Fausti Senator 28/70: refinement of style and technique

In the tenons you will appreciate the slots square to the slide closure and in the flanks, the streaks due to a correct imbasculaggio

Fausti Senator 20/70 – The Fausti of Marcheno has a proposal varied and differentiated in different types of rifles ranging from smooth barrels, to those ruled and by the overlapping of the doublets: it is precisely in this last sector the project company and the design capacities have been shown to be decidedly aggressive taking a field even been a thriving harvest of successes.

In the past years, the rage of the semiauto had put in the shade the overlapped and almost made to disappear, the shotgun, the rifle has a more classic hunting, especially the one with the dog from a stop or followed. The archetype of the hunter with the “double” from the long strap thrown across the shoulders remained in the imagination of the hunting world, but confined there, in the memories much more than in practice. The sisters Fausti were the custodians of a long tradition of this rifle and, going against the tide, you are dedicated to the development and engineering of production in order to propose still more and more the shotgun-which gun all-rounder: all-rounder because in addition to believe you have worked on with passion and expertise to have the many variants ranging from the classic 12-gauge to the tiny .410 passing through the whole scale of the numbering of the English, to which is added the rifled barrels, even here, with an abundance of choice for the chambered, with particular attention to traditional cartridges in europe and the us to clamp. Returning to the mechanics of these shotguns, you can choose the most robust and functional battery derived from the Anson & Deeley, with its popular soft V, or carry out an important step, even from the economic point of view, and opt for that type Holland & Holland with acciarini on the side plates and double bar safety. At the completion of the refinement and class that is inherent in the design is accomplished is still a step special: you leave the gauges the average with all their prerogatives and sit on the preciousness of a small-caliber acting shakespirianamente debating not so much about to be or not to be but rather about the 28 or .410 Mg.? The old love for the 28 gained in the beginning in the hut, and explained years later in the hunting with a dog has got the better of them: we are not to put considerations ballistic that would bring us well beyond the space available and the patience of those who follow us, but we stop at an aesthetic consideration, stating, to our taste and pleasure, that the diameter of the pipe 28 is much more appropriate, elegant, and harmonious with its action by specific measures. What we say and that all of the .410 Mg., including the one that is in our rack, we forgive us for the affront.

The shotgun Senator

The name of extraction of a Latin in the House Fausti means double of the maximum level, and an overview with some new insights on the special highlights of the features: we start from the toggle switch where the miniaturization is to hire a garbo particular forms principiando from the breasts rocking compressed in the rear area and are highlighted by a thin, clear thread polished that drops down with a minimum face, a source of a fine chiaroscuro, which proves consequential to the profile projecting planes of the reeds. The line continues with the round arch in which it is housed in the recessed part of the front of the folder, extending then to the edges of the spine with fillets in good relief, and tape them side-by-side all smoothed out with care and without engravings so as to appreciate a work of high craftsmanship. Let’s go back to the head of the toggle switch where the indentation between the breasts to the rib concave and smooth placed it among the reeds, and, taking, venue, modeled tastefully on rounded lines for the disk key, the type with the pin separate, fixed by screw and issue; the body elongated and convex ends with the oval button, knurled and included in the carvings that enrich the elegantly set. Do not miss this end of refinement the codetta top where the profile two orders with the gentle curves of the fitting, the apex to the tip, and the insertion of the shoe in the safe with the key to relief.

It is a pleasure to put the eye on the curves which bind the breasts, the head of the toggle switch, the start of the rib and the insertion of the key with the disc profile, gently rounded. Beautiful is the key, and the codetta upper tapered with the key of the safe

Rods, seals and closures

The correct machining of the external surface of the rods and, also, the internal gradients of connection designed to optimize the exploitation of the small office are certain factors to highlight, but still needs to be pointed out the junction system. They are now extremely rare, the reeds are assembled with the demibloc inclusive of the two halves of tenons: here it is hard to see the wire junction appreciating at the same time, the technical choice that the executive perfection of a work to be observed with respect. Profiles, see the semi-circle at the front for attachment to the rotating shaft and the two slots on the back surfaces for the insertion of the slide closure to move from the key. In the toggle switch you can see the mortise blind cut in the table and separated by the cross-bar: the friction surfaces are rightly marked as well as those of the lap zipper front, jut as soon as the teeth of the mounting of the acciarini and smaller ones of the batteries of ejectors housed in the testacroce.

The acciarini and the shots

The images complement the words in the description of the mechanism where the great masters of the past have explained their art: the type system Holland & Holland allows reports due to the intersection of the straight line between the pivot of the dog and the attachment point on the nut of the tooth of shot, and between this and the axis of the release lever (the famous 90°) to ensure a detachment of the net, quick, clean and light, without foot-dragging: the two surfaces contrast, in fact, move away between them, without friction. The angle between them is a guarantor of the security of the estate, increased by the double barline that intercept the dog if a collision were to lose the contrast with the shutter lever. Here we have a monogrillo mechanical, well modeled, with weights around 1400/1650 g: for the purists in the House, foresees the installation of a double trigger.

The butt

The Fausti has always placed a special eye to the choice of the woods, one of the factors that are the first to jump to the eye of the passionate and the customer: a nut of the correct seasoning taken from a mature plant show the vessels well-mineralized, and a surface area which has taken in an excellent way the polishing is passed from the different stages operating to reach the finishing oil that perfectly enhances the brown background of the average intensity enlivened by veins of brown, intense and eye-catching design. The lines are offered to the observer’s eye in all their classic, functional and elegant with the handle English from section rhomboidal and rod, full line of the best Italian masters.

To conclude

The price of this rifle is certainly not mild, but no object of beauty and of technical relevance can be: you have the figure and make sure a piece of archibugeria where the machines have reached a certain work, but the hands of the specialists have accomplished much more, it is a satisfaction that lasts over the years. Without considering, then, that the evolution of the times and the art of making, just make the rifles will always be more wealth of the few, the very few Masters.

Fausti Senator 28/70

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In the tenons you will appreciate the slots square to the slide closure and in the flanks, the streaks due to a correct imbasculaggio

It is a pleasure to put the eye on the curves which bind the breasts, the head of the toggle switch, the start of the rib and the insertion of the key with the disc profile, gently rounded. Beautiful is the key, and the codetta upper tapered with the key of the safe

The rib is smooth and concave, is itself a hallmark of a brace of high-ranking: here is well crafted, and placed it among the reeds with the due attention

The particular steel is very elaborate, as befits them, recorded in an appropriate manner and in line with the along with the completeness of a setting almost perfect

In its completeness, the bottom view with the bridge, in which it is inserted, without games, the trigger, and then the guard rounded the long guardamano by the profile and the camber, which indicate a right care of the particular

The football English reveals the right proportions and the lines that we expect for this component of the rifle: walnut grade 5A from the bottom honeyed and flaming dark brown to play a role on equal terms with the beautiful mechanics

The back just convex with dual beading projecting festoon smooth and the bead is similarly polished. Appreciable the installation done correctly also at these points a little hidden

The oval guard is well-calculated as the curvature of the monogrillo and the angle with which the same guard extends over the guardamano. In the folder you appreciate the engraving of the Master Muffoli and the lever for the disassembly manual of the two plates

The classic line, elegant and refined of the two goals, the Senator with the small details evident such as the thread contour of the breasts, and drops to the frames of the head of the football

The rod preserves a certain thickness, functional aesthetics and the use of rounding and the apex of the classic line: a role of refinement should be assigned to the bell button of the junction and the diamond in the middle

The fragment of the Senator is even more remarkable, considering the miniaturization required by the gauge. The tines of the spring, parallel to each other in armament, say a care that enthusiasts will appreciate

The three images show the sequence: the entire armed with the shutter lever is inserted in the nut of the dog, the release of a chance without pressure on the trigger and the quick rotation of the dog, interrupted by the contrast with the safety lever, release pressure on the trigger and struck the firing pin

The three images show the sequence: the entire armed with the shutter lever is inserted in the nut of the dog, the release of a chance without pressure on the trigger and the quick rotation of the dog, interrupted by the contrast with the safety lever, release pressure on the trigger and struck the firing pin

The three images show the sequence: the entire armed with the shutter lever is inserted in the nut of the dog, the release of a chance without pressure on the trigger and the quick rotation of the dog, interrupted by the contrast with the safety lever, release pressure on the trigger and struck the firing pin

Data sheet

Manufacturer: Fausti Stefano SrL – Via Martiri dell’indipendenza, 70 – 25060 Marcheno (BS) – Tel. 030861475 – Fax 0308610155 – e-mail info@faustiarms.com – Web www.faustiarms.com

Model: Senator 28

Type: rifle canting on the two rods for smooth parallel

Caliber: 28/70

Toggle switch: the block of alloy steel machined cutter – measures specific to the caliber

Finish: silver, old engravings bouquet of roses and spirals ends – guard with codetta long

Seals and closures: double Purdey bottom with two tenons and lower sliding block is controlled by the key

Rods: length 60-63-65-67½-71-73-76 cm merged with your system demibloc — punctures equal to 14.0 mm

Bottlenecks fixed: CL / *** – more on request or interchangeable chokes

Percussion: acciarini type H. & H. mounted on the side plates removable hand

Device shutter: monogrillo mechanical non-selective or bigrillo on request

Secure: slide-on codetta top of the toggle – blocks shots

Ejectors: automatic with a battery in the dipstick (on request extractors manual)

Line of sight: rib top smooth and concave – bindellina lower whole – viewfinder round brass

Butt: walnut Grade 5 finished oil with handle, English (on request pistol grip or Prince of Wales) butt plate wood (not reported) – rod, English-junction pump with button – fine-fine-pitch

Engraving: a manual and signed by the master Muffoli

Weight: approximately 2,500 g (according to the length of the pipes)

Price: ,00 vat included

Case: ABS VL 150