** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Launched in 2022, Franchi’s ...

The Affinity 3 was the second Franchi auto-loader I ever shot. At least a decade prior, I had put my hands on the AL 48, a square-backed repeater with an operating system based on John Browning’s long ...

The Franchi Instinct is an affordable over/under shotgun available in a variety of configurations, including 12-gauge, 16-gauge, 20-gauge, 28-gauge, and even .410 bore. Most models are chambered for 2 ...

One of the most common occurrences shotgun writers see in the pumps, autoloaders, side-by-sides, and over/unders we test is that the game often completely changes once you pattern a gun at 40 yards ...

made its reputation with both civilian and military arms. Hunters in the U.S. knew Franchi for its shotguns—primarily the AL-48, a featherlight version of Browning’s long-recoil Auto 5 that became a ...

While not as famous as Beretta or perhaps some of the modern Italian companies such as Benelli, Luigi Franchi S.p.A. has been producing firearms for almost as long as Italy has been a country. The ...