Breda has a specialised steel processing plant and manufacture not only a wide range of shotguns but also ship engines, thermal plants and even train engines. The factory claims that their shotguns undergo extreme testing and are made to exact tolerances, something that I have no doubt is correct. The first production shotguns, released by Breda after the Second World War, were of the long recoil auto type. I have heard that these were very well made and brilliantly designed; being simpler than the Auto 5 and sturdier than the 48AL.