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Franchi Shotgun

gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
edited September 2001 in Ask the Experts
Looking at a Franchi AL48, what is yall's thoughts on this weapon, pro's vrs cons etc.What might be a fair price for one in say 90% ?Many Thanks
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Franchi recoil guns have been around in one version or another since the 1950's. They are good, dependable guns. A big plus is their light weight. Just be scrupulous in keeping it clean and keeping the forend tight.Value seems to vary widely from one region of the country to another. Here in Texas, they do not resell very well and you can get them pretty reasonably - $250-$350.
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bought one in 1964 another in 1968.Have no way of knowing how many times they have been fired.Used one for ducks for ten seasons,The othe for quail and skeet.Never a failure.Need to change friction rings around 3000 rounds.
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All you have to do is carry one for a day and you will never go back to anything heavier. Maybe I am getting lazy and weak in my old age, but my 5-pound 20-gauge AL48 Standard is my favorite shotgun for any hunting where I have to carry a shotgun. (I have an older one with the mahogony stock, which is lighter than the later walnut stocks. I had to look for a while to find a Standard Model without the silly embossing on a silver-sided receiver.) I have not subjected my shotgun to any severe conditions, but it has been totally reliable for me.
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  • AdamsQuailHunterAdamsQuailHunter Member Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I normally use an old Remington 11-48 in 28 gauge for more open areas and an Ithaca double barrel in 20 gauge for brush cover. Like the "Judge", I am too old to lug a Remington 1100 in 12 gauge around all day.I normally won't go in the national forest when it is deer season. However, there is an area of extreemly dense cover that hunters won't venture into since bear hunting is no longer allowed in Florida. For going in there, I use my old (early 60's) Franchi in 20 gauge - 20 inch barrel. The "dewberry" and "tear-thumb" vines are so thick that I have fallen many times and have yet to hit the ground. You can imagine how the stock and forearm look, but she has never failed to fire when you touch the trigger.All of the above maintance advice that the other respondents have mention is very valuable and should be adhered to and she will outlast your life time.
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Before I bought my AL-48, I used a Remington M11-48 .410 because it was the lightest thing I could find (and I like small gauge shotguns). It also meant I did not have to clean much game because I am not that great a wing shot. The 20-guage AL-48 is much more effective.
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many thanks guys, I missed out on this one as when I called about the add in the paper "all were bought by one man" seems an older man was "gettin rid of his guns" and 1 person walked away with the Franchi, a Winchester pump 22, a Winchester 94 and a 25 auto all for a few hundred bucks, guess im havin a bad day as I wanted the Franchi Thanks again....
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