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I've been wanting to step up into the Perazzi guns but want to get a second hand one first. Have some question regarding this gun, with some pictures attached.


Why is the receiver in nickel finish? Is that a sign for refinish?
The metal near the top level is asymmetrical, have never seen that before, is that normal?
Barrel constrictions: .020 bottom, .023 top, is that near Modified and Improved Modified?


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Might be original. Call Perazzi USA. In California
 
I've been wanting to step up into the Perazzi guns but want to get a second hand one first. Have some question regarding this gun, with some pictures attached.


Why is the receiver in nickel finish? Is that a sign for refinish?
The metal near the top level is asymmetrical, have never seen that before, is that normal?
Barrel constrictions: .020 bottom, .023 top, is that near Modified and Improved Modified?


Thanks
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It looks to me like the receiver has been shell blasted to remove rust, bluing, and pitting. That hinge pin did not come from the factory like that.
Mike
 
Walk away.
Receiver had rust problems, was bead blasted and refined to hide that problem, and when it was put back together with different forearm iron, was not correctly reworked for lock up as well. Hence lever is way too far to the right.

Yes, normal to have the finish come off the front of the receiver from just the salts on our hands, but not hard to have the receiver re polished and re blued, to take care of that problem. In this case, such was not done soon enough, receiver started to pit, and someone did a bead blast and plating/spray coating on the receiver to cover up the pitting problems. Also, with no pitting on the front forearm iron piece, was not part of the original iron for the receiver, and even if the B/C lock up is correct at the breach, the Locking piece was not fitted correctly, and why the lever is way too far to the right with action closed.

Lever should start here on a new or serviced shotgun, and when lever gets to center, time for a new lock to be fitted.
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Also, here is factory silver finish on a receiver, so you tell that receiver has been blasted to try to soften up the rust pitting, and coated with something after the fact.

As for shotgun, my be a shooter to buy if price is low enough of below 3K (going to be around $1k to send it to Giacomo to be fitted correctly) , but in regards to any collector or full used value with it being a P gun in the first place, all that went south with the way that the receiver was refinished and the barrel and lock not fitted correctly when all that went back on the refinished receiver.
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nickel receiver doesn't = nickel forearm iron. full nickel is extra $$.

the engraving looks shallow which i'll take to mean the coating on it now is pretty thick.

have never personally seen the asymmetrical top part around the lever.

would avoid for the finish if no other reason.
 
Until fairly recently a large number, possibly the majority of Perazzis with nickel or engraved and lacquered receivers had black forend irons, top levers and trigger guards and plates. This was done to all levels from basic up to the highest grade SCO side plate extras and you can see it in the current catalog. This gun has a black trigger guard so black was probably original color of forend iron. Agree receiver looks awful and I’ve never seen the assymetric top. Curious if anyone here has.
 
So many variations. But I agree steer clear.
 
With Perazzi. And aftermarket changes, it’s hard to make firm statements and them be true. But there’s a lot of choice out there.
 
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