Fausti Stephano Arms Company was founded in 1948 by Stephano Fausti and is managed today by his three daughters. Giovanna (white blouse) is the Marketing Manager for the U.S. Market and often appears in advertisements for the company. In 2009 FAUSTI USA was formed to provide closer customer service for the American bird hunter.

These people know how to build a great double. Only if you understand what balance means to the shooter would you offer the choice of three barrel lengths like Fausti does. If you hunt woodcock or piney wood quail, 26” barrels have a balance point closer to your right hand, so your left hand can get on target quicker. 30” Barrels move the balance point toward the left hand where a dove hunter or sporting clays shooter would benefit from the momentum and follow-through that longer barrels give his swing.

The forearm on the DEA is a masterpiece. It embodies two cues that will make you look good on the field. Note first that this forearm is longer than the usual “splinter” forearm. This extra length will encourage you to shoot a longer left arm. This helps keep your head down on the stock. Shooters who lift their heads usually shoot over the target. So the longer forearm on the DEA helps you do the right thing.

There’s another unique feature of the DEA forearm that’s going to improve your game. Note that the underside is flatter than ordinary forearms. The benefit here is that it puts the palm of your left hand in the same plane as your right hand. Years ago Don Zutz taught us that if your hands are in this “same plane” configuration, your elbows are automatically positioned up and away from your sides, ready to swing left or right, wherever the target takes you.

The DEA Duetto is a perfect jewel . . .

A dynamite new product now offered as an option. The NECG (New England Custom Gun) Universal Recoil Pad solves a problem that has plagued birdhunters for years. The length of pull requirements vary with the season. Shooting doves or quail in your shirt sleeves with, say, a 14-1/4" LOP might suit you to a "T", but chasing last-season birds with snow on the ground while wearing an insulated parka calls for a LOP a quarter-inch shorter.

The heart of the NECG Universal Recoil Pad is a unique Quick-Lok locking system that lets you change pads in twenty seconds. We install the system to your "summer" LOP length and furnish a second "winter" pad, a quarter-inch shorter than "summer."

The pads are the highest quality soft rubber, so they do what they are supposed to do in absorbing recoil. They feature a classically styled leather grained face, so they won't hang up on your shirt or shooting coat on the way to your shoulder. And because the pads are available in thicknesses of 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" we can easily lengthen butt stocks that are too short.

Cost for installation of the NECG Universal Recoil System, complete with two pads, shipping and handling $525.

Optional Leather covered Decelerator™ Recoil Pad -- a six-pound gun offers little protection in the way of recoil absorption, so a recoil pad makes sense. My pads are covered with hand-sewn black leather by an experienced gunfitter. They are not only look beautiful, but they utilize the recoil absorption power of the Decelerator™ pad, yet will not hang up on the way to your shoulder. The further benefit is that they can be custom fitted to your length of pull requirements -- as long as 15" if desired -- at no extra charge.

Price: $450. Your gun is shipped to the gunfitter who completes the pad work, then drop-ships the gun to your FFL holder.

When a right-handed shooter with a dominant right eye brings it up to his shoulder the gun is pointing where he is looking. Cast-off is what makes instinctive shooting possible for him. You keep your focus on the flushed bird and when you bring the gun up to your should you don't have to find the sight plane or associate the front sight with the departing bird because the gun is pointing to where you are looking.

This eliminates a head-fake on your part and clips maybe five yards off the distance the departing bird is trying to put between him and you.

However, when a left-handed shooter cheeks a cast-off or cast-neutral stock, he pushes the butt stock to the left and down so he shoots a couple of feet to the right and high. The only time they "get lucky" is on a rising bird that flushes to the right.

Trust me, if you are left-handed with a dominant left eye, having the stock bent to accomodate your shooting requirements is the best $400 investment you'll ever make. It will change your life.

How to order: Basically, I need payment (check or money order, no plastic) and a copy of someone's Federal Firearms License (FFL) where I can ship your gun. Fax copies of FFL's are now legal. Your dealer should put your name on his license, so I can match it up with your order. I will enclose a copy of my license for your dealer when I ship your gun.