I have had a Franchi Alcione 12 gauge 26 inch barrels for approximately one year now. The gun has had approximately 1 1/2 cases of shells through it. The gun is still tight. Not so tight that you cannot open it, but much tighter than a brand-new Weatherby Orion that I saw in a store yesterday.
It has a different locking mechanism, where the Weatherby locks on the top, the Franchi locks on the bottom. I do not know how the Weatherby construction quality is, however it did look pretty good.
Ifwhen I purchased the Franchi, and asked about the tightness, people told me to shoot it. Now that I have shot yet, I would expect that it would be looser than it is. My definition of loose is easily movable, but not sloppy. I would expect that it would have more of a fluid movement by now.
I use grease on the locking lug and sides (Militec 1) I use oil (Militec 1) on all other moving parts. I do realize that some of that that may be perceived as stiffness, is from the hammers cocking, but even with the hammers cocked, it still is a bit stiff.there appears to be no significant abnormal wear marks on any contact surfaces. That would make me think that something was not honed correctly.
Does anybody have any suggestions on how to smooth out the action of this gun?
second question regards the trigger mechanism. The trigger has some play before it gets a solid spot to and then at about 4 lbs. -5lbs., it will break. Is there any way to remove this slop at the front end of the trigger? There appears to be no rearward play.
thank you in advance, for your help.
It has a different locking mechanism, where the Weatherby locks on the top, the Franchi locks on the bottom. I do not know how the Weatherby construction quality is, however it did look pretty good.
Ifwhen I purchased the Franchi, and asked about the tightness, people told me to shoot it. Now that I have shot yet, I would expect that it would be looser than it is. My definition of loose is easily movable, but not sloppy. I would expect that it would have more of a fluid movement by now.
I use grease on the locking lug and sides (Militec 1) I use oil (Militec 1) on all other moving parts. I do realize that some of that that may be perceived as stiffness, is from the hammers cocking, but even with the hammers cocked, it still is a bit stiff.there appears to be no significant abnormal wear marks on any contact surfaces. That would make me think that something was not honed correctly.
Does anybody have any suggestions on how to smooth out the action of this gun?
second question regards the trigger mechanism. The trigger has some play before it gets a solid spot to and then at about 4 lbs. -5lbs., it will break. Is there any way to remove this slop at the front end of the trigger? There appears to be no rearward play.
thank you in advance, for your help.