For generations, the Rizzini family has built shotguns in Marcheno, in Italy's Val Trompia which runs north out of Brescia into the foothills of the Alps. Iron ore in the mountains, the Mella River for power, and a few hundred years of men who learned the trade from their fathers — that combination made this narrow valley the center of Italian gunmaking, and it has stayed that way since barrels from these hills armed the Venetian fleet in the sixteenth century.
Battista Rizzini opened his own shop in Marcheno in 1966.
He came from the trade. His family had been building guns in the valley for generations, and he'd learned what separated a gun that worked from a gun that fit. What he wanted to build was both: a shotgun engineered to modern tolerances and finished by hand, without asking the customer to choose between the two.
Sixty years later, everything still happens in the valley. Actions are machined from solid steel forgings rather than castings — more expensive at the start, and the reason a Rizzini action stays tight across decades of shooting rather than shooting loose. CNC machinery holds the tolerances. Then the work goes to people: wood selected and matched by hand, stocks shaped and checkered by hand, engraving cut by artisans who trained the same way Battista did.No gun leaves the works until it has been regulated, patterned, and proofed.
Battista's children run the company now. That matters more than it sounds like it should. A family that has to answer for the name on the receiver makes different decisions than a board does — about what walnut is good enough, about how long a gun sits in final fitting, about what ships and what goes back to the bench.
It's why a Rizzini isn't bought so much as handed down.
Rizzini USA is led by John Mogle, who runs the distributorship alongside his three sons. That structure isn't an accident. Rizzini has remained a family operation through every generation, and we thought their guns deserved a U.S. partner that worked the same way — where the person answering your question has a stake in the answer.
John is no stranger to firearms. He's spent more than thirty years in the industry, and he owns Fierce Firearms, where he manufactures premium hunting rifles. That's three decades of building guns, working with dealers, and understanding what shooters actually need from the people who supply them.
He also runs Mogle Ranch, offering guided upland hunts, which means the shotguns we distribute get used the way they were meant to be used, in the field, on real birds, by people who care about how a gun handles on the second shot.
We bring B. Rizzini shotguns to the United States and place them with dealers who know how to sell them. Over/unders, side-by-sides, double rifles, and the engraved and custom work Rizzini is known for.
We've shipped Rizzinis to every corner of the country, into the hands of clay shooters, upland hunters, waterfowlers, and collectors. Every one of them represents a gun that left a shop in Italy and found the right owner here.
That's the part we take seriously. A Rizzini isn't a commodity, it's a gun someone will carry for thirty years and hand to their kid. Our job is making sure it gets where it belongs.
If you're a shooter looking for a Rizzini, our dealer locator will point you to the nearest authorized dealer.If you're a dealer interested in carrying the line, we'd like to hear from you. Take a look at our Become A Dealer page to learn more.
In the meantime, feel free to learn more about Rizzini Shotguns, or the FAQ's to get the answers about the most frequently asked questions. You can also check out our apparel and accessories in the RizziniUSA Shop, or read up on the Rizzini blog to learn more about what we do at RizziniUSA.
