zoli had a bit of a re-vamp a few years back and introduced some high end CNC machinery before they brought out the kronos. before that they had litle market shre in the UK, they were also just typical of an italian O/U. the kronos is a different kettle of fish all together. its built on the boss style with a perazzi copy drop out trigger. whilst its not as well finished internally as a perazzi its about half the price, so in some respects what do you expect? iv had a go with one and it was a very nice gun, in reality your not going to drop the triggers out often so its not worth worrying about, although zoli do provide spare springs etc, so if they do go its not going to be a huge drama. The biggest criticism i had of the gun was the "chunkyness" of the wood work, this is however only a personal preference. overall i thought the barrels and wood-metal fit was as good as you would expect on a £2k+ gun. the things i would look out for would be hairline fractures in the stock around the side fences, where the action is quite wide, sometimes the wood in these areas can be a bit thin on these types of actions. the reviews have all been largely very good, general concencus is a lot of gun for your money, you save a bit of cash on the name compared to perazzi and the lack of engraving obviously reduces the hand finishing and as such its not going to cost the same as the competitive drop out trigger guns.
i would personally if going down the zoli route look at the Z gun range, its aimed more at the UK market, its got a better stock shape and the barrels are weighted a little lighter i believe. as for the one on here? in my opinion, which is worth less than the paper its written on, its a bit ovre priced for a S/H one, if you got it for sub £2k and you really like it with all the extras then its not too bad, it does look a nice example.
Trouble is they are always going to be harder to shift than "bigger names" you could get 682 gold e's for similiar money, i think you could even go a high grade MK38 and would have gun as much gun, the new 725 when its out might even be around that money, and these will all hold there value as they are far more popular.Actually saw something on a forum a guy complaining about his Zoli barrels bulging and bursting, a guy on the forum stuck up for zoli and contacted them in Italy, Mr. Zoli himelf wrote back, stating the case that hed offered 30% off any new gun for the guy, and also stated that infact the guy had had loads of work done by an outside engineering firm , ( widened bores, and ported i think) and then moaned his barrels went. i thought that was outstanding customer service.
Bit of an essay, but hope it helps.
