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Geno and Dave you both convinced me, I can only say that it was confusing. Thank to both of you,Marc.

Hi Marc,

here is a pic of the mark I had on the web host site;



and here is one I took today that is a bit better (I am horrible at pictures-sorry)



Still wonder of they are in business today,maybe I will email Ivano and ask.

Dave, nice gun you have and thank you for posting.
Marc.

The guys are correct its a Ferlib. I imported these in the 80s. Great guns. Ivan worked at the shop at Felib. When I met him he was a young man. When Ferlib decided to retire Ivan took over the company. At that time my self, Jimmy Austin and the Moores were the 3 importers of these guns. When Ivan took over he immediately raised the cost to us about 30%. We dropped out. After that Harry Marks tried to import the guns. He tried that for a little while but found out that they did not sell at the higher prices. He dropped out. Dakota tried also, really marked the prices through the roof. That ended. Ivan had a very hardtime selling him guns in the states at these newer prices. He later went with B Razzzini and was going to market his guns with them. My last understanding is that he was instrumental in help Rizzini come to market with the Model 550 side by side. Most of those guns had problems and were sent back to Rizzini. I am not sure what Ivano is doing today or if he is still with Rizzini.

Best

John Boyd
Quality Arms

Sorry for delay in getting back. I appreciate the info. Not sure why this gun is not marked with the makers name, it looks and feels like a nice gun (round knob, double triggers, ejectors, very nice checkering) and not something the maker would be ashamed of.