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So true Deano. I had a Franchi o/u 20 that was light as a feather and was a fantastic quail gun. But it literally beat the snot out of me. Of course that was long before I discovered 3/4oz loads.
By the way Harold, I kinda like Polychoked guns. A few years ago I bought a M12, solid rib 12 with 30"full and a 26" with the adjustable polychoke. I need to shoot it more often, after all it is a classic in it's own right.
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Isn't the Franchi 48 action the same long recoil systems derived originally from the Browning Humpback, then revised as the Remington 11-48?
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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
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Or Parker single and double trap guns...
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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). |
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