
It was an important meeting between Emanuele Sabatti and Paul Levy, executive responsible for procurement and product management of Brownells USA, who went to Gardone Val Trompia for a visit to Sabatti, accompanied by Olaf Aas, manager of Brownells Europe. Paul Levy's visit to Sabatti was not a surprise visit, but the answer to a promise made during other meetings that had already taken place at IWA over the last two years.
In business since 1939, Brownells is known for the incredible offering of accessories, equipment, gun parts (and weapons) that gun enthusiasts and gunsmiths around the world use for their sporting or professional activities. For its part, Sabatti Spa starts from its 350 years of gunmaking tradition to improve its ability to respond to both sports enthusiasts and its institutional customers.
Hence the decision, in March 2023, to transfer the operational headquarters of Brownells Italia to the Sabatti Showroom building located in Sarezzo, starting a mutually useful synergy. Paul Levy's visit was therefore not a simple courtesy visit, but a "technical" opportunity to verify Sabatti's production capabilities and appreciate its objective level of quality. As a profound connoisseur of the American and international arms industry, Paul Levy's attention was obviously attracted in particular by the manufacturing processes of the famous Sabatti rifled barrels.
In fact, Sabatti produces industrially produced rifled barrels which are recognized as among the best in the world, as demonstrated both by the excellent performance in the sporting field and by the fact that among the customers who turn to Sabatti to procure rifled barrels we find important companies active in the global international arms industry.
The visit of Paul Levy, head of procurement and product management at Brownells USA, is part of the review process launched by Sabatti in recent years on the ways in which the company communicates and promotes itself internationally. There is still a lot to do, but the direction is taken.
In fact, Sabatti is catching up compared to what its competitors have already been doing for years, thus enhancing a know-how which in the field of rifled long guns fears no comparison: but which indeed, as regards the production of barrels, places Sabatti in front of many giants of the global arms industry. Something that Brownells USA wanted, and had the opportunity, to verify directly.
Company notes
The Sabatti family has been operating in the arms sector for almost 400 years. Passed down from father to son, from one generation to the next, all the experiences acquired have not been lost, and are what gives quality to Sabatti weapons today. Sabatti is a leader in the production of rifled barrels, whose excellent performance makes them highly appreciated throughout the world by both gun manufacturers and the most demanding sports shooters and professionals. With the exception of the stocks, all the components of Sabatti weapons are produced within the company, using the best available technologies and a "know-how" that few other companies at an international level can boast.