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Leo,
Thanks much for the detail and history. Can you estimate the year in which Ivan Tanfoglio took over?
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Hello Chuck, FYI: FERLIB di Libero Ferraglio
Armiere italiano, Gardone VT (BS) , 1960/1980.
This from www.earmi.itBest, JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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JC,
Thanks, but my Italian is no bueno. Can you brief me?
Thanks
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I have a Ferlib 20 gauge side-by-side with game scene engraving by Creative Arts---my gun was proofed in 1993---the gun's case label says "Libero Ferraglio" but the barrels are simply marked "Ferlib Gardone Italy". I corresponded with Ivano Tanfoglio in 2007. My gun is of a very high quality. The few Ferlib guns I've seen have all been of good quality and their "best" guns are of high quality but would be over shadowed by the likes of F Rizzini.
Hope this is helpful.
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JC,
Thanks, but my Italian is no bueno. Can you brief me?
Thanks Gee Chuck, I don't even know Spanish and I can interpret that! FERLIB di Libero Ferraglio means Libero Ferraglio of the company Ferlib Armiere italiano, Gardone VT (BS) , 1960/1980. means Italian Gunmaker, in Gardone Valle Trompia from 1960 to 1980. For some reason the dates were in English. Tomorrow someone else has to look after you. Best, Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 03/06/12 11:16 AM.
I am glad to be here.
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Actually, their Prince sidelever is the gun I covet  Prince
Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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JC,
Thanks, but my Italian is no bueno. Can you brief me?
Thanks Gee Chuck, I don't even know Spanish and I can interpret that! FERLIB di Libero Ferraglio means Libero Ferraglio of the company Ferlib Armiere italiano, Gardone VT (BS) , 1960/1980. means Italian Gunmaker, in Gardone Valle Trompia from 1960 to 1980. For some reason the dates were in English. Tomorrow someone else has to look after you. Best, Mike It musta been a mental block. I took one look at all those appostrophe's and figured I needed help. Like Texas, Spanish is a primary language around here. I should learned it better than just "no habla espanol". Thanks Mike.
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Hello Chuck, I thought the "dates in English" would suffice  According to their web page, they have been in business since 1947 and are now -as was mentioned above- managed by Ivano Tanfoglio, who started as an apprentice when he was 14 years old. They say they were the first, in the 1960's to start making boxlocks ("Anson doubles") as Fine Guns. Nice product line up. JC
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If you go to the Ferlib Italian language site, you can translate to English with Google or Bing.
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