LKM Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 I would be most grateful for your kind assistance, please. I have owned a rather special Perazzi MX8 for quite some years - a "one off" MX8, custom/hand made to spec, very special edition, with 2 sets of barrels (30 + 32 inch), 2 sets of adjustable triggers and fancy engraving (gun dogs and game birds)etc. - I bought it from the former World Champion, many years ago. The Perazzi had a special trigger that when you pushed up the safety catch, the trigger mechanism came out so you could put a single or a double trigger (2 separate triggers) in it..It had a walnut butt and one of the Special Edition features was the engraving Perazzi did - game birds (all different types) and a couple of gun dogs on the metal work he said.. It had screw in chokes at the ends of the barrels. Perazzi said it was the only one of its sort made, and they valued it around 10 years ago at a Game Fair and they said then it was worth well in excess of £45,000, and likely a lot more!! I am told it was featured on the front cover of an edition of 'Sporting Gun' likely 1987 or 1988...…. unfortunately, we have no closer date that Edition came out, I am so sorry! However, if you can source the copy, I would very much appreciate it, as the gun has now been accidentally destroyed (NOT by me!) and although I gave the experts dealing with the issue it's serial number, they are looking for photographic evidence and all other available information about it. I have even written to RUAG in Cornwall and to Perazzi in Italy, but I could only give them the above detail and the serial number. Due to its age, even with the serial number, they are struggling to track it down, as all records of that age were hand written and now archived.... ANY assistance tracking down the magazine most gratefully received, THANK-YOU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 I reckon the editor of Sporting Gun around that time would've been Robin Scott. Might be worth trying to track him down to see what he can recall. Similarly the MD of Dynamit Nobel, which became RUAG, was Geoff Boxall at that time. He's still about and living around the Liskeard area, Deana at RUAG may be able to put you in touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrylegs0 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Hi I have sporting gun from 1981 until present day will see if I can find this copy then p/copy or lend you the magazine regards douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 So is this all for an insurance claim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant1 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 hi i dont know if this is of any use to you, but i have just had a look through that auction site eebay 1988 had all the magazines apart from may , july and oct.was not on the cover of the other months. 1997 was poor only had jan issue not on that cover. atb in your search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKM Posted November 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 To all of you who have replied so far - THANK-YOU! We are very grateful - the gun (and some others) were mistakenly destroyed by the police - we have some amazing experts acting for us, as the guns are likely to be worth a total into 6 figures!. However, whilst we had kept serial numbers etc (as we all do!), because of the age of many of the guns, including this particular one, when we reverted to the makers, they are pretty much all saying the details are so old they are deep in their archive system. Everyone (makers and experts) are asking us for photos etc so they can tell us more about them. It just so happens that this particular gun was featured, we are told, on Sporting Gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Oh, Good Lord! There just has to be a story there. Would love to hear it as and when you're free to tell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKM Posted November 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Once again - thank-you ALL for the support! Once we have this sorted, am happy to be a little more 'open'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrylegs0 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Think poss May 1979/sept98/ feb91 will look at them tomorrow ( they are in my garage) regards douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 I'm curious as to how the gun got destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKM Posted February 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Hello All, A bit of an update in this... We are told Sporting Gun or Shooting Times 1987 DEFINITELY no earlier because a friend remembers finishing a work project at this time and going to collect it from Carters in Warwick!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 How did the police destroy it by “mistake”?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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