• as seen at the 2009 Rambouillet Nature and Hunting Show

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Exclusive small-bore shotguns, as works of art, inspired by Greek mythology

These three guns are based on an action specially manufactured in the Verney Carron Custom Shop.
The receiver is white-tempered and will retain its brightness thanks to a vacuum temper while the barrels are treated to an oven varnish for a perfect colour fit with the receiver : in appearance, they seem to be silver-plated. .

Cassiopeia

A thing of beauty, of luxury, of fancy and magic : thus could Cassiopeia be named, one of the trilogy.

A 20 bore side by side, sideplated boxlock ejector, with double triggers, it is decorated with more than a hundred gems (diamond and sapphire).

On each sideplate, 25 gems figure the Cassiopeia constellation. The top-lever is graced with a spiral of sapphire, tastefully ranging in size and colour. Underneath the safety catch, you will be surprised to find a diamond, while a sapphire replaces the usual front sight, and a cascade of precious stones decorates the skeleton buttplate.

The stock and fore-end are made in an exceptional, highly figured, exhibition French walnut, especially selected for its deep vortices and contours, an evocation of far away galaxies. .

Amazon

Unexpected, sensual, seductive, mysterious! How best define the Amazon shotgun ?

A 28 bore side by side, scalloped boxlock ejector, with double triggers. For the stock, exhibition French walnut, highly figured, selected for its “motifs”, an evocation of long sensuous female hair. Leather and lace grace the inside of the butt plate.

Starting from the diamond underneath the safety catch, let your gaze roam on the lace-engraved barrels, ending with the diamond pyramid on the fore sight. Do not hesitate to look at the underside, to discover the trigger guard in the shape of a lady whose corseted bust is inlaid with no less than four feet of gold thread and the flourish of a delicate classical knot .

Calypso A siren and a nymph have inspired the decoration of this 410 gauge side by side, scalloped boxlock ejector with double triggers. We have selected for the stock an exceptionally figured French walnut, the whirls of which are a reminder of the waves on the Ocean. The trigger guard is in the shape of a siren, 101 grams of pure silver, while the butt plate is made of mother-of-pearl. And to round it up, the fore sight is a genuine pearl ! As with the two other guns, a diamond is inlaid underneath the safety catch .