look what I found in my gun safe

[Big D]

Isn't the Franchi 48 action the same long recoil systems derived originally from the Browning Humpback, then revised as the Remington 11-48?

[6pt-Sika]

My first trap gun was a Franchi O/U-Top Single combo . I broke many many many targets with that thing before I realized real clay target shooters shot Krieghoff's or Perazzi's

[Autumn Daze]

Or Parker single and double trap guns...

[J. A. EARLY]

My uncle from Georgia sold his 12 Sterlingworth that he had sent back for a second set of 26" barrels for bird hunting, and working for the Pullman company while in NY purchased a 48AL in 20 with a non-rib improved cylinder gun. Being a small man, it fit him and was over two pounds lighter than the Fox. He seldom missed with the 20 and I have it now along with all the memories it made. Just last year I traded a 12 ga. A5 for a 48AL in 28. I really like the guns and the recoil has never been noticeable when shooting them with the light loads and the spring/spacer (just like the A5) set to the proper position for smaller loads.

If the spring/spacer are set to light loads and you shoot a heavy load it will jar your teeth (on A5s that is how you often get the 6 o'clock cracked forearm).