In 1950 the Salvinelli family started making shotguns in Val Trompia, Italy’s traditional gun making region since the 1500’s. M.A.V.I. Di Salvinelli was more well known as a shotgun manufacturers but they did manufacture reproduction revolvers for a time.

MAVI Di Salvinelli, one of the Salvinelli brothers, was an Italian revolver manufacturer of the early sixties who would eventually be integrated into Armi San Marco. The logo marking is MAVI in full letters in a frame under a double barrel gun as it appears when looking head on into the barrel. They were eventually purchased by Armi San Marco, but the three brothers (Luca Salvinelli, Roberto Salvinelli and Mauro Salvinelli) formed Investarm in 1975. Roberto Salvinelli and Mauro Salvinelli also owned Armi Salvinelli, the shotgun making division, currently one of the Italian leaders in competitive shotguns, while Luca runs Investarm. The Salvinelli name has been synonymous with fine hand-crafted shotguns for decades. The company is now headed by the third generation.