Franchi Spas 12

[TOMBSTONE]

Does anyone have the Spas 12 Hook shotgun , dig how military it looks.

[rromeo]

A SPAS 12 is like a 1985 Ferrari. It looks cool, but it's not better than most current shotguns.

[ARDude]

It's also a named assault weapon in California.
Can't sell or purchase one here.
Can't bring one into Ca. Can't possess one unless it was registered as an assault weapon.

[Mute]

Used to. Too heavy and unwieldy. Also, the pump action mode, while smooth feels sluggish compared to a Rem 870. Otherwise cool concept if not perfect execution.

[LEAD LAUNCHER]

Does anyone have the Spas 12 Hook shotgun , dig how military it looks.

Had one back in the day.
Bought it cash and carry for 200 bucks from a friend.

The mechanism to switch from pump to semi was all locked up.

I took the thing apart and cleaned a bunch of carbon out all then it switched back-and-forth just fine.

But despite being Squeaky clean and lubed up I never could get 100% reliability in semi auto mode with any ammo.

Weak ejection no matter the load.

In pump mode it worked just fine.

Sold it for a nice profit before the assault weapons ban.

It looks cooler than it really is.

[Mute]

Had one back in the day.
Bought it cash and carry for 200 bucks from a friend.

The mechanism to switch from pump to semi was all locked up.

I took the thing apart and cleaned a bunch of carbon out all then it switched back-and-forth just fine.

But despite being Squeaky clean and lubed up I never could get 100% reliability in semi auto mode with any ammo.

Weak ejection no matter the load.

In pump mode it worked just fine.

Sold it for a nice profit before the assault weapons ban.

It looks cooler than it really is.

Same experience for me. After a few attempts, I only used it in pump action. Couldn't trust it in semi-auto.

[Elgatodeacero]

Here is a similar gun from Benelli. I think these are somewhat rare, but still catalogued.

https://www.benelliusa.com/shotguns/m3-tactical-shotguns

[Quiet]

Beretta Holding Group owns Beretta, Franchi, and Benelli.

After the Beretta Holding Group acquired Benelli, they had Franchi discontinue the SPAS-12 and SPAS-15 due to Benelli having the better semi-auto/pump-action selectable shotgun.

Benelli M3 > Franchi SPAS-12