I trust my eye and experience to determine quality more than most printed reviews. From what I see I would stay away from the Stoeger Condor. A fellow I shoot skeet with has to slam that thing (like he's bitch slapping Hillary) several times to get it to close and lock-up. He hits targets with it, but man it's rough. I have no experience with the current Franchis but the one I own and others have I have seen/handled were of good quality.
Where are you seeing that they are no longer being made in Italy? Since when? All the info I found from a quick search shows the Instinct L and SL being Italian made.
