Notes: This is a double-barreled rifle designed to fire some of the most powerful cartridges in the world. It was introduced in 1990. The materials used are of the best quality, including cold-forged Bohler steel and select walnut root stocks and fore-ends. The Model 455 has triple locking – double barrel lugs, Greener locking, and a transverse bar. This allows the breech block to withstand pressure four times greater than a 12-gauge 3-inch magnum shell. The side locks are of the Holland & Holland type, strengthened with Beretta-patented twin safety bars. The Model 455 has a safety system that prevents both barrels from being fired at the same time. The rifle can be made with a manual safety, or equipped with another automatic safety that prevents the weapon from being fired if dropped or if the breech is not closed. The side plates are made with fine engraving of two grades. The butts have a thick recoil pad, usually in dull red, and sighting is done through a folding leaf sight.

Notes: This is another over-and-under heavy-caliber rifle, introduced in 1984. It is based on the SO6 shotgun. It was originally designed to fire either .375 H&H Magnum, 9.3x74Rmm, or .458 Winchester Magnum; the 9.3x74Rmm version was dropped in 1988, but brought back a few years after that due to customer demand. The SSO6 is virtually hand-made, like the SO series of shotguns, and can be has with or without automatic ejectors, with or without iron sights, and with or without drilling and tapping for telescopic sights. The barrels are cold forged from Bohler Antinit steel; up until 1994, these barrels were 25.5 inches in length, but SSO6’s produced after that have 24-inch barrels. The manual safety is automatically engaged as soon as the breech is opened. The stock is walnut and textured, and is in a Monte Carlo pattern. The bottom of the pistol grip may be removed, to reveal a hollow space where various types of iron sights may be stored. The SSO6 has twin triggers. The breech block is finely engraved, with an SSO6 EELL version having gold-inlaid engraving.

Notes: Related to the Tipo Olimpia semiautomatic rimfire rifle only in name, the Super Olimpia is a quality bolt-action target rifle with a two-stage trigger, an aperture sight, and a tunnel-type front sight.

Notes: This is an over-and-under rifle designed for fairly-powerful and in most case, unusual ammunition. It has a single or twin trigger; in Express 2000’s equipped with two triggers, the front trigger acts as a set trigger, not a barrel trigger. The top barrel has a short raised barrel rib, upon which lies the rear sight; this rib is also drilled and tapped for a telescopic sight. The stock is walnut, with a cheek plate and a pistol grip-type wrist.

Notes: This is one of those reproductions of Old West rifles that have become common throughout the latter part of the 20^th and early 21^st centuries. It is a faithful reproduction of the 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle. It is a hard-hitting, accurate weapon with an adjustable ladder-type rear sight and a silver-bladed front sight. The rifle is not known for its rate of fire; like the original, it is a lever-action breech-loading single-shot weapon designed for accuracy and not speed, not unlike modern sniping and long-range hunting rifles.

In the movie Quigley Down Under, the character of Matthew Quigley (played by Tom Selleck) used a special version of this rifle, using an extra four inches of barrel and firing the .45-110 cartridge. The movie is well-worth watching, and the rifle is on its own line below.

Notes: This weapon, actually rifle-sized, is a modern replica of the Sharps Carbines procured for the Texas Rangers in the late 1860s. The original Sharps Carbines were converted forms of the original Sharps Carbines, which were designed for blackpowder and Minie Balls. These carbines were very rare in their original form, with only 36 being procured by the Texas government (Rangers preferred to supply their own weapons). The conversion made the weapons into cartridge-firing breech-fed weapons. The Cimarron replica is almost perfect, with only some slight wood-to-metal fit imperfections. The barrel is 22 inches long, round, and finished in deeply-polished blue, with a bore that is well-polished. Most of the other metalwork is in case-hardened color. The stock and fore-end are of straight-grained walnut. The rear sight is a ladder-type adjustable sight; when this sight is folded down, the carbine has a quick battle sight good for short-range work. Windage adjustments are made by moving this sight in its dovetail. The front sight is an inverted v-shaped blade atop a post, with the rear surface being rounded, allowing it to catch light. The action is classic falling block, perhaps more precisely machined than the original, and the carbine has a saddle ring. The hammer is huge, with a checkered hammer spur. The trigger guard is small, too small for a gloved finger (like the original).

Notes: This is an express rifle – a double-barreled rifle designed for powerful cartridges and hunting big game. The Safari 500 Express is an over-and-under rifle based on a 20-gauge shotgun breech, and is thus not too heavy a weapon, but has strong barrel block locking. They are designed so that the point of convergence – the range at which both rounds will hit within a 2-inch circle – is at about 50 meters, considered a proper range for hunting with this type of weapon. The Safari Express uses barrels of the same caliber, and has automatic shell extractors which move the rounds out of the chamber when the rifle is breeched just enough to grasp easily. The single trigger is non-selective, with the bottom barrel firing first and the top barrel firing second. The breech block is chromed and engraved with a red deer. The stock and fore-end are of walnut of good quality. The Safari Standard Express is virtually identical, but has shell ejectors and a stock and fore-end of select walnut. The Safari Deluxe Express has even better wood. The top of this line is the Safari Prestige Express, which has very fine and intricate engravings on the side plates. (All these rifles are identical for game purposes.) There is a short version, the Safari 500 Battue Express, which has 21.625-inch barrels (as opposed to the 23.625-inch barrels of the other versions), and comes in only two calibers. These rifles are equipped with a base for a telescopic sight.

Twilight 2000 Notes: Introduced in 2001, this rifle does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: The Sharps Model 1874 was one of the first factory-produced rifles designed for smokeless powder cartridges (though they were also designed to allow them to shoot blackpowder rounds). The Pedersoli Model 1874 is a modern reproduction of the Sharps 1874; its primary target market is blackpowder sharpshooters in BCPR competitions. (Blackpowder rounds are not covered below.) The primary US importer is Dixie Gun Works.

The Model 1874 is made to "old-time" specifications; it has a heavy, blued, 32-inch octagonal barrel. The trigger group includes a double set triggers, and the stock is made from European walnut. The rest of the metalwork is color-case hardened. As manufactured, the Model 1874 is simply drilled and tapped for both modern-type scopes and standard iron sights, as well as the old-style William Malcolm 6x scope which extends virtually the entire length of the barrel and receiver.

Model 1874’s equipped with that William Malcolm sight are called by Pedersoli the Model 1874 Silhouette. In game terms, this "legacy" scope adds considerable cost to the rifle as well as weight.

Notes: This weapon comes from a manufacturer known for making beautiful, elaborate weapons with intricate artwork. The Safari is a side-by-side double rifle based on one of the company’s shotguns, and thus has features such as automatic ejection for spent shells and the ability to fire both barrels at once.

Notes: Introduced in 2002, this is an "Express Rifle" – a side-by-side double-barreled rifle designed for high-powered cartridges. The barrels are of cold-forged chrome-molybdenum steel for extra hardness, and the breech block is of chrome-nickel steel. The Classic 92 Express uses double barrel block locking. The stock and fore-end are of select walnut root with a Bavarian-style stock. The fore-end and pistol grip wrist have fish-scale-type checkering. The walnut is oil-finished and polished. Between the barrels is a raised rib; it can be used for quick sighting, but the rib is also higher at the rear to allow for mounting of telescopic sights (it has dovetail rail for this purpose) and also carries a rear folding leaf sight. The front of the barrel rib has a blade-type front sight. The Classic 92 Express may have double triggers of a single non-selective trigger. The standard for the rifle is extractors only, but Sabatti will fit automatic case ejectors at the customer’s request.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This rifle does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: These two similar Express rifles are over-and-under weapons. The breech of the Model 345 has a slightly heavier breech; the Model 230 has a standard pistol grip wrist stock while the Model 345 has a Bavarian-type stock. They are otherwise identical. They have heavy breeches made from chrome-nickel steel, and barrels of chrome-molybdenum steel which are drilled out and then have the rifling cold-forged into them. They may have twin triggers or selective single triggers; the safety/barrel selector is on the neck of the stock. They have case extractors for spent shells. The top barrel has a solid sighting rib which slopes upward towards the chambers; this allows for a folding rear sight and a dovetail rail for the attachment of telescopic sights. The stock and fore-end are of walnut root, the butt has a recoil pad, and the side plates of the rifles are engraved with decorations of a red deer.

Notes: This is a single-shot break-open rifle designed for hunting. It is chambered for many different cartridges, and has a 23 5/8-inch barrel which gives most of those cartridges good performance. The trigger pressure is very light (about 25 ounces) and a set trigger is not necessary. The SKL-98 has a raised rib at the rear of the barrel; this rib has a folding rear leaf sight and a dovetail groove for a scope mount. The stock is of select walnut root and is oil-finished, with a Bavarian-style stock. The pistol grip wrist and the fore-end is checkered. The SKL-98 DL deluxe version has an engraved breech, but is otherwise identical to the standard model for game purposes. The firing pin is always uncocked unless ready to fire; thus the firing mechanism is not activated unless the sliding safety catch is switched to the fire position. This catch always returns to the safe position when the gun is breeched.

Twilight 2000 Notes: Introduced in 1998, this weapon does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.