Franchi SPAS-12

[keenan53]

I was just looking at the tatical shotgun thread and was thinking of the shotgun used in the original jurassic park and was wondering if its anywhere to be found in canada.
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll151/keenan53/400px-Franchi-SPAS12.jpg

 

[cobalt545]

Nope. Prohibited a long time ago.

 

[Max Owner]

Apparently they were confiscated from those who had them.

 

[Patrickshot]

Prohib, It was used on the Matrix as well.

 

[Merllin]

Confiscated with no compensation I think....

 

[Patrickshot]

those bastards

 

[Wildbore]

How did they know where to look? Sales records?

There has to be some people who still have them.

 

[B]

How did they know where to look? Sales records?

There has to be some people who still have them.

Of course there are, they are now criminals in the eyes of the law though...

 

[Gunslinger]

Nope. Prohibited a long time ago.

Retarded considering it's no more than a 12ga., same as any other duck gun.

 

[mmattockx]

Retarded considering it's no more than a 12ga., same as any other duck gun.

But it looks really scary... About like all the other tacticool 870's and 590's in the shotgun forum. Don't go looking for logic or rational thought in the list of prohibited weapons.

Mark

 

[urbaneddy]

wow, I had no idea they were prohibited here. I travel to US quite often and they're in the gun shops everywhere as class 1(non restricted).

 

[UCSPanther]

Retarded considering it's no more than a 12ga., same as any other duck gun.

Yeah. The only thing special about it is its unconventional appearance (as compared to a Mossberg M500, Remington 870, or a Benelli M4) and the fact that it has a mechanism that allows you to switch between pump and semi-auto modes. Other than that, it is just another 12 gauge scattergun.

 

[UCSPanther]

wow, I had no idea they were prohibited here. I travel to US quite often and they're in the gun shops everywhere as class 1(non restricted).

I read they're also quite expensive too, both since the ATF outlawed their importation and since Franchi discontinued manufacture of the SPAS 12 in exchange for its, uglier, but more utilitarian (from a combat point of view) brother, SPAS 15.

 

[urbaneddy]

I read they're also quite expensive too, both since the ATF outlawed their importation and since Franchi discontinued manufacture of the SPAS 12 in exchange for its, uglier, but more utilitarian (from a combat point of view) brother, SPAS 15.

Your right about the price, very expensive. I never understood why the were selling for more than the other tac shotguns. I know Franchi makes very good stuff, but to me, there are better choices out there for the $ these cost.

 

[Max Owner]

http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh06-e.htm

 

[Max Owner]

http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh14-e.htm

 

[Patrickshot]

SPAS-12 is wayyyyy coooler

 

[Glen Valour]

SPAS-12 is wayyyyy coooler

SPAS-12 is wayyyy to cumbersome and awkward.

But it does go very fast.

 

[Spcamno]

Yeah. The only thing special about it is its unconventional appearance (as compared to a Mossberg M500, Remington 870, or a Benelli M4) and the fact that it has a mechanism that allows you to switch between pump and semi-auto modes. Other than that, it is just another 12 gauge scattergun.

What about the Benelli M3?

It has the same thing you can switch between pump or semi,is the M3 prohibited?

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Never mind just checked CFC its prohibited.