Pedersoli

Founded in 1957 by Davide Pedersoli in Gardone Val Trompia, Val Trompia region of Brescia, Italy, center of Italian firearms manufacturing for centuries. In 1957 launched business bearing his name, at first specializing in production of over-under and side-by-side shotguns for hunting. In 1960 first muzzleloaders rolled out of factory, by 1973 hunting shotguns no longer firm's primary focus. Davide Pedersoli passed away in 1996, company remains managed by his family based in Gardone Val Trompia. Since founding combined centuries-old gunsmithing traditions with precision machining techniques to craft authentic black powder and cartridge-firing reproductions.