Help, i just bought an instinct and i assembled it, everything appears to fit fine, but it does not open far enough to load a shell into the bottom barrel and the for end will not eve budge when i try to disassemble it!! Any ideas?

There is a very specific way to attach the barrel to the receiver. I had the same gun (in 28 gauge), and I had to take the gun to my local gun shop and take a lesson on how to assemble the gun. I felt like a fool - - I have owned several O/Us, but the Franchi assembled differently. It sounds like you did not assemble the barrel correctly, and now you are in a bind. I suggest you do what I did and get some help from your local dealer.

Great advice, i ended up running back to the gun shop after i posted the question. I was pushing forward on the forend instead of down. Felt like an idiot when i watched the salesman get it off in 2 seconds, but i know i will never forget how to disassemble it ever again!!! Its now all ready to break some clays tomorrow after work.

Welcome to the idiot’s club. Our membership is growing. I’m glad to help.

I have the instinct SL, shot about a 1000 shells through it, I still have this problems of not being able to unload the bottom barrel unless I apply pressure to keep the hinge open. Did you manage to figure out how to fix that ?

I have two Beretta 686's that do that, with the 20 gauge it's not an issue but with the 12 I have to tilt the gun a bit to sort of level out the barrels to get the bottom shell in. Shoot with a buddy who has a much more broken in 686 and his opens fully without any problem at all. The solution for our problem is simple, just shoot the guns for another 5 years or more.