A second soul of the fair stands out for the evolution of collateral events of excellence at a sporting level together with conferences, competitions, incubators of ideas, exhibitions. The trade associations were involved together, among which we observe Anpam, Conarmi, Assoarmieri, various institutions with the Veneto to excel, hunting associations and shooting federations with an impressive number of top-level athletes accompanied by Ennio Mattarelli, the unforgettable medal of 'Gold in the trap at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and today an emblematic figure of reference for the whole shooting world. The third soul sees the HIT as a privileged platform for hunting tourism, national and foreign: a solution that can transform into a resource what today an ideologized bureaucracy with minimal views only classifies as a problem. Having said the current general direction of the Fair, we point out that our specific task is limited to hunting rifles and optics, with the obvious digressions on some interesting proposals for shooting.
In the rifled rifle sector with sliding rotating shutter, the X-Bolt series is enriched by the SF Max Long Range AT ACS AU version with camo finish, 66 cm barrel and chambered for the .300 Win. Mag. And for the .308 Win. with an indicative price of € 1.699,00. The Winchester affiliate proposes the New XPR ™ Long Range Model, a classic bolt with three wings on the head, semi-heavy barrel, tactical stock for hunting and shooting: chambers in .243 Win. - 6,5 Creedmoor - .308 Win. The price of € 1.199,00 is interesting. In the smooth barrel, also from Winchester, we see the SX 4 Big Game Compo Smooth semi-auto in 12 Mag caliber: 61 cm barrel, composite stock, replaceable chokes, weight of 3,1 kg and price of € 1002,00. In the optics sector, the Kite Stabi APC 10 × 30 and 12 × 30 binoculars stand out: to show the image stabilizer, Browning has prepared a waving and vibrating platform on which one stands to appreciate what seems incredible! 
Redolfi based in Manerbio (BS) builds the interesting EOS over-and-under for hunting and shooting together with fine express, yes precisely those with parallel barrels such as the first set up by the great English brands, chambered in the most usual calibers for wild boar hunting including the mighty .444 Marlin. The RA of Redolfi, on the other hand, deals with the distribution of many brands of rifles, optics and a surprising variety of equipment for hunting and outdoor life, including the Spanish Bergara specializing in rifles known and appreciated also on our market. We focused on four examples including the Mod. Timber left-handed with wooden stock and chambered for the .308 Win. The Ridge and the Hunter follow in the interesting 6,5 Creedmoor with 22 ”barrels: in the first with a larger section aimed at shooting, in the second thinner suitable for hunting. The small overview ends with a Mod. HMR, specific for shooting, with 24 ”barrel, further increased section with muzzle brake of the same diameter with radial holes. The stocks of these last three specimens are all in synthetic of specific caliber. A recent acquisition of RA Sport is Retay, a company founded in 2006 in Konya, central Turkey, a manufacturer of smoothbore semi-cars in our field of interest. Due to the optics, the products of Delta Optical arouse a lot of interest, the company founded in 2002 in Poland and which today presents a wide range of aiming optics and observation binoculars, including several models with HD lenses and metal parts in titanium. The availability of ballistic turrets for Titanium HD models is also recent. Here too the choice is diversified with a very favorable price in relation to the intrinsic qualities and the yield in the field. 
Rizzini has an extensive display of its two swinging barrels, side-by-side and over-and-under: among these we have focused on a new version of the Mod. BR 110 Light Luxe, an elegant and refined 20 gauge with appreciable engravings to then move on to a similar model. , but in 28 caliber. We remind you that these shotguns have specific action sizes in relation to the caliber: notable refinement and not so widespread. 
Perazzi is among the rulers of the international shooting scene with examples of over-and-under from Boss-type closures from which a conspicuous series of hunting models has been derived, some real collector's items for the engravings they are equipped with, also set up in four copies in scale in the 12, 20, 28 and .410 Mag calibers. Obviously, the expense is from Texan oil tankers or Russian tycoons, slightly exceeding € 402.000,00, but the investment is worth the full amount required. 
The Giulio Fiocchi di Lecco is a cornerstone of the Italian cartridge industry and the images direct the visitor's attention to the direction of the rifled or smooth barrel. The proposal is truly extraordinary for the variety and specificity of the different cartridges, for the yield aimed at this or that game and the way to hunt it, the ballistic performance never leaves any doubts and is an absolute guarantee as well as the value for money is really appreciated. exceptional. 
The large Beretta exhibition space is always crowded, where we have taken all the smooth-barreled models for granted and we have displayed the Sako rifles declined in many versions and always set up with five action sizes in relation to the class of the chambered cartridge: it is an advantage. technical and aesthetic peculiar, in this entity, of the Finnish company of Beretta Holding. Together with the rifled barrels, attention fell on the Burris riflescopes, also a company of the Group: the recent novelty sees the Four Xe series with two variants, the 3-12 × 56 versatile even in twilight shots thanks to the 56 mm lens, and the 1-4 × 24 optimal for batting shooting or hunting in the woods. Both scopes are equipped with high quality optical glasses and very reliable mechanics such as strength, precision and sensitivity in the shots. The cost of the 3-12x model is just over € 550,00, which is truly an amazing attraction for its favorable quality / price ratio. Davide Pedersoli is famous for an innumerable series of re-editions of historical weapons, including muzzle-loading rifles with stone and nipple to reach the single-shot breech-loading, with which a hound-hunting hunt takes on a very special charm. In recent times, lever-action shotguns have taken up a lot of space: the latter find strong adherence by belt makers and the 1886/71 Boarbuster Camo model is proposed in the resolutive .444 Marlin. 
Massimo D'Angelo of the New Armory of the Center of Alessandria makes the Benelli semiauts more accurate for Shotguns competitions, a specialty that has caught on quickly and attracts many practitioners. Here we see the newly established competition team. 
The Benelli stand also attracts a bevy of hunters and shooters. A limited edition of the Raphael is presented on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of the immense artist: the presentation of the rifle with a properly positioned magnifying glass allows you to fully appreciate the exquisite engraving that enriches the weapon's castle. Still on the subject of novelty, the Mygra Long Shot in 20 gauge, an excellent combination between the cadet gauge and the study of drilling and chokes to undermine migrants with a higher limit of the useful shot. Another novelty with the Ethos Black in caliber 28, characterized by the black finish with the elegant alternation of glossy and matte. 
Still on a sporting theme, the 828U over-under is fitted for the platform with a steel action instead of ergal, to increase the mass and optimize the balance of the whole. The group of athletes presents more than good. Fabarm “bets on the future”: this is the program put on show by the famous manufacturer of smooth-bore semiautomatics and two barrels, smooth and rifled.
A wide range of over-and-under presented by FAIR and among the examples with classic characteristics with 71 cm barrels, here a refined .410 Mag caliber. 62. Still on the subject of specialization, the Traqueur model in 12/76, 20 cm barrels and metal sights with colored references for a prompt acquisition specific for those who trace the wild boar, especially when it is injured. 
Lively interest in the Falco Arms exhibition space where the characteristic mixed, smooth and striped over-and-under layers available in many calibers, and the classic Ferlach-style kipplauf (7685 a) are flanked by the new Alpine F1 kipplauf with rounded and captivating shapes, equipped with a valid triple lock, double trigger stecher, elegant and functional stock. The most usual calibers are chambered, but on request Mr. Angiolino Falco satisfies the wishes of every hunter. Also interesting is the recent Mod. R19 over-under in 28 gauge which is characterized by a matte black finish and a synthetic stock in the same color. 
Let's see if anyone guesses who this traditional headdress with an enviable one belongs to barth of suede. To facilitate the task we will say that the dear friend is from Trentino by origin and residence, fifty in age, an excellent hunting instructor, especially in the mountains. Another facilitation: the initials are EZ. Hasler of Como has recently changed its shareholding structure and has combined the distribution of reloading cases with bullets in particular copper alloy. The first gauges of loaded cartridges are also on sale: try them as soon as possible. 
The Lücke & Ortmeyer Group has its Italian distribution for its brands Mauser, Sauer & Sohn and Blaser: a lot of interest in the recent Mauser M18 with an excellent quality and price ratio, for the new version Impact of the M12 as well as for the different configurations of the Sauer Mod. 100 diversified in the stocks and always equipped with the excellent mechanics guaranteeing sub MOA results, then arriving at the Blaser K95 kipplauf with hand-passing carbon stock and, optionally, partial coating in rainproof leather; similar setups for the R8 Success rifle. A nod to the Blaser optics that many customers now combine with favorable results with the rifles of the same company. 
Leica Sport Optics distributed by Forest never misses an appointment without exhibiting interesting innovations in its optics of excellence: in the rangefinders here are the CRF 2800.COM and CRF 3500.COM and in the binotelemeters the Geovid HD 3200.COM; in long-distance aiming optics the PRS 5-30x56i will be an excellent solution for those who love to beat open spaces in search of a wild detail or a superb sporting performance. 
Bignami has further enlarged the already prestigious exhibition space by showing historical brands such as Weatherby, CZ, Christensen, Merkel or the more recent Savage with an exorbitant number of models for hunting and shooting with valuable technical characteristics, or the Austrian Rößler also with a model with movement in line. In cartridges, Hornady occupies a privileged place with ELD-X and GMX bullets now established as hunting solutions with shooting ballistics: these, and the other well-known ones, are now joined by the new A-Tip Match with top characteristics for long distances.
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At Swarovski there are two extremes aimed at achieving the same goal: seeing better, but above all acquiring the framed subject more quickly: here is the monumental spotting scope with binocular vision and the Z8i aiming optics with an unusual size of 0,75-6 × 20: in running shooting and with a close subject, a lower magnification of the unit further expands the already vast field of view allowing a target acquisition faster and safer. 
Contessa represents a milestone in the conception and preparation of optics mounts suitable for all kinds of rifles: the dynamic company from Marcheno, today in a new headquarters expanded as the market wants, offers its slide with four coupling points made in light alloy and only with the dowels and their appurtenances made of hardened steel. All this means less weight with identical stability and return to zero by removing and reassembling the optics. 
Franchi certainly has no shortage of novelties: let's start with the Feeling Slug over-and-under equipped with an ergal receiver, barrels chambered for the 12/76 gauge and 55 cm long, steelshot banks and with Cyl / *** chokes with a 7 mm upper half rib equipped with red central hollow, red plastic notch and front sight, reduced side ribs and therefore ventilated barrels, manual extractors (finally so you don't have to bend down…). As an option you can have left-handed football, automatic ejectors and double trigger: the latter is an extra guarantee of being able to fire the second shot. Moving on to rifled barrels on the Horizon Elite Strata, we dedicated ourselves to the True Timber camouflage of the stock, to the Cerakote finish in the Midnight Bronze nuance, to the spiral and polished bolt, to the removable magazine. 
Sabatti now boasts a long experience in rifled barrels where the search for new applications or improvements to what exists stand out as qualifying elements. Shotguns specifically for shooting are flanked by hunting ones: today you can choose between the well-known Rover with traditional mechanics and the Saphire, innovative in technique and materials with a light alloy castle, barrel interchangeable with the bolt head in one area. of three groups of calibers, precautions such as the insertion of a hardened steel pad on the rear profile of the ergal bridge where the handlebar arm contrasts to implement the primary opening. 
There are different types of stock, among which the hand-held one stands out, truly excellent in targeted shooting, the barrel can have the MRR or the Sabatti-specific multiradial rifling, with performance, durability and ease of cleaning superior to conventional ones. The carbon fiber coated rod has recently arrived for a marked lightening of the whole. 
SIACE dei F.lli Gelmini specializes in two tilting barrels, particularly side-by-side shotguns, but there is no shortage of delicious over-and-under shots, especially in small smooth-bore calibers and, at the opposite extreme, in rifled barrel expresses. We note with interest a predilection for external hammer locks with different solutions such as the forward plate and spring system or the older and more fascinating one with back plate and spring. 
The Cosmi-style bang is remarkable: Dr. Luca Gaeti has seen fit to mount a rifled barrel on the most amazing smoothbore semiauto. The new equipment includes a batting rib on which the telescope mounts are fixed, the brand new Swarovski Z8i 0,75-6 × 20, the fixed rear sight, very thick and inclined with a wide V view, the grain viewfinder, on base with anti-reflective ramp, keyed on the barrel with ring base. The caliber, given the soul of the rifle, could only be something historical, but equally extremely functional for the black beast: here the ever-alive .45-70 Gvt re-emerges from the Spriengfield Trapdoors. It seems that among the wild boars there was a certain struggle to be the first to be shot down by such a special rifle. 
Caesar Guerini is a company in continuous development and at HIT it has exhibited the Boss type over-under with the mechanics of the crosshead elongated in the shaft and next to the upper barrel: one of the immediately noticeable characteristics of the great English rifle.
Many interesting products, as usual, at the Paganini stand in Turin: in the wealth of Remington rifles this time we highlight some models of the 783 series where the quality / price ratio stands out favorably. Three versions in the rack: a .308 Win. with the classic solid wood stock, a .223 Rem. synthetic stock with HB semi-heavy barrel equipped with muzzle brake and finally a second .223 Rem. with light hunting barrel and stock in stratified wood. A panoply dedicated to Marlin shows three versions of the Mod. 1895 obviously with lever movement chambered for the timeless .45-70 Gvt .: at the moment the most requested is the Dark, the one in the center all black; there is also a smoothbore version for the .410 Mag. 
All tastes are tastes. Moving on to rifle scopes, Leupold is another important and historic brand of Paganini: the novelty is represented by the double VX Freedom line proposed with 1 ”tube and matt finish or 30 mm traditional finish. In the 1 ”one these are the measures: 1,5-4 × 20 Pig Plex reticle, 2-7 × 33 Rimfire MOA reticle, 3-9 × 40 Tri MOA reticle, 4-12 × 50 Duplex reticle; prices between € 280,00 and € 409,00. In the series with 30 mm tube: 1,5-4 × 20 ret. illuminated Firedot MOA Ring, 3-9 × 40 ret. ill.Firedot Duplex, 4-12 × 40 CDS side focus ret. Tri MOA (prepared for the ballistic turret and the parallax corrector. Quotes between € 544,00 and € 681,00. Certainly products and quotations of great interest.
Nobel Sport Italia presents the new Exclusiva cartridge for the platform with the special two-piece wad with 8 fins and internal shock-absorbing solid cork with 24 g shot load. The company also offers the specific cartridge for each game and for the specialties of the platform and of the hunting course. 
The Armeria Regina di Conegliano exhibits top products for recharging and cleaning with the US brands Redding and Boretech, night vision or in poor visibility conditions with the German brand Liemke, aiming optics for hunting and shooting at very high magnifications of the Japanese March, the rifles of the American Kelbly's, here in the Hunter and Hunter Long Range versions, equipped with the best components such as the proprietary Stolle Atlas Long shares, the barrels of Bob Krieger, the Bell & Carlson stock for the first and Mc Millan Nesika Bay for the second. 
As a novelty from our Italian distributor, the brand, also from the US, Gunwerks, presents a light rifle compatibly with the chambered cartridge: the .338 Lapua. The Magnus Model with Gunwerks LR 1600 action features a 26 ”barrel with carbon fiber coating which helps keep the weight of the rifle alone at 3.700g. This company, which has been active for just over a decade, boasts the delivery of shotguns ready to shoot at 1.000 yds as they are taken from their packaging. 
As we have seen, there is no shortage of novelties and a field test especially of the viewers will be interesting, a field in which experimentation and innovation are still in full swing.
