Who besides Remington and Franchi makes 28 and 410 autoloaders?

Saw a gorgeous Franchi and it was soooooo light weight!! How well do they hold up?

Andy

Charles Daly has a semi auto 28 gauge, looks like a Turkish made gun. Never handled one.

The little Franchi 48 AL 28 gauge is neat, shot a round of skeet with one several months ago and I liked it.

Sure wish Beretta would do 28 and 410 semi autos in their 391 or 3901. With cute little choke tubes.

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Saw a gorgeous Franchi and it was soooooo light weight!! How well do they hold up?

I assume that the Franchi is built on the same frame as their 20 gauge. I've owned one of their 20's for about 35 years, and it was purchase used.

I don't shoot it much any more as it was always my dedicated quail gun and I now rarely get around to hunting quail, but I used to shoot it when dove action was hot and heavy and might run several hundred shells in a day through it in Mexico. The vent rib of the original barrel suffered a break at one of its attaching posts, so I replaced that barrel with a new one. Other than that, I've seen no sign that the gun is in any danger of "wearing out".

A skeet shooter can pump gadzillions of rounds through a gun, but if you are hunting with it, I would think the Franchi would hold up longer than you will.

The Franchi auto has gotten to be pretty pricey. That is ironic in that the same gun was offered in several proprietary brands back in the 60's and when you ran across one of those you could pick it up for a song.

The Franchi's are great guns! Built on the same action as the old Browning A5s. They are sort of pricey, but if you can get into a used one, buy it!

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Originally posted by wildfowl:
The Franchi's are great guns! Built on the same action as the old Browning A5s. They are sort of pricey, but if you can get into a used one, buy it!

The Franchi is similar to the Browning A-5 in that it is recoil operated, but its receiver is aluminum (as well as its magazine tube/friction slide) and there are quite a number of departures in its design and execution, particularly in the way the stock attaches. It is an excellent action, but can't be expected to last as long as an A-5 simply due to its aluminum frame.

Guns actually built on the Browning design would include the Remington Model 11, a Savage from the 1950-60's, and a Japanese-built gun marketed as Charles Daly. There are probably others, as well.

A friend of mine has the Franchi and it has held up very well for the last 10 or so years. It is a great gun and fun to shoot. I don't think it is made on the same size receiver as the 20. It seems smaller.

I have the Franchi in 28 gauge and it is an angel to shoot! You won't go wrong getting one!

Benelli started making a 28 ga. shotgun
http://www.benelli.it/Articoli/Armi.asp?ID=980

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Benelli started making a 28 ga. shotgun
http://www.benelli.it/Articoli/Armi.asp?ID=980

Lefteris
www.europeancartridgeunlimited.com