The Long Recoil shotgun thread

1963beretta said:
I agree! Im a sucker for game scene etching/engraving and nice wood....and those Ithaca's look like they have nice furniture. Here is the wood on one of my Franchi's....lots of depth when it catches the sun. Sadly, I need to find this Franchi a new home. New home purchase = guns having to be sold.
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I have seen the Franchi you have listed and was very tempted. Two things held me back: I have enough fixed full choke shotguns already - I've been thinking perhaps a new Franchi with choke options in the future, and second - I have blown my monthly budget (by quite a bit) but my wife kinda sorta understands how this all works. Laugh2

madtrapper143 said:
Surprisingly that nice figure was hand painted on by very talented Japanese artisans at SKB. Underneath it is very plain straight grain walnut. Trying to refinish one is when most find out the ruse.

Darryl
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I have heard this as well - I may strip that 20g one day anyways and give it a nice cherry stain. It has seen some action and it shows - but that's okay in my books, as well.
 
Zedbra said:
I have seen the Franchi you have listed and was very tempted. Two things held me back: I have enough fixed full choke shotguns already - I've been thinking perhaps a new Franchi with choke options in the future, and second - I have blown my monthly budget (by quite a bit) but my wife kinda sorta understands how this all works. Laugh2
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I hear you...luckily I have a barrel in every length and choke constriction. I've had my hands on a choked 12g barrel, but I let that go with a gun a couple years back.
 
So I had in my hands a Remington 48 today that was in okay condition - I'd never seen one prior. $400 but was in so-so shape so I passed.
 
I finally managed to get out to the trap field this weekend and tried out my Itahca 12g. It was having ejection issues every round, so I shelved it and continued busting clays with my Breda. I found a great Youtube video on disassembly for the 900, so I ripped it apart and sure enough, it was filthy black on the bolt and trigger group; they are quite easy to strip. So, I figured I may as well take care of the others as well. The first 900 took just over an hour to clean, the second was 40 minutes, and then my Breda only took 20 minutes to strip and clean. Very easy guns to work on - the Breda was designed to not need any tools to strip.
 
Nice! Hopefully the cleaning will do the trick in getting the Ithaca to cycle. My Franchi's are easy to clean as well. I usually just do a field strip in between hunts or trips to the range. But I do make a point to do a complete tear down at season end. I usually dont get much crap built up on the bolt or in the receiver, but I enjoy cleaning and inspecting the guns
 
On another note, if the Ithaca was having troubles ejecting, it could mean that the barrel isnt recoiling completely into the receiver or that its recoiling too quickly due to the presence of oil on the mag tube. If the mag tube was dry, I would suggest cleaning the tube with some steel wool and ensuring the friction ring is set to the correct setting for the load you are using. Some of my Franchi's work best with a dry mag tube, and while others need just a tad bit of oil on the tube when using light target loads. Its seems to be gun specific with my guns
 
Another thread had me thinking of this one. Anyways, I took my 12g 900 Ithaca to the trap range a few weeks ago and with 3 dram loads, it was chucking shells with authority, often hitting the shooter at the next stand - so the cleaning worked. However, I was letting my student use my 20g and it appears to now be slam firing when you press the button to close the bolt. I haven't confirmed yet if it was maybe him having his finger in the trigger, he swears he wasn't, but I need to strip it and have a look at the disconnector on now.
 
Here's my 1967 Fabrique Nationale production Auto-5.
It's kind of in a rough shape, especially the handguard, but it works great and I felt I had to get it because I'm a big fan of John Moses Browning and also because I'm a tank nerd (since the gun works in a relatively similar way to a lot of tank guns).

Maybe I'll try getting around to refinishing the buttstock and changing the handguard eventually.

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I picked up another Breda off the EE here, this one is a 1958 vintage. The bolt wasn't fully closing when released, so I completely stripped it down for a good cleaning but I suspect that my action spring is needing replaced. So - how do I go about getting that replaced? Who do I call?

Interesting find - the action spring tube plug (goes into the bolt head in the stock to hold the spring into the action spring tube) is made from wood. Initially I looked at it thinking it was very rusty, but nope, it is wood.

The stock has a nice chip and small crack that I wasn't told about and the finish is in rough shape, so I am going to do a full rebuild on this old girl over the winter from wood to barrel bluing.
 
Picked up a Jan '53 vintage 11-48 sportsman in 16 gauge about a year ago. Pretty nice shape but had a sticky chamber with anything but Remington hulls. I'd like to find another barrel and bushing to cut down for slugs and turkeys.
 
Photobucket killed the photos in this thread. I just posted new links for my pictures.

On another note, Im still looking for a newer manufactured 20g Franchi 48 deluxe and an older Eldorado model in either 20g or 12g. Anyone come across one?
 
I fell in love with those two-tone Franchis while looking through the CIL catalogues. I might even have the 1973 one around somewhere.
 
Funny you mention the CIL catalog as I was literally scrolling through mine last night. It to was from 1973. My father kept it from when he bought his new Franchi. The two tone guns are beauties. Still have the three pictured, but let about half a dozen others go to new homes.

Would love to find an Eldorado or Diamond grade. They have beautiful hand engraved receivers and high grade walnut

One of my sub gauges will likely see field time this year at Pelee Island
 
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