POTD: Beretta 486 Copernicus

For today’s Photo Of The Day, we have pictures of a magnificent special project by Pietro Beretta Selection – the  Beretta 486 Copernicus. This 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun is a tribute to the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe. According to Beretta, this shotgun is the result of 800 hours of work by master craftsmen in Gardone Val Trompia, added to months of study by the Research & Development, Design and Marketing departments.

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