Guns That Make You Go "Wow!"

Guns Magazine, Jan, 2001 by Scott Farrell

Connoisseurs of classic firearms and spectacular engraving may want to start making plans now to visit the NRA's National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Va., to check out the newest exhibit. On display there are four of the most amazing firearms to ever be graced by an engraver's chisel -- the Beretta "Set Of Four" African double rifles. The guns are a quartet of Beretta Model 455 EELL rifles which have received custom treatment from world-renowned engraver Maestro Angelo Galeazzi.

These four guns feature photographic quality engraving, with each gun's receiver depicting game scenes appropriate to the gun's caliber. The .30-'06 displays a pride of lions at rest; the .375 H&H shows a herd of Cape buffalo; the .470 Nitro Express is decorated with a crash of rhinos at the watering hole; and the .600 Nitro Express displays a troop of elephants. Although these four guns by themselves are worth the price of admission, Beretta has graciously thrown in 100 other pieces from the family's private collection -- at no extra charge.

The guns are on display throughout 2001.