Home Forums Reloading Shotshells Franchi 48 AL "Black Magic"

Bought this nib safe queen 20 gauge through an estate auction last week. These were the 5 yr or so special run shotguns that were imported to American Arms, Inc in North Kansas City.

I called Beretta to get the date of manufacture from barrel letters, 1995. They could not help with the receiver serial number, those records have been lost due to time and acquisitions.

None of my firearms are collector items, this one will be in the dove fields on Sept 1st. Since the Franchi 48 AL was made for a long time, this is just a different version with the same guts.

I will see how the different factory chokes pattern on paper next week.