He can still really shoot that thing since has shot it exclusively for well over 50 years. The receiver is engraved and the finely checkered walnut stocks are finished with a high gloss. The single front beaded, vent ribbed barrels choked Modified and Improved Cylinder are 26-3/8 in length. Pheasants, quail and chukar partridge mostly. Beretta model BL-3 20 gauge Over/Under shotgun made in Italy and imported by Garcia Sporting Arms, Wash. He no longer can get around well enough to hunt, but he WAS an avid bird hunter. My 82 year old dad's shotgun is an old Browning A5 with a plain (no rib) full choked barrel. Thanks for listening.That will make a great field gun and precious family heirloom with a great story behind it! The gun hasn't doubled again since then, but I'm not sure he's hunted with it since then either. After I convinced him to keep it, I took it to the gunsmith to have it looked over, and the only problem the gunsmith could find was 50 years worth of grime inside the receiver. Thankfully, his 74 year old pride was all that was injured but he was furious and made up his mind to sell the gun. When he was younger that didn't matter much, but the last time it happened he was standing on the muddy edge of a pond shooting at woodduck dropping down through the trees and the double recoil knocked him down. The finish on the wood is mostly gone and the checkering is worn smooth. It's full over full with 30" barrels and has had a very rough life. My dad has a Beretta O/U Golden Snipe from the early 1970s. The Beretta BL series was made from 19681976.
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