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Bernardelli Choke Markings Question
#512343 04/24/18 02:56 PM
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I'm looking at a Bernardelli hammer gun from the 1990s. The barrels are marked 16.0 and 15.9, which I assume are the bore measurements in millimeters, and CL and CLM. Are these latter markings the choke markings and, if so, what do they indicate?

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All the Bernardellis I've seen have crosses on the bottom of the barrels to mark choke. The numbers are bore size.
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The numbers indicate a slightly overbored 20ga. CL is cylinder. Other than that, as Alder said, the typical Italian choke marks are by stars. But back during that time period, a lot of Bernardellis had the somewhat unique choke combinations of IC/IM and C/M. I wonder if they might have used CLM for modified? Can't recall ever having seen that. Or maybe modified cylinder . . . in other words, IC? Only way to know for sure is with a bore and choke gauge.

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