Ernesto · Shotgun
Breda Vega
Break action · 12 Gauge · introduced 1980
Also known as Vega Special, Vega Special Trap, Vega Lusso
About the Breda Vega
The Breda Vega is a 12-gauge over-and-under boxlock shotgun produced by the Italian firearms maker Ernesto Breda of Brescia. Built for hunting, sporting clays and trap, it features a stacked-barrel configuration, single-selective trigger, automatic ejectors, interchangeable chokes and an engraved blued receiver mated to a checkered walnut stock. Its action shares heritage with the Beretta 680 series, and the gun was offered in Special, Special Trap and Lusso grades.
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda began in 1886 as a Milanese locomotive and railway engineering firm before becoming one of Italy's noted makers of fine hunting shotguns; the Vega over-under reflects this later sporting-arms tradition centred in Brescia.
Breda Vega specifications
General
- Type
- Shotgun
- Action
- Break action
- Firing mechanism
- Hammer-fired
- Trigger
- Single selective
- Calibres
- 12 Gauge
- Magazine capacity
- 2 rounds
- Magazine
- Internal
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 711 mm (28.0 in)
- Overall length
- 1175 mm (46.3 in)
- Weight (empty)
- 3.46 kg (7.63 lb)
Barrel
- Rifling
- Smoothbore
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Walnut
- Finish
- blued
Performance
- Muzzle velocity (typical)
- 400 m/s (1312 fps)
- Effective range
- 40 m
History
- Introduced
- 1980
- Production status
- Discontinued
- Country of origin
- IT
Features
- Over under barrels
- Boxlock action
- Single selective trigger
- Automatic ejectors
- Interchangeable chokes
- Engraved receiver
- Checkered walnut stock
Safety
- Manual safety
- Automatic ejectors
Frame design is closely related to the Beretta BL and 680 family; many Breda over-under shotguns of this era are believed to have been built by Beretta on Breda's behalf. Barrel lengths offered included 660 mm (26 in), 711 mm (28 in) and 762 mm (30 in) depending on grade and discipline.