E.R. Amantino
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{{Infobox company
| name = E.R. Amantino (Boito)
| logo = Logo-BOITO SVG.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| type = private company
| industry = firearms
| founded = {{Start date and age|1955||}}
| founder = Elias Ruas Amantino
João Boito
| hq_location = Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| products = hunting and sport shotguns
| brands = Boito, Stoeger
| num_employees = ~300 (2010)
}}
E.R. Amantino (also known as Boito) is a Brazilian firearms manufacturer founded in 1955 at the city of Veranópolis, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The company is well known for its double barrelled shotguns marketed and distributed in the United States under the Stoeger brand.{{cite web
| url=https://defesa.org/dwp/presidente-da-boito-fala-sobre-historia-da-fabrica/
| title=Presidente da Boito fala sobre história da fábrica
| date=10 March 2015
| access-date=19 October 2020
| language=pt-BR
| website=Instituto DEFESA
| url=https://www.armasboito.com.br/br/empresa
| title=Sobre a Empresa – E.R. Amantino & Cia LTDA
| access-date=19 October 2020
| website=www.armasboito.com.br
The company was founded and named after João Boito, an Italian blacksmith living in Brazil that used to manufacture handmade shotguns among his other works.{{cite web
| url=http://theguntrove.co.za/browse-firearms/boito-hiker-shotgun/
| title=BOITO Hiker Shotgun – The Gun Trove
| access-date=19 October 2020
| language=en-ZA
| archive-date=1 March 2021
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301153202/http://theguntrove.co.za/browse-firearms/boito-hiker-shotgun/
| url-status=dead
}} During the 1950s, Boito met Elias Ruas Amantino, a local businessman who proposed a special partnership to establish the E.R. Amantino & Cia Ltda., a local company focused on manufacturing single and double barreled shotguns for hunting purposes. In 1962, the company released their first coach gun model.{{cite web
| url=https://ammoterra.com/company/boito
| title=Boito
| access-date=19 October 2020
| website=ammoterra.com
}}
In 1977, the company founded its subsidiary Microvera, a metal processing and microfusion specialized plant in charge to produce parts for Boito's shotguns and custom parts for other guns on the South American market.
International marketing
Between the mid-1970s and 1980s, Boito started to export and sell its shotguns in the United States under K-Mart's brand. The company and its models were criticized by the customers due to its low quality products.{{cite web | url=https://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/six-candidates-worst-shotguns-all-time/ | title=Six Candidates for the Worst Shotguns of All Time | access-date=19 October 2020 | language=en | website=Field & Stream }}
Since 2013, it is the official representative of the Italian manufacturer Benelli in the Brazilian market.{{cite web | url=https://defesa.org/dwp/boito-vai-importar-benellis-para-o-brasil/ | title=Boito vai importar Benellis para o Brasil | date=10 September 2013 | access-date=19 October 2020 | language=pt-BR | website=Instituto DEFESA }} However, E.R. Amantino exports around 70% of its production to the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina, among other countries.{{cite web | url=https://www.jb.com.br/pais/2019/03/986968-decreto-sobre-posse-de-armas-movimenta-setor-de-seguranca.html | title=Decreto sobre posse de armas movimenta setor de segurança | date=7 October 2020 | access-date=19 October 2020 | language=pt-br | website=Bt News }} Boito shotguns can be found in over 24 countries over the world.{{cite web | url=https://www.studio.fm.br/2020/06/e-r-amantino-tradicional-empresa-de-veranopolis-completa-65-anos-no-mercado/ | title=E.R. Amantino, tradicional empresa de Veranópolis, completa 65 anos no mercado | date=24 June 2020 | access-date=19 October 2020 | language=pt-BR | website=Rádio Studio 87.7 FM }}
Products
E.R. Amantino's catalog includes its famous shotguns and firearms, sport shooting and hunting accessories, automated clay pigeon throwers and apparel items. Some of the products made by Boito are:
- Double barrel shotguns{{cite web | url=https://docplayer.com.br/30586613-E-r-amantino-catalogo.html | title=E. R. Amantino – CATÁLOGO | access-date=19 October 2020 | website=docplayer.com.br }}
- A/680 (Stoeger Coach Gun) - 12, 20, 28, 32 and 36 gauge
- A/681 - 12 and 20 gauge
- Double Defense - 12 and 20 gauge
- Miura I - 12, 20, 28, 32 and 36 gauge
- Miura II (Stoeger Condor)- 12, 20, 28, 32 and 36 gauge
- ERA 2001 – 12 gauge
- Over Defense – 12 and 20 gauge
- Single barrel shotguns
- Reuna – 12, 20, 28, 32 and 36 gauge
- B300 (Boito Hiker) – 28, 32 and 36 gauge
- Pistol – 410 gauge
- Pump action shotguns
- Pump – 12 gauge