Zoli

Antonio Zoli re-established his company on 1 October 1945, after the interruption of the Second World War.¹ He began with a small gunsmith’s workshop and built up the business with help from his sons.¹ The family’s earlier history includes a muzzle-loading pistol made by Giovanni Zoli in 1845.² The company is based at Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.³

Antonio was born in 1905; his father, Giuseppe, made flintlocks in nearby Magno.⁴ After the war the company made side-by-sides and over-and-unders.¹ Later it added historical replicas, rifle-shotgun combinations and the MG-92 drilling line.⁵ In 2000 Paolo Zoli led the Classic Revolution 4 project for hunting and competition over-and-unders.⁶

Zoli’s Italian works stand at Via Zanardelli 39, Gardone Val Trompia.³ The company designs and manufactures its range entirely in house.⁷ It machines the receiver from a single block of triple-alloy steel and makes the trigger guard and monobloc from forgings.⁸ Its barrels are made by an industrial silver-soldering process.⁹

In 2011 Antonio Zoli North America was a division of Zoli Antonio s.r.l. of Gardone.¹⁰ The Italian company was family owned.¹⁰ Zoli now lists Zoli International LLC at Bulverde, Texas.¹¹