October 23, 2022
Over the years, the Silver Pigeon has won a place in the hearts of many shooters because of its faultless reliability, and it has been the first serious shotgun for many. The gun comes in many forms. I own a Field I version, which is entry level, but for this article I am testing the…
August 29, 2020
Our verdict on the Beretta Silver Pigeon Vittoria The Beretta Silver Pigeon I 12-bore in the Vittoria format is aimed at shooters who need a shorter stock. We pitted two models of the Beretta Silver Pigeon Vittoria — field and competition — against each other to compare their performance. The guns themselves are almost identical…
November 21, 2019
The Beretta brand is not short of choice — with the 69 series alone we have models covering both field and competition options. These include the 691, 692, 693, the new 694 and the 695, covering a wide range of price points. As a consequence I was starting to think we were about to hear…
July 04, 2016
Our current trend for increasingly pocket- bursting mobile telephones aside, the advancement of technology in recent years has also been an on-going march towards miniaturisation. From silicon chips being manufactured in nanometre thicknesses approaching single figures, to the humble vacuum cleaner taking up ever-decreasing space under the stairs, small is cool. This trend has also made…
March 04, 2016
Even those with only a passing interest in the world of shooting are likely to have heard of the Silver Pigeon. Indeed, my first proper shooting lesson after a childhood spent learning at my father’s elbow with my grandfather’s side-by-side was taken with Beretta’s most famous product – as I am sure it was for countless others…
March 01, 2016
Beretta Silver Pigeon shotgun: Beretta have developed a knack of giving customers something new by simply twiddling and tweaking a proven winning formula.
February 15, 2016
What are you getting for the money? The Beretta Silver Pigeon Classic is the most expensive gun in the current Silver Pigeon range, with the ‘1’ selling for around £1,500 and the Deluxe model for around £2000. Given all these guns are mechanically identical and so perform and shoot to an almost equal standard, what…
January 11, 2016
Like its predecessors, the limited edition Beretta Silver Pigeon III has many fine characteristics.
October 28, 2015
If there is a problem with this gun, it’s that you get too much gun for the money. So not a problem at all really. This Beretta Silver Pigeon Grade 1 over-and-under shotgun represents amazing value – which is a result of the euro increasing the price of Italian guns in recent years. Despite this,…
January 27, 2014
Jason Harris reviews Beretta’s latest breed of Silver Pigeon shotgun: the number five.
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