Semi auto 12 gauge

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Re: Semi auto 12 gauge

Post by cracker » 02 Jun 2020, 8:19 pm

womble wrote:Don’t get me wrong, the a5 is a beautiful piece of machinery. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfLYgTe6NI
So is a steam train.
I just can’t imagine any self respecting mass shooter using one. The other mass murderers would laugh at him, with their new fancy ar15s.
But that sort of old time craftsmanship. That’s heritage. Cat a/b should’nt be told they can’t own that.


i love mine, everything about it is super cool, its like shooting a steam train though lol
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Re: Semi auto 12 gauge

Post by marksman » 02 Jun 2020, 8:44 pm

Shootermick wrote:So I made a choice today and settled on a used Franchi Affinity, 4 plus 1, 26” barrel. 3-400 rounds through it. See how it goes when the permit comes in and I take it home.


l always owned gas operated franchi's, 500's
they always worked for me unlike noisey's example
but l used to go through a hell of a lot of shots because l could
loved it although the affinity would be a good choice in camo :drinks:
good luck with it :thumbsup:
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Re: Semi auto 12 gauge

Post by Shootermick » 03 Jun 2020, 7:06 am

marksman wrote:
Shootermick wrote:So I made a choice today and settled on a used Franchi Affinity, 4 plus 1, 26” barrel. 3-400 rounds through it. See how it goes when the permit comes in and I take it home.


l always owned gas operated franchi's, 500's
they always worked for me unlike noisey's example
but l used to go through a hell of a lot of shots because l could
loved it although the affinity would be a good choice in camo :drinks:
good luck with it :thumbsup:

The Affinity is inertia operated with the spring around the mag tube in the fore end, black stock. The other choice was a Beretta that was really well used, if I bought it then I was going to try your pot belly paint job on it. But I decide to spend a bit more and save myself the project. I’ll keep the pot belly black in mind for a project another day.
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Re: Semi auto 12 gauge

Post by marksman » 03 Jun 2020, 10:56 am

the franchi 500's l owned were usually black, silver side's with engraving that proved to be something the ducks could see from far away so l would hide the gun hunching over it then spring up and shoot when they were close enough but l know now from owning a fabarm camo that camo is a good thing

l used to put the ferrets down the burrows with a good shooting mate back to back so we didn't shoot at each other and wait for the rabbits to explode out of the burrow, we used to get hundreds of rabbits shooting that way

close hunting pigs through lignum was a lot safer with a semi auto shotgun especially when walking into tunnels and a giant snake would stick his head up
walking through crouched, hearing the oinking all around you then finding a small clearing full of pigs in the tunnels then BOOB BOOM BOOM

l also learnt how to shoot clays with a franchi, although at the field and game who held the clay shoots did not like semi auto shotguns because they could not see them broken, because they were not the type of gun they used is why they were happy to see them gone at the steal back, l still hate them for that

they are a very handy tool for eradicating pests and a lot of fun

your a lucky bloke to have one now and you will have a lot of fun with it :thumbsup: good for you mate :drinks:
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Re: Semi auto 12 gauge

Post by brinny » 08 Jun 2020, 11:51 pm

Shootermick wrote:
Blr243 wrote:It’s diff to remember stuff we enjoyed and operated 25 years ago


Yeah, I had one back in the day, a Beretta A301 that I handed in, should’ve tried to keep it.


I had one of those as well....fantastic shottie....not an ounce of trouble and shot more foxes with it than i can remember....
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