For almost seventy years, the global sporting weapons industry linked to replicas of historical weapons has counted many tens of thousands of enthusiasts all over the world, who know well that the main production center from which these replicas are created and exported all over the world is in the Brescia area, in Val Trompia.
Yet, even today, few people know why the modern global industry of replicas of historical weapons - almost exclusively models of historical American weapons - was born in Italy, in Val Trompia.
