VI – MA: It is not new that precision mechanics manufacturing companies find an additional commercial outlet in the gunsmith sector by introducing something special into the market.
di Emmanuel Tabasso
Vi-Ma in Gardone Val Trompia has been producing precision mechanics for various sectors since 1987 and the leap into the arms sector with its own line seemed like a natural outlet to take advantage of machinery and experience at the highest level. The Pegaso Model, this is the name of the kipplauf in question, has been in production for some years with a truly successful evolution of the line: from an Austrian-style receiver with more squared shapes and a head from which I derive the lateral reinforcements in compliance with the Ferlach verb. , we have moved on to a successful combination that recalls the head and breasts of the action of the Beretta SOs with a series of differentiated lateral reinforcements. Having examined the proposed solutions on the company website, we must conclude that the choice made by Giuseppe Loschi, to whom we thank for having had the weapon available, is the most focused one.
First of all, the application of the long folders is only a decorative element, the battery works with a very different apparatus, but gives the whole an elegant momentum made even more attractive by the engravings that the House, with extreme accuracy, indicates as laser-cut in the models. currents while here we find a rich Renaissance burin. The salient points of the receiver remain the rounded breasts highlighted by a hollowed edge from which the rounded and tapered lateral reinforcement starts, perhaps pleonastic in the mechanical organization of the Jäger closure, but which in the meantime is there and makes an excellent presence; Still on the subject of locks, we observe how two blind mortises are made in the face of the receiver to accommodate the shelves obtained from the substantial monobloc of the breech: a crossbar controlled by the key acts like a third Purdey of the second type.
Let's observe how the solution replaces the original rear retaining tooth of the pivoting block in the best possible way, playing with other sections and a favorable lever arm; furthermore, this operative choice leaves the resistance of the breasts and their beautiful line intact. The opening is delegated to an integral key with a round button while there is no safety because the battery is armed by the slide located on the upper codetta only when needed: if you want to postpone the shot, a second impulse deactivates the spring and the rifle returns to perfect portability. calm. In this way, an adjustable direct trigger is mounted between 2 kg and 250 g which, together with the firing pin stroke of about 5 mm, makes excellent services even in long shots: remember how a bump or the opening of the speargun immediately deactivate the trigger assembly. .
The stock in beautiful light veined walnut highlights the mechanics with a burnished finish for the barrel and old silver for the action and guard: elegant and consequential to the essence of a kipplauf, the stock with cheek rest with book pages, arched pistol, fore-end thin and with schnabel plus Scottish checkering.
THESwarovski optics is fixed by an excellent Contessa attack and the accuracy of the shots at 100 m with original RWS cartridges in caliber 5,6x50R sees the three holes intersected with each other. For chamois and roe deer (except for rules preventing the diameter of the bullet) it is a brilliant and easy-to-carry solution thanks to the weight of the rifle alone contained in the 2.600 g.