Thanks, Bill! I suspected that the "Deluxe" and "Premier" were essentially the same gun, since I've never seen a Stoeger gun that was of a higher finish than the two "Deluxes" that I've had. Agree that the wood is rather plain on the Stoeger imports, but I've never seen really OOOOGLY wood on one either (and some of the San Uberto grade imports were really "pallet grade"....perhaps Italian gentlemen at some point really DID "prefer blondes"....).
Another question--I've owned two Gamecocks, one 12 and one 20, both naturally 3" magnums--with 25" barrels yet! I've seen 28s.
But did Stoeger ever import 16s?
I know that Bernardelli made them because a friend of mine in Idaho has a Roma 3E (same gun) in 16 with 27" barrels. It is not a Stoeger import; he ordered it direct from Bernardelli back when you could do that fairly easily (it DID have "pallet" wood; he ultimately had it restocked in the US; nice double now).
