In 1918, the Beretta Model 1918, one of the first submachine guns in the world, was fielded by the Italian army. īeretta has been owned by the same family for almost five hundred years and is a founding member of Les Henokiens, an association of bicentenary companies that are family owned and operated. Under the guild system, the knowledge of gun barrel fabrication that was bequeathed to Jacopo (1520/25 – …) from his father Bartolomeo (1490 – 1565/68) was then passed on to his own son Giovannino (1550 – post 1577), and to his grandson Giovan Antonio (1577 – post 1649) and so on until guilds were abolished by Napoleon after his conquest of Venetian Republic in 1797. By the end of the 17th century, Beretta had become the second largest gun barrel maker in Gardone. The original account document for the order of those barrels is now stored in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia ‹See Tfd› (in Italian) in Venice.

The Beretta forge was in operation from about 1500, although the first documented transaction is a contract dated Octofor 185 arquebus barrels, for which the Republic of Venice was to pay 296 ducats to Maestro di Canne (master gun-barrel maker) Bartolomeo Beretta ‹See Tfd› (in Italian). The birthplace of Beretta is in the village of Gardone located on the banks of the Mella river, in the middle of Val Trompia (i.e., between the upper valley and lower valley). By the mid 16th century Val Trompia had forty ironworks, supplied by fifty mines and eight smelters. In the Middle Ages, Val Trompia was known for its ironworks after the Renaissance it came to be a center for the manufacture of weapons. Val Trompia, a northern Italian river valley in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, has been mined for iron ore since the time of the Roman Empire. Beretta has supplied weapons for every major European war since 1650. In 1526 its inaugural product was arquebus barrels by all accounts Beretta-made barrels equipped the Venetian fleet at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Founded in the 16th century, Beretta is the oldest active manufacturer of firearm components in the world. Sporting arms account for three-quarters of sales Beretta is also known for marketing shooting clothes and accessories. Its firearms are used worldwide for a variety of civilian, law enforcement, and military purposes. Privateįabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta ( Italian pronunciation: 'Pietro Beretta Gun Factory') is a privately held Italian firearms manufacturing company operating in several countries.

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