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Beretta SV10 Perennia III shotgun review

Beretta SV10 Perennia III shotgun: The latest 20-bore gun from Beretta, the SV10 Perennia, proves to be a winner.

Time Well Spent
Time Well Spent May 16, 2011

Beretta SV10 Perennia shotgun
This month?s test gun is a 20-bore Beretta SV10 Perennia with 28″ barrels.

When the model was first launched in 12-bore form it caused quite a stir.

Beretta have had phenomenal success with their 600 series/Silver Pigeon type guns, themselves evolved from models 55 and 56.

Arguably the most successful over-under of all time, the Silver Pigeon is a hard act to follow. Nevertheless, this new gun managed to impress.

A friend noted he shot better with the 12-bore Perennia than with any previous Beretta.

></img> <br /> <br /> I was not quite sure about its modern styling but thought it well engineered, and was very pleasantly surprised by its excellent shooting qualities. <br /> <br /> Built on the new SV10 chassis, which is also the basis of the Prevail clay guns, the Perennia has some intriguing features. <br /> <br /> A family resemblance with the 600 series remains, but it is a very different gun. It still has the classic Beretta conical locking bolts and bites, and barrel shoulders of trapezoidal shape, but the Perennia?s shoulders are asymmetrically shaped and larger than those on the 600. <br /> <br /> The action may look quite like other Berettas in its proportions and silver metalwork, but look a little deeper and the changes become apparent. <br /> <br /> The body of the action has been reshaped. The engraving is generically familiar but of a new pattern. There are asymmetrically shaped panels on the action walls and asymmetric scalloping to the rear of the action. <br /> <br /> You might swap a few parts with a 600-style gun, sears, hammers and inertia block for example, but that?s about it. <br /> <br /> But this is no cosmetic exercise; it is a completely new gun. Beretta make clear, moreover, that the SV10 is the basis for a new generation of guns. <br /> <br /> Although the 600 series guns are legendarily tough, the SV10 has been re-engineered to make it even stronger. <br /> <br /> <img width=

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