Franchi Affinity in competition ?

[Kingair001]

I anyone running a Franchi Affinity in competition ?

They upgraded it a few months ago to the model 3 :

Oversized bolt handle

Oversizedbolt-release button

Enlarged loading port

Build at Benelli - has even 2 times the name Benelli on the receiver - and uses the M2 bolt - and parts are interchangeable

I was reading a comment from Jesse Tischauser that this is how the Stoeger M3K should have been . . . .

[russ69]

I anyone running a Franchi Affinity in competition ?...

It's not really a target gun but it should work fine for the occasional day at the range. Does that help?

[Kingair001]

It's not really a target gun but it should work fine for the occasional day at the range. Does that help?

I want to run it in 3gun / shotgun matches

What would you recommend ?

[russ69]

I'm not an expert in 3 gun stuff. My comment was in reference to the clay target sports.

[Kingair001]

I'm not an expert in 3 gun stuff. My comment was in reference to the clay target sports.

And what's a good on for clay target sports ?

[russ69]

And what's a good on for clay target sports ?

For an automatic guys are using Beretta A400 with 30 or 32 inch barrels. The sporting clay guys have moved the skeet and the trap guns a bit closer together with longer barrels than what was popular a decade ago.

[Kingair001]

For an automatic guys are using Beretta A400 with 30 or 32 inch barrels. The sporting clay guys have moved the skeet and the trap guns a bit closer together with longer barrels than what was popular a decade ago.

Did you already tried the Beretta A400 Extreme ?

Seems to have way less recoil

[Thefeeder]

For an automatic guys are using Beretta A400 with 30 or 32 inch barrels. The sporting clay guys have moved the skeet and the trap guns a bit closer together with longer barrels than what was popular a decade ago.

Never owned a 400....what makes them such a good clays gun?

[fawndog]

I anyone running a Franchi Affinity in competition ?

They upgraded it a few months ago to the model 3 :

Oversized bolt handle

Oversizedbolt-release button

Enlarged loading port

Build at Benelli - has even 2 times the name Benelli on the receiver - and uses the M2 bolt - and parts are interchangeable

I was reading a comment from Jesse Tischauser that this is how the Stoeger M3K should have been . . . .

It's a cheap M2, runs fine and is finished less than the Benellis made in the same room. it's lighter than the Remington Versamax .
Get a bigger F/O and a longer mag tube, GTG.

[russ69]

Did you already tried the Beretta A400 Extreme ? Seems to have way less recoil

Never owned a 400....what makes them such a good clays gun?

I have not shot one but if you go to a pro shotgun shop, that is the automatic that is selling. It has a number of features that makes it popular. Probably one of the better "do everything" guns. I'm old school, I shoot an old custom Browning automatic 26 inch for skeet, a Browning 425 Competition O/U for clays and a Browning BPS Trap for trap. Seriously looked at a Beretta A400 Multi-Target but I like my skeet gun and I didn't want to shoot an automatic for trap.

[Sandro]

Never owned a 400....what makes them such a good clays gun?

Nothing

[Kingair001]

Nothing

Nothing is pretty short a reply

So what is - according to you - wrong with them ?