Bernardelli Comb 2000

About the Bernardelli Comb 2000

The Bernardelli Comb 2000 is an Italian break-action combination gun (Büchsflinte) that pairs a smoothbore shotgun barrel with a rifled centerfire barrel. Offered in 12- or 16-gauge over a choice of centerfire rifle chamberings, it carries 23.5-inch (597 mm) barrels, a set trigger, a special rib for scope mounting, and a cheekpiece pistol-grip stock. Weighing about 6.75 lb (3.06 kg), it is a versatile mixed-game hunting arm built by Vincenzo Bernardelli of Brescia, Italy.

In the German-Italian Alpine hunting tradition, a Büchsflinte like the Comb 2000 was prized as an all-in-one walking gun: one barrel for birds on the wing, the other for roe deer or chamois encountered on the same outing.

Bernardelli Comb 2000 specifications

Combination guns of this type let a hunter engage feathered game with the shotgun barrel and larger game with the rifle barrel. The source lists the shotgun barrels in 12 or 16 gauge with a variety of centerfire calibers available; the representative 7x65mm R rifle chambering is a common European combination-gun cartridge and the specific factory options were not individually documented.