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Rizzini Artemis 28-bore shotgun review

Rizzini Artemis 28-bore shotgun: This Rizzini Artemis 28-bore shotgun is an elegant yet functional Italian shotgun.

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ShootingUK 14 November 2011

Rizzini Artemis 28-bore shotgun
It is strange how one often notices the small things ? those that have an immediate impact upon the consciousness. In this instance, it was the distance that ejected cases flew out of the Rizzini 28-bore, curving in a graceful trajectory to land some seven or eight feet away, but within inches of each other.

></img> <br /> <br /> All of this was achieved, I must say, without the harshness often associated with over-under ejector mechanisms. <br /> <br /> It proved to be an indicator of how this Rizzini Artemis would do most things: very properly and in a distinctly unfussy manner. <br /> <br /> <strong><em>MODEST DIMENSIONS</em></strong> <br /> On paper, the Rizzini is simply a single-trigger ejector over-and-under built on the Italian so-called ?guild? action. <br /> <br /> In reality, it is an elegant, almost feminine little gun, and so it should be, as Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting. Still, what male reader would not like something good-looking on his arm, whether gun or girl? <br /> <br /> But also, what lady Shot would not have at least some leanings towards a pretty and dainty gun as her first choice? <br /> <br /> Of course, in the elegance stakes, a 28-bore has a head start due to its modest dimensions and slim construction. <br /> <br /> However, the proportions still have to be correct, and on this gun the overall lines are just right. <br /> <br /> This is helped in several ways, most noticeably by the use of sideplates, which always impart a more rounded appearance to the action body, and this in turn blends in well with the semi-pistol grip style of stock. <br /> <br /> This sort of rounded-end grip is also known as a bag grip or, for those who feel status is important, a Prince of Wales grip, named after that keen Victorian Shot who eventually became Edward VII. <br /> <br /> <img width=

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