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dvd
I'll have a go at making it more understandable in english as it is spoken rather than translated, since I understand and speak Italian very well.
The Fabarm rifle comes in two models the standard one called the Barton and the luxury version called the Redcastle.it is a compressed air rifle with a fixed barrel where the cocking and loading are done by a separate lever which also operates the loading mechanism via an articulated part.
In the photos one can see the picture in elevation format that shows the rifle in the open and closed positions, that is to say in the unloaded and loaded positions.
In the open position or rather when the rifle is ready to be loaded with darts or pellets, the piston has already been cocked while the raised breech exposes a hole through which a pellet or dart can be inserted.
Swinging the underlever back to its horizontal position makes the rifle ready for shooting.
Fabarm also makes a normal air rifle like the Diana mod 22 and Diana mod 25 as well as darts for these.
Fabarm (Weapons Factory of Brescia) has its headquarters in Trento Road 16a, Brescia.
What follows are some observations of mine.
The mention of the two Diana models indicates that Diana were the reference mark for others to aspire to, at least from a commercial point of view. It is interesting to see that they also mentioned their production of darts in the same paragraph as they refer to Diana rifles. This leads me to think that in those days(mid1970s?) marketing and production was aimed towards the general shooter, rather than specialised target shooters, hence the mention of the specific two Diana models and dart production. This advert highlights Fabarm as also being capable of making air rifles which were of a higher design standard by mentioning two basic break barrel Diana's which were nevertheless extremely popular at the time.
Another observation is the English names given to these models. Perhaps they were targeting the UK and USA markets.
Incidentally, I know someone who swears by the reliability of Fabarm semi auto shotguns, so they know how to manufacture good stuff like most of the weapon makers in Brescia.
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