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Few
in life are fortunate enough to be able to afford
the very finest. But for those men who have
reached this enviable position, Beretta offers
a series of sporting arms commensurate with
their achievements, the Beretta SO Series of
handmade sidelock over and under shotguns.The
Beretta sidelock of today on the SO Series is
the direct descendant of the first Beretta firing
mechanism made almost three hundred years ago.As
such, it is the recipient of almost three centuries
of constant development and painstaking refinement.
Nowhere is this rich heritage more evident that
in the design of the sidelocks themselves.
They
are of a patented Beretta design,
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With a double internal safety mechanism which
avoids any possibility of accidental discharge
if the gun is inadvertently dropped.
- The lockwork contains only five basic parts,
plus three pivot pins and one screw.
- In addition, all working parts are supported
in a virtual box of steel, milled out of the
sideplate itself for greater strength.
This
highly sophisticated and yet masterfully simple
design eliminates the many smali, fragile parts
which are found in other sidelock arms. In
addition, all internal parts of the action are
chrome plated for even greater smoothness and
ease of operation.
The
lockup system of these guns is extremely effective.
Due to the relative position between the hinge
pin and the opposing shoulders of the action
and Monobloc, the gun actually closes up tighter
at the instant of firing. The hinge of the Beretta
is located, not under the barrels, but almost
directly in the center of the lower barrel.
Because of its relatively high location, plus
the fact that the mass of the receiver is located
around the barrels rather than under them, muzzle
lift is reduced to an absolute minimum. You
can get a faster, more accurate second shot
with a Beretta than with any other over and
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