Setting the standard in the over-and-under crossover shotgun category for 35 years, the Silver Pigeon I Limited Launch edition (LE) comes with its legendary long-lasting reliability and ballistics, enhanced by technical and aesthetic refinements. The limited launch edition is engraved with 1/300 numbering and a unique serial code starting with AUS, it boasts Class 3 timber and comes with a limited edition case with unique stamping. Approved by a million boundless adventurers, Silver Pigeon is the Beretta hunting icon.

Main features:

• Extralight® recoil pad
• Redesigned stock with higher drop: 35/55
• Grade 3 oil-finished walnut wood
• 76mm chamber
• Top lever with smoother opening and closing feeling
• Replenished floral laser-engraving, also on receiver tail and hinge pins, featuring background with micro-lines
• 1/300 numbering and unique AUS Serial numbers
• Polished stainless-steel trigger: more durable
• Beretta Steelium® Optimabore® HP barrels
• 6×6 top rib, full-side ribs
• Optimachoke® HP internal chokes
• Limited Edition case with unique stamping

 

Based on the superb 680 platform, with its unmistakable low, slim action and legendary, ultra-reliable mechanism; the receiver features the tried-and-tested locking system with iconic trapezoid shoulders and dual conical locking lugs.

The long-established 680 balance has been further improved, while keeping the weight always on hinge pins.

The closing of the 686 Silver Pigeon I is smoother and requires less effort thanks to the redesigned top lever, with a re-positioned release pin.

The engravings are created using modern Beretta technology, namely a 5-axis laser, capable of engraving rounded surfaces while maintaining perfect continuity in the design. The floral theme, created by Beretta’s Master Engravers, is now covering seamlessly the metal surfaces and extends for the first time to the receiver tail and embellishes the hinge pins. The background with micro-lines improves the depth of the scene.

The pistol-grip stock and Schnabel forend are manufactured from grade-3 oil-finished walnut wood and are finely chequered for improved grip, even in the rain. The stock is available with a now higher 35/55 drop to enhance handling and shooting experience, in both a right- and left-handed version.

The 2024 Silver Pigeon I LE version features polished stainless-steel trigger, for enhanced durability. The selector is located on top of the safety tang, allowing the user to select the barrel for the first shot with a simple, rapid sideways movement.

The 686 Silver Pigeon I LE features Steelium® Optimabore® HP barrels with high-strength steel Optimachoke® HP chokes, for smoother ballistics that help reduce recoil and muzzle rise effect, ensuring perfect, dense and uniform patterns with any type of ammunition: lead, steel and High-Performance steel.