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How long will it go?
- Thread starter kx592
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Let's hope my friend, BigJimP, is being overly conservative. In Richard Venda's review of the I-12, he calls the inertia action uber-durable. The downside of the Franchi's unusual inertia action is it doesn't absorb recoil like a gas gun or the Benelli inertia system. The I-12 has the same kick as a pump gun, you may not want to put 10,000 rounds through that lightweight.
oneounceload
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In addition, the main things that break on guns like that are springs and firing pins (there really isn't much more to go wrong).
Springs can be unpredictable - some go for a few hundred, some for tens of thousands. One thing - coil springs start to weaken the first time they are put to "work" and they continue to weaken ever so slightly over their lifetime, while leaf, or flat, springs have the same strength until they just finally fail. In any event, most are not that expensive.
If the firing pin took its heat treatment well, it should last a looooong time. Some brands or primers have been reported to accelerate "burning" the tip of the pin to accelerate wear.
Overall, you shouldn't have a thing to worry about for quite some time
Springs can be unpredictable - some go for a few hundred, some for tens of thousands. One thing - coil springs start to weaken the first time they are put to "work" and they continue to weaken ever so slightly over their lifetime, while leaf, or flat, springs have the same strength until they just finally fail. In any event, most are not that expensive.
If the firing pin took its heat treatment well, it should last a looooong time. Some brands or primers have been reported to accelerate "burning" the tip of the pin to accelerate wear.
Overall, you shouldn't have a thing to worry about for quite some time
I might be conservative on the 10,000 number ....but that's kind of what you threw out there ...so I pretty much went with it ( 400 boxes ...) isn't really that many for a decent gun. I do hope it goes longer than that for you ...( still working on my first Latte this morning ..).
When it comes to all the inertia guns - there is very little to go wrong on any of them ...and while I think Benelli has earned its durability reputation ...I can't tell if Franchi, Stoeger, etc will hold up just as well. I hear the guys in gunstores say "its just like a Benelli - and cheaper ".....and I can't really tell just by looking at them if the bolts, springs, etc inside the Franchi or the Stoeger are just like the Benelli or not. They look similar ...but not identical to me. Of course what you can't tell is the hardness of components by looking at them ... I do like the Franchi - much better than the Stoeger - in terms of fit and finish.
But no matter what - if its just a firing pin or a spring - like Zippy and OneOunce mentioned - it won't be that big a deal.
When it comes to all the inertia guns - there is very little to go wrong on any of them ...and while I think Benelli has earned its durability reputation ...I can't tell if Franchi, Stoeger, etc will hold up just as well. I hear the guys in gunstores say "its just like a Benelli - and cheaper ".....and I can't really tell just by looking at them if the bolts, springs, etc inside the Franchi or the Stoeger are just like the Benelli or not. They look similar ...but not identical to me. Of course what you can't tell is the hardness of components by looking at them ... I do like the Franchi - much better than the Stoeger - in terms of fit and finish.
But no matter what - if its just a firing pin or a spring - like Zippy and OneOunce mentioned - it won't be that big a deal.
kx592, If I understand correctly, Benelli got control of Franchi and the new Franchi uses Benelli inertia system patents in the I-12. Subsequently, Benelli, and others, were acquired by Beretta, the almost 500 year old manufacturing giant. At the Present time, Benelli is still responsible for it's previous holdings, like Franchi. That's why your warranty info went to Benelli. When it comes to how the various brands, under the Beretta umbrella, are distributed internationally, it gets complicated. You could say your new Franchi is as much a Beretta as it is a Benelli.
oneounceload
Moderator
To add to Zippy's comments - stuff I heard from my gun writer friend who deals with these folks - Beretta typically lets their new acquisitions operate as independent entities while maintaining overall control and sharing commonalities of scale
With all of these big corporations its really hard to tell what is going on ...in shotguns, heavy trucks, cars, etc .....when it comes to their subsidiaries or sister divisions..
Beretta International ?? - is the parent for Beretta, Benelli, Franchi, Stoeger ..etc ....and just because they are all under one parent doesn't mean they will all use the same parts. I've only looked at the internal bolt of one Franchi at the club / and it was similar to my Benelli - but it seemed a little lighter and a little different - but maybe within the 20+ models of Benelli there are differences too ( I don't know ..).
Same thing in heavy trucks as an example - which I do know .... Peterbilt and Kenworth are part of the same corporation ....Paccar Inc. There is one corp purchasing dept / but there are all kinds of parts that are proprietary to one division and not the other. The trucks look similar ...but that is all gingerbread ( when you get inside it .....the frame rails are different thicknesses, the cabs are riveted and welded very differently, different companies make the wiring harnesses - and to different specs, even the battery cables are different ....hard to say one is cheaper than the other ...but they're different ( tradition, ego, ?? ) ....
Same on GMC corp ( Cadillac, GMC, Chevy, etc ), Toyota Corp ( Lexus, Toyota ..)...
I'm sure my buddy Zippy is right on Franchi using the Benelli patent ....but it doesn't mean they use parts from the same suppliers or out of the same bin ...maybe they do, maybe they don't ...
Beretta International ?? - is the parent for Beretta, Benelli, Franchi, Stoeger ..etc ....and just because they are all under one parent doesn't mean they will all use the same parts. I've only looked at the internal bolt of one Franchi at the club / and it was similar to my Benelli - but it seemed a little lighter and a little different - but maybe within the 20+ models of Benelli there are differences too ( I don't know ..).
Same thing in heavy trucks as an example - which I do know .... Peterbilt and Kenworth are part of the same corporation ....Paccar Inc. There is one corp purchasing dept / but there are all kinds of parts that are proprietary to one division and not the other. The trucks look similar ...but that is all gingerbread ( when you get inside it .....the frame rails are different thicknesses, the cabs are riveted and welded very differently, different companies make the wiring harnesses - and to different specs, even the battery cables are different ....hard to say one is cheaper than the other ...but they're different ( tradition, ego, ?? ) ....
Same on GMC corp ( Cadillac, GMC, Chevy, etc ), Toyota Corp ( Lexus, Toyota ..)...
I'm sure my buddy Zippy is right on Franchi using the Benelli patent ....but it doesn't mean they use parts from the same suppliers or out of the same bin ...maybe they do, maybe they don't ...