{"product_id":"the-world-of-beretta-an-international-legend","title":"The World of Beretta: An International Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe oldest industrial firm and the oldest gunmaker in the world  Fabbrica dArmi Pietro Beretta  S.p.A.  launches its 475th anniversary with the publication of this lavish history and celebration of a unique world of fine guns. Beretta remains under the stewardship of its founding family  headed now by Ugo Gussalli Beretta and his sons  Pietro and Franco. Today the Beretta line of firearms and accessories reigns as one of the few international brands symbolic of unsurpassed quality. But no other firm goes back so far in history  or reaches so many corners of the globe  as Beretta.  The Italian company stands supreme partly because it is on the cutting edge--of design  quality  manufacture  performance  and style. Through the centuries  the family has guided the company in the transition from specialist gun-barrel makers to  in Napoleonic times  creator of sporting firearms  later adding military and law-enforcement arms and importing arms by Colt  Remington  S\u0026amp;W  and Winchester  still later developing one of the first international industrial enterprises.  The Beretta line is the firearms enthusiasts dream: self-loading pistols  rifles  and shotguns; bolt-action rifles; double-barrel over-and-under and side-by-side sporting rifles and shotguns; single-barrel trap guns; and from these  a refined line of premium-grade guns unsurpassed by any gunmaker in the world. All are created with the perfect melding of the most advanced  space-age  computer-generated production machinery  in concert with traditional hand craftsmanship  in the ancient gunmaking village of Gardone  Val Trompia.  In 1985  Berettas classic Model 92 pistol was adopted as the M9  the official U.S. Armed Forces sidearm  following extensive competition with the designs of other companies  sessions that subjected the pistol to the most rigorous tests. The Model 92 is the most widely used self-loading pistol in law enforcement and the military in the world today.  Beretta shooters dominate national  international  and Olympic shotgun competitions  and are a commanding factor in the rapidly developing world of sporting clays.  This richly illustrated  beautifully presented work joins R. L. Wilsons other firearms classics: Colt: An American Legend; Winchester: An American Legend; The Peacemakers; Steel Canvas; Ruger \u0026amp; His Guns; and Buffalo Bills Wild West--a collection of books that comprise an unsurpassed tribute to the art  craftsmanship  history  mechanics  performance  and romance unique to fine guns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945861443637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375501495","price":74.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375501494.jpg?v=1769912251","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-world-of-beretta-an-international-legend","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}