The superimposed model 690 Field I Victory it is a classic of Beretta production, placing itself in a very accessible market segment and with a very important equipment for the basic system and accessories. The constructive modification that the Gardone company made well in advance of the competition must be ascribed to this typology, which began a few decades ago with the Mod. technical and therefore executive techniques have made it possible to tackle a large part of the production steps on the new numerical control machines, combining cost reduction with a lower dependence on manual skills, increasingly expensive and increasingly difficult to train in numbers suitable for the runs that these rifles require. . Lovers of traditional harquebusery workmanship, to put it in a specific term, do not fear: there is an adequately small group of specialists with holy hands who dedicate their very high work to the highest product ranges where such skills have the opportunity to manifest themselves and be appreciated for what they are worth by competent people. Let's now focus on the sealing and closing technique, the founding base of a swinging barrel shotgun.
The receiver, made from a solid alloy steel, has a slight widening compared to the past, concentrating a greater and better manageable mass in the user's hands; the design maintains a deep U-shaped section that houses the barrel group joined with the reliable system of the breech monobloc from which various functions are obtained starting from the trunnions in which the half-pins screwed into the front part of the walls are mounted: a solution that in the beginning had been highly innovative. To raise the two points of rotation of the barrels from the forward projection following the shot we find the peculiar solution of the House with two grooves made at the upper edge of the receiver walls where the thicknesses obtained from the solid block of the monobloc insist; the contrast between the two inclined surfaces is unshakable. It still remains to prevent rotation under firing and this is done by the split block inserted in the face of the action and controlled by the key: the two conical apexes, with automatic clearance recovery, are inserted in the special recesses obtained precisely in the sealing thicknesses mentioned above. . Intuitive how the lever arm is practically zero for the lower barrel and minimal for the upper one: the consequent duration of this system is told precisely by the ancient S55 that still in full efficiency, can be observed in the hands of hunters who have passed the fourth age. It is then possible to observe, again in the monobloc, the long-stem extractors with rods raised in contrast with the inclined tracks milled in the walls of the rocker for primary extraction, while they receive the release and impulse for the release from the mechanism placed in the shaft. automatic ejection: activation is delegated to the two round rods concealed in the back and primarily responsible for mounting the batteries mounted on the underguard.
Other parts of the rifle and the test on the platform
Before setting off to fire a few shots on the platform, let's take a look at the whole, appreciating the graceful shapes of the double breasts of the action frame, the lateral strengthening thickenings, the connections with the back, the upper codette on which the key for opening is placed. of appreciable Italian line, the slide of the safety with the firing selection button. We move on to the guard with an oval of the right proportions, perhaps with a slightly squat codetta, excellent robust and well smoothed trigger, amply satisfying the engravings that we find more than welcome for the price level of the weapon. The walnut used for the stock is appreciable, while that of the fore-end is a little dark due to the extensive knurled field to which, moreover, goes the credit of a very firm grip and a positioning of the hand well differentiated in length. The interchangeable chokes allow you to adjust the shot patterns to the target and distance factors and the ventilated rib with round brass front sight brings the eye precisely to the target. Using strong cartridges such as the 37 g with the characteristic 70 mm case marked "Superfiocchi", you can enjoy strong sensations and impressive smokes of the clay pigeons: the rubber butt plate adequately absorbs the recoil so that the speargun can be kept in a weight of 2.800 g, advantageous for wandering hunting.
A classic this 690 Field I Vittoria whose name recalls the brand precisely with the statue of the Goddess, the Nike of ancient Greece (and please don't pronounce it Naik) that from the beginning had connoted the first Vittoria Monobloc of Beretta shotguns.
Technical detail:
Manufacturer: Pietro Beretta SPA Arms Factory - via Pietro Beretta, 18 - 25063 Gardone VT (BS) - Tel. 030 83411 - Fax 030 8341399 - www.beretta.com
Model: 690 Field I Victory
Type: shotgun with two smooth overlapping barrels
CALIBRO: 12/76
operation: swinging barrels
Weighing machine: in alloy steel machined on the tool
Battery: court
Cane: 71 cm long (alternatively 66 or 76 cm) Steelium OptimaBore HP - junction with breech monobloc
Chokes: interchangeable
Triggering device: direct shots with single trigger
Extractors / ejectors: automatic with the possibility of disarming ???
Line of sight: shaded ventilated flat rib - brass spherical front sight
Safety: with button on the upper side of the receiver with firing selector
Stocking: in two pieces - medium class walnut woods with oil finish - pistol grip and shaped shaft - black rubber buttplate -
Finishes: satin finish on the receiver with polished and engraved parts - burnished barrels
Weight :: 3.350 g with 71 cm barrels