2008 was the year in which legislation concerning “non-toxic” shotshells, using mostly steel shot, hit many European countries. The mechanical constraints of these “steel-shot” ammunitions were an ideal opportunity for FABARM to stand out from its competitors thanks to the profile of its TRIBORE HP barrel. The hyperbolic choke tubes, launched by the brand three years earlier (INNER HP and EXIS HP), are now the only choke tubes that can use the “high-performance” steel-shot ammunition in choke tubes tighter than modified, including the full choke. 2008 was also the year in which FABARM established with the Gardone Val Trompia Italian CIP proof house a bench test into application for all latest products generation, using the impressive pressure rating of 1630 BAR.
The launch of the XLR 5 shotgun at the start of 2008, XLR stands for “extra-long range”, further confirmed FABARM’s position as the market leader for firearms intended for intensive use with heavy load cartridges, including lead-shot substitutes. FABARM is also at this time the first manufacturer to use WEAVER grooves standard for mounts on semi-automatic shotgun frame.
In January 2011 one of the two FABARM S.p.A shareholders withdrew after 31 years, opting to merge with CAESAR GUERINI, founded through a partnership with FABARM at the end of the 1990s. This new shareholding arrangement strengthened and secured various production and industrial synergies that the two brands had developed together over the previous dozen or so years. This renewed and closer collaboration gave rise to the semi-automatic XLR 5 VELOCITY shotgun, one year later in January 2012.
This shotgun stands out through its technical design which reaches levels hitherto unachieved for a sporting or trap-shooting semi-automatic. The XLR 5 VELOCITY has an adjustable elevation Ergal top rib allowing the user to select the shotgun’s points of impact, an adjustable trigger and a stock with an adjustable comb for position setting. Consequently this shotgun is eminently stable, fast, accurate and extremely comfortable. On 7 November 2013 in San Diego the American shooter John Yeiser became the world record holder for rapidity in the TRAP AT discipline using the XLR 5 VELOCITY shotgun to hit 25 clays in precisely 64.14 seconds!
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