After years of neglect, small smoothbore gauges have regained momenum. Thanks both to the formal elegance of a properly sized receiver and to substantial improvements to ammunition and barrels
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The three versions of the Fausti Dea Club .410 shotgun line
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The Grade 1 version istands out in its sobriety
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The Grade 2 version still features hand engraving. The receiver is color case hardened with a white outline
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The top level version, completely engraved
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The three guns open, side by side
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The beautiful grain of the stock
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The rubber buttstock is not required by the gauge, but is aesthetically pleasant in the Grade 2 version
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The pistol grip of one of the Fucili Fausti Dea Club .410 guns
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A detail of the fine checkering of the stock
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The breastplate of the three guns that make up the Fausti Dea Club .410 line
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The handguard tips and disassembly pins feature an elegant design which require a complex inletting
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The small size of the .410 gaugeʼs receiver enhances its elegant shape
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The small size of the .410 gaugeʼs receiver enhances its elegant shape
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The safety selector and the unlocking key
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A side view of the Fausti Dea Club .410 detailing the side lock
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The angle of the opened barrels is quite generous, and even slowly breaking open the gun thereʼs no interference with the ejectors
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Receiver of the Fausti Dea Club .410. The finish is excellent
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If we didnʼt know this to be a .410 smoothbore breech, we would be lead to think it to be the barrel assembly of an Express rifle
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The underside of the breech, with the locking lugs
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A side view of the Fausti Dea .410
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A view of the quality finishing of the receivers on these fine guns
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The shotgunʼs receiver, here during the manufaturing process, is an Anson Deeley traditional type using V springs
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