Rebuilding Grandpas Shotgun - Golden Pigeon

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After my Grandfather died my Dad sent his shotgun to a gunsmith to refurbish it. This was right when the registry first came out & the guy decided to get out of the game. He sent the gun back in pieces with No Barrel! It sat like this for 10 years...

Recently I dug it out from Moms place & with the help of some fellow CGN'rs I located a Beretta Silver Pigeon to use as a parts gun! Let the rebuild begin!

Here is the gun as it sat:
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And here is the donor gun. Paid $140 & it is in pretty good shape!
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The bolt, housing & trigger all cleaned up:
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The wood before:
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The stock & fore stock sanded down:
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The original fore stock had a big crack so I wanted to use the donor stock. But it wouldn't come off of the sleeve! Luckily it just unplugs out of the receiver & plugs into the other one!

The original pumps fore end retaining nut was actually stripped, so I needed to use the new one anyway:
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A shot of the manufacturing marks inside the receiver:
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Does anybody know where I could run the serial numbers of these guns to find out when they were manufactured?

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Here you go, this is from shotgunworld.com
I see that parts gun is working out pretty good.

All firearms made in Italy are required by law to be tested by the Government Proof House, which marks the firearm with several symbols, one of which is a code identifying the year in which the firearm was proofed. A key to the code is shown below.

Note: The date code is not a part of the serial number. Read the paragraph below to learn where to find the date code.

In recent years the two-letter code has usually been enclosed in a rectangle. On shotguns, the mark is usually found on the bottom of the barrel. It may be necessary to remove the forearm, and sometimes to remove the barrels from the receiver, in order to expose the mark. I have also seen the date code on the bottom of the frame (receiver) of a semi-automatic, but I have never seen it on the receiver of a break-action gun.

On recent pistols the mark is usually located on the frame near the trigger guard, and for older pistols the mark is on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area.

In some cases the actual date in Arabic numerals may be used, or a combination of Roman and Arabic numerals. For example, 1972 is usually represented by XXVIII, but in a few cases it may be written XX8 or as 1972. Also, during the years 1945-1953, some Berettas may be marked with Arabic numbers 1-9 rather than Roman numerals I-IX.

During the years 1935-1943, before the National code system was enacted, some Berettas were marked with the Roman numerals XIII (1935) through XXI (1943). Thus, guns bearing those Roman numerals may need additional evidence to establish the year of manufacture. Beretta used no date code in 1944.

It is not clear to me when firearms by Italian manufacturers other than Beretta began to be marked with date codes - it may have been as late as 1954, with Roman numeral X.

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Thanks, I'll take a look tonight. But if it is on the barrel it will only give the date of the parts gun!

Either way I'll take a look.

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Well the Silver Pigeon was produced back in 59, now I just need to get to the bottom of the Golden Pigeon!
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