I have a new Franchi 12 ga and the receiver and barrel are stamped Benelli, as well as the box and all the papers. I'm assuming one owns the other? What are the differences. I have another older Franchi that doesn't say Benelli and is recoil operated. Who knows some history on these?

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Posted by JAB528

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Posted on 1/19/13 at 9:50 pm to NorthEnd

Iirc franchi and stoeger are owned by benelli

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Posted by Preys on Gumps

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Posted on 1/19/13 at 9:53 pm to JAB528

I love my Franchi, my first was a Brescia A handed down from my pow pow. Got a new one three years ago. It kicks like a mule but shoots a great pattern and is an awesome rice field/goose gun where you need a bit longer range.

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Posted by NorthEnd

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Posted on 1/19/13 at 9:54 pm to Preys on Gumps

Yeah. Both of mine kick like hell. They're light. Guess that's why

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Posted by MOT

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Posted on 1/19/13 at 9:55 pm to JAB528

I think a parent company owns all of them...Benelli, Franchi, Stoeger. Is it Beretta?

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Posted by prostyleoffensetime

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Posted on 1/19/13 at 10:14 pm to MOT

quote:
I think a parent company owns all of them...Benelli, Franchi, Stoeger. Is it Beretta?

Yeah, I think that's right along with Uberti and Sako.

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Posted by NorthEnd

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Posted on 1/21/13 at 9:08 am to prostyleoffensetime

bump for the MLK crew

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Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Posted on 1/21/13 at 9:44 am to NorthEnd

I'm sure a benelli has more stainless and heat treated stuff in it than the lower end franchi and stoeger stuff, but in principal they function exactly the same.

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