500 Nitro: "Anybody who butchers a DR to regulate it like this
deserve a good kicking as it shows they are more
interested in the sale than the customer."

The truth, according to Mr. Sabatti, one of the owners of the Italian firm, in an interview done in Germany: The first initial large Sabatti double rifle order from the Florida, U.S.A. importer, FOR Cabelas, the U.S. firm that had contract with importer to be the only U.S. retailer of Sabatti double rifles for the first two years, said that the reason the muzzle grinding issue happened, was because they (Sabatti) were forced into a situation of filling that very large first order within a specific time span, or lose the complete order (Cabelas wanted them by specific date, or did not want order filled), so Sabatti, mistakenly chose to fill the order, obviously taking shortcuts to do so, specifically opting to muzzle grind in a vain attempt to "steer" the bullets for final regulation tuning. Mr. Sabatti said that they would never do such a foolish thing again, for doing so damages their reputation, and they lose a lot of business over the long run. So, it was s foolish business decision, to meet demand from inpatient wealthy business customer that caused the problem that to this day hurts the business, for those of you who delight in seeing this happen to such firms making such bad business decisions.

Naturally, there are still some of the bad Sabatti rifles still around, waiting for unwary buyers, and also being used by the few Sabatti haters around who clearly delight in bashing the name, but there are considerably more good, well regulated ones around too, making their owners happy. My three are in that category. Bottom line, buyers beware; look before you buy. Cabelas has been more than happy to accept returned rifles that customers are not happy with.