Legacy Forges Tomorrow

Founded in 1526 in Gardone Val Trompia (Italy) by the Beretta Family, who has now been leading the company for 15 generations, Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A. is an international manufacturer of commercial firearms, military weapons and products designed for outdoor sports such as hunting, competition, and tactical shooting. Beretta operates in the world to support outdoors lovers, defense, and law enforcement officers, providing them with a complete ecosystem (firearms, clothing, accessories, and services) and featuring the most modern technologies, assembly lines, quality control and local highly qualified workers, who hand down the Italian tradition of gun-smithing since the Renaissance. All this represents an irreplaceable asset to achieve the degree of accuracy and quality that made Beretta a world-renowned brand.

Everything started on the 3rd of October 1526,

when Bartolomeo Beretta from Gardone Val Trompia (Italy) supplied 185 arquebus barrels to the Arsenal of the Republic of Venice. A simple transaction on paper, yet that trade sparked what would become the longest-standing dynasty in the history of firearm manufacturing.