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1982 mfg. Perazzi SC1 trap 30" tubes choked */** XF/F, that is my best deciphering of perazzi choke markings. If I am missing a photo needed let me know! Any flaws I found are circled in red. No idea on rounds fired as this is out of FIL"s collection. $6000 + actual shipping and insurance. No electronic payment, check or MO only.

With the shotgun closed can you take a picture of the lever?

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Receiver, forend iron and barrel serial numbers match? 2 alpha character date code stamped on the bottom of the mono-block? Removable trigger group?

Yes. XXV is date code. Unknown.

Correction: XXV date code is 1969. I misread date code chart.

beautiful !!!!!

Also known as a "Comp-One" (Comp-1) Perazzi. The trigger group will be removeable, and it will be serialized as well. If desired, push/hold the "safety looking" tang forward 1/4", while firmly gripping/pulling the trigger housing away from the bottom of the receiver. The trigger housing should pivot out of the pocket. NOTE-keep a firm grip on the trigger housing, they can slip out of your hand! LOL If the serial # doesn't match, that's very common. Alot of times, a guy will keep a trigger he's used to when he sells a gun, and include his extra/backup trigger with the sale.

All the Comp-1's I've owned or knew of, originally came with a case-hardened receiver and a small amount of scrolling on each side also. The case hardening would eventually wear off with handling/use, and the receiver would be either re-blued or re-finished in a satin/nickel finish, etc (if the owner cared). Appears your gun doesn't have the scroll work, which is interesting. Majority of these guns were imported by Ithaca, except for a year by Winchester in the late 70's...maybe a handful were brought in by individuals and slipped through, but I believe they "should" have been all imported after the '68 firearms act. The "sister gun" was the MX8, built for the Mexico Olympics in '68, and it too had a case-hardened receiver, but a smidge higher rib and a "scalloped-sided" receiver (vs a flat-slab sided receiver). The MX8 platform is still the work horse of the Perazzi company today. Parts are basically interchangeable between the 2 models, except for generational iterations that have evolved per decade (generally). The Comp-1 never went to CNC like the MX8 did in the 80's, when Perazzi USA became the importer. Not sure, but I'm going to speculate mid-70's was about the end of the Comp-1's?

Trapshooters are notorious "fiddlers", and the easiest item to fiddle with is the barrel(s), followed by the trigger group. As this is 50+ yo gun, I'd encourage you to have the bore/choke mic'd for an accurate measurement of both chokes. The wood has probably been re-finished, which isn't a negative. It has above average figure in the stock for a P-gun. Not positive as the pictures vary a bit, but the wood set may/may-not "match"...only removing the stock and the forearm iron and comparing the #'s would confirm. Again, TS's are fiddlers, and non-matching wood sets are just as common as matching, honestly. I still have one in the safe too. It's a nice representation of the species...GLWS!

All numbers match, foreend iron, receiver, trigger group and barrels all marked with same serial number.

Nice shotgun, from the looks of the breach face it doesn't look like it has been shot too much. GLWS.

Chokes mic out perfectly, bottom barrel is full at .696" and the top barrel is extra full at .679"

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Those numbers don't tell you a thing other than the diameter of the end of the barrels.
You need to know the true Bore diameters of the barrels minus the the choke diameters .
Just cause the barrel says it is a 18.4 bore doesn't mean it hasn't had barrel work done through the years.

You need to use a bore guage. Example: .030 is full and .035 to .040 is ext full.
It is a nice older type 3 Perazzi. Good luck with your sale.

Agreed.

Side note.... Following this thread closely as I'm a big Perazzi fan. Got 4 in the safe right now - Mirage, 2 MX8s and a MX20.

Are the barrels true 30" long or are they 29.5"? Looks like barrel weight is 1.670 KG. The gun should be quick to a target. And that is why nothing moves like a P-gun. I assume bottom to top firing order on the trigger. Interesting shotgun.

Barrels measure actually closer to 29 and 3/4 in. Yes bottom to top firing order. I'll take it to the gunsmith today to get the chokes measured.

Gunsmith says chokes are spot on full under extra full per his fancy Gage he slid down the tubes.