On this day in 1526, Bartolomeo Beretta sold 185 arquebus barrels to the Doge of Venice. The price was 296 ducats. Today, this would be worth about $140k in melt value. Happy birthday, Beretta. What will the next 500 years bring?
>>65557692>Doge of VeniceI though DOGE was supposed to reduce spending??
>my word what is this sticky gunk all over my new barrel, execute that fool immediately
>the doge
Beretta 92s in Alpha Centauri
very stronkmuch dakkawow
>>65557761Hahaha very funny meme gramps. Let's get you back to the nursing home now.
>>65557763well fuck you too you humorless ragamuffin
>>65557761What would he carry?
>>65557692Beretta 92H when?
>>65557761Why does he have Kai Winn's hat?
>>65557692https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iBPt1aoA7EI know the alpini are from Peimonte but I don't have anything saved from the San Marco regiment
>>65557692>$900 could get you a barrel back in the 1520'sgrim
>>65557718>>65557723>>65557755>>65559409subhumans>>65559432$900 will get you a whole ass arquebus today.
>>65557692If Beretta was in a position to be selling barrels to Venice that means the business is older then. I think people are messing that up. The oldest surviving document is from 1526 =/= founded then.
>>65559752stfu queer, it's Beretta's birthday
>>65559752Correct. Beretta was already a master gunsmith capable of taking on national level contracts. It would not be particularly odd if the family had been in the business a century prior.
>>65559752Bartolomeo was around 36 at the time. The family were steelmakers from circa 1500.
>>65557763A-am I for the win?
>>65559878They started out in the mid-late-1400s making arbalests, hence the bolts in their logo.
>>65560087Source?
>>65557692It's a good thing that Bart supplied arms so that people could protect their Shiba Inus from predators and barbarians even 500 years ago.But more seriously, happy birthday, Beretta, long time institutions like these are to be treasured, and they are an important part of not just Italian or European heritage, but human heritage and history as a whole. Even more so that they remain a fully functional enterprise which turns out quality goods for both the everyman and governments still.
Pic rel is Carlo, the heir apparent to the 2.7 Billion euro Beretta fortune. Hopefully he has the chops the keep the business going.>6’3”>29>good looking>practical billionaireMust be nice.
>500yr anniversary>all theyre doing is a generic 30% off sale, the sale they do every month.
>>65559395Probably a wheellock pistol.>>65563012Good way to stay in business for 500 years.
>>65562938>and they are an important part of not just Italian or European heritage, but human heritage and history as a wholefuck off americunt, its ours, always has been, always will be.
Like my ARX100 quite a bit.
>>65557692Happy birthday, Big B! Beretta will always be my favorite EDC.
>>65563128I'm also European, you fucking snooty faggot.
>>65563084>leave the corporation alone!
>>65564221That's less a statement of defense, and more just an explanation of what you can realistically expect.
>>65563012They've been doing stuff all year
Beretta was not founded 500 years ago, coincidentally someone with the same last name made some gun barrels that year. There is no actual source for berettas claim, its just a marketing scheme.
>>65557692>tfw PSA sells more guns in a year than beretta has in its entire 500 year history
>>65560080You win one internet
>>65565841Bartolomeo's son was Jacopo. We know that Jacopo and his sons ran the business.
>>65566212Beretta and PSA produce around the same number of firearms per year. If you add brands that Beretta owns, they produce a lot more.
>>65566212I'd rather have literally anything made by Beretta doe, you can get an a300 patrol for the price of an out of spec PSA shitrod
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