Perazzi is a manufacturer of precision shotgun

Shotgun

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s from Brescia

Brescia

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, Italy

Italy

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. The company sells hunting and sporting models of shotguns in the over-and-under and side-by-side varieties. The manufacturer is noted for their removable trigger groups, high quality, and high prices (7,500 USD to 440,000 USD). The founder of Perazzi is Daniele Perazzi. The Perazzi family owns and operates the company. The company sells American Trap, American Skeet, Olympic and Doubles Trap, Olympic Skeet, Pigeon and Sporting models.

Perazzi shotguns are widely used by Olympic

Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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 competitors, including Kim Rhode

Kim Rhode

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, who won a gold medal in Atlanta in 1996

1996 Summer Olympics

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 and another gold in Athens

Athens

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 in 2004

2004 Summer Olympics

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. Rhode uses a Perazzi 12-gauge (model MX12) for competition. Vice President Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney

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was using a 28-gauge Perazzi shotgun when he accidentally shot his friend in 2006.