Spring is the time for fairs in the hunting sector and in the arms sector: Bignami also celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation and the appreciation for the initiative, now in its sixteenth edition, is unanimous with a massive presence of sector operators.
di Emmanuel Tabasso
With this sixteenth edition of the Bignami Day the prestigious Atesian company celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation, a respectable goal achieved day after day with sagacity, attention and foresight, that quality that belongs to the diviners of the future, who are not trivial fortune-tellers, but those who know how to read cryptic signals that the world around sends and from these they know how to identify the directions in which to start a little earlier than the others. The Hausmesse itself, this is the other denomination of the meeting, has proved over the years a choice of great strategic and tactical interest: on this occasion, given and considered the events in the sector, a further impulse was given by detaching the dates from any other collateral event and expanding the opening to five days.
The investment, this initiative must be considered, directly touched the gunsmiths who were offered advantageous solutions for a more extended stay during which they could devote more attention to the panorama of products, always expanding and always with an eye to rifled barrel and optics, without neglecting smoothbore, short and competitive guns, reloading equipment, archery, clothing.
Between the long guns the usual prestigious names stand out such as Sour with the new features of Mod. 101 Classic Legno, Mod. 202 S Synchro XT Magnum with muzzle brake and Mod. 303 semiauto Black Velvet BMT; known the productions of Mauser, Weatherby and CZ, Merkel and Haenel, HS Precision with Ruger and Marlin, with the insertions of the Christensen, known for its barrels in steel coated with a carbon filament and stock coated in carbon or graphite, or the well-known Savage, which arrived very recently in Ora with its rifles equipped with technical solutions appreciable and peculiar, always at interesting prices. There is no shortage of cheap products such as Baikal's striped or Armsan's smooth semi-cars, a reliable Turkish company with well-made and aesthetically appealing products.
in weapons of military extraction the so-called Black Rifles stand out above all by high names like the Oberland from Germany, Brugge & Tomet from Switzerland, Smith & Wesson from the United States with new range in .223 Rem. and in .22 LR. The handguns sector always sees Smith & Wesson in a leading position, with a wide variety of choice between drum and semi-auto with the novelties respectively of the Mod. Governor Silver 2.75 ”in .45 ACP, .45 LC, .410 Mg. and the Mod. M&P Bodyguard 380 ACP. These are accompanied by the Glock with the subcompact Mod. 42 in .380 ACP and the Mod. 41 GEN4 in .45 ACP especially designed for dynamic shooting such as the new Sig Sauer P226 X-SHO, sporty for competitions.
in optical there is plenty of choice with Zeiss which presents the brand new V8 riflescopes, 1.8-14 × 50 and 2.8-20 × 56, with the widest range of adjustments in existence, wide-angle vision and optical qualities with Schott HT glass worthy of the top brand. To observe the new Conquest DL in three models, 30 mm tube, new lighting adjustments, reticle on the 2nd image plane: the listing is more than interesting. The new binoculars are the Victory HT-54 with 54 lenses, therefore lighter, but with higher performance in twilight value than the traditional 56 mm ones; the Conquest HD 56 combines well-known specific qualities at a very favorable price. The Nite Site features three night vision devices applicable in a moment to your own aiming optics: 100, 300 and 500 m the range of action of the so-called Viper, Wolf and Eagle models to which the Spotter Extreme manual viewer is added, also usable up to 500 m and variable magnification from 1 to 20x.
Always driving the meopta which now offers a varied range of appliances such as aiming optics, binoculars, all long with remarkable qualities and the constant of an even more than acceptable quotation: particular are the five models of the ZD series, the one dedicated to military use therefore with excellent sturdiness qualities, and the new red dot Meosight III 30-3 MOA. Also the Nightforce presents two novelties with models Competition and SHV 4-16 × 56 for hunting and tactical shooting, plus the long TS-82 Extreme HD. The Bushnelll presents some new telescopes with the Drop Zone lattice usable for long distance shooting: the two Mod. AR 1-4 × 24 are placed side by side with the 3-9 × 40, 3-12 × 40 and 4,5-18 × 40.
Accessories, clothing, archery and a whole series of materials and equipment for reloading are the corollary to the weaponry mode: there is really something to get lost in such a wealth of proposals, knowing full well that all have been screened and chosen with the competence that has characterized the activity of Bignami.