescia> and Made in Italy all on the left side of the top barrel. On the other side is written up-
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[*]nullside down “ACIER ROELHER BLITZ”. Then there is a personal engraving to the guy he made it for, which probably kills any value it might have had. It has matching serial numbers in at least three places but I don’t know how to use the Italian firearms code stuff.
The gun appears to be either nickel or silver plated (Im just an armorer not a gunsmith) so I can’t tell. It also says on the barrel that it is chrome steel and close to that area there is a star. Gun is in fairly decent shape I think with scratches here and there and I don’t think it has been fired for 20 or so years. I wiped it down with some Militec and am planning to detail it later. Anyway, no one can give me any info on this piece but a Beretta instructor I had in Maryland did prove to me that this guy’s son (Belleri) is still a gunsmith for Beretta and I was told by the seller that the father was a gunsmith for Beretta in Italy and did this gun himself on his own time. Can anyone tell me what I have and who Belleri Antonio is? I would greatly appreciate anything you guys can give me.
Much thanks,
Airborne All the Way
Seth
