What is a Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon I worth?
£800
Median of 1 sold result.
Too few sales to average
Only 1 confirmed sale on record, so treat this as a single data point rather than a market value. It will firm up as more sales are added.
Estimate against hammer
Each bar is the auctioneer's estimate. The mark is what it actually made.
What moves the price
The Silver Pigeon I is the most traded over-and-under in Britain, which makes its price the closest thing the market has to a benchmark — and makes it the easiest gun to move on when you come to sell.
Barrel length matters more than year. A 30in multichoke sporter is the most wanted configuration and carries roughly £100 over a 28in field gun of the same age; fixed-choke guns sit below both.
Most of the spread is the condition of the bores and how tight the action sits on the face. A shooting-school trade-in with a high round count sits at the bottom of the range however tidy the outside looks — the top lever should still sit right of centre. Cased with its original chokes and papers adds around £120.
Note the gap between the auction figure above and what a dealer asks. At auction, with no warranty and no provenance, a Silver Pigeon I makes roughly half the retail price. That difference buys you a checked gun and somewhere to go if it is wrong.
Retail expectation: £1,200 for a well-used 28in to £1,900 for a low-use cased 30in, from a dealer.
Every recorded lot
| Description | Sale | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| P. Beretta A 12-Bore (3in.)686 Silver Pigeon I Single-Trigger Over And Under Ejector Single Trigger | 29 Jul 2026 Lot 1603 |
£600–£800 | £800 |
Hammer price as published by Holt's Auctioneers. Buyer's premium and VAT are additional, so expect to pay 20–30% more than the figures above.