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INFO ON FRANCHI I-12

PUTUMDOWNPUTUMDOWN Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
IM THINKING ABOUT GETTING A NEW FRANCHI I-12 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE PATTERN IS AND HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER GUN I HAVE AN 835 MOSSBERG AND JUST WANTING TO GET AN AUTOMATIC AND FOR THE PRICE OF THE FRANCHI IT NOT TO BAD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT PERFORMS
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't buy Franchi on general principle. There is a design problem with the SPAS-12 that makes it unsafe to use, but the company has refused to provide a redesigned fire control group to US customers.

    Neal
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,552 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one and wouldn't give it to my worst enemy it has been unreliable from day one it's been sent back twice
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  • AZEXAZEX Member Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What's an I-12?

    The problem with the SPAS was addressed by the removal of the "flip lever" primary safety (the SPAS has 2 safeties) and replaced by a push button, TTBOMK, many folks opted to not send theirs back for repair. Hardly the fault of Luigi Franchi sp. a.

    D.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    It uses the Benelli recoil action. I have shot a few and were generally impressed. However I feel that the Browning Silver or its sister the Winchester Super X3 might be a better choice.
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