The beauties of Bignami

Sauer Gladiator

A living legend, the maximum of style, the most precious Sauer

rifle ever made! Whatever you want to call it, this extraordi-

nary piece of gunsmith art, born from an idea of Carlo Berti,

manufactured by Sauer & sohn in cooperation with master ar-

mouriers and engravers Hendrik & Marko Frühauf, is already

a cult. Every engraving is inspired by a historical font, the stock

is made with an “imperial grade” wood and, of course, the rifle

presentation opened the world most important exhibition, Iwa

2012, delivering it into history. Who, in the future generations,

will have the privilege to take a close look on it, will discover

in the Sauer 202 “Gladiator” the absolute refinement and the

exceptional love for detail, from the thermal roof to the aque-

duct used as rear sight ramp, from the gladiator helmet to the

gladiator face that appears inside it. Again, from the reversed

thumb on the frame to the “gold” roman empire represented

on the bolt handle. The gold inlays carry classical elements as

laurus and vexillum…

Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant!

The biggest scene, on the left side of frame, shows a fight between a retia-

rius and a sannis (sannite), that remembers a lot of frescoes and mosaics,

as the famous gladiator mosaic of Galleria Borghese (Rome), or the one

depicting Astyanax and Kalendio, in the Archeological national museum

of Madrid (Spain).

Code 182844

Caliber:

.375 H&H Mag