Warbirds
05-25-2006, 02:16 PM
I bought a Franchi Diamond at Dicks a few months back & so far I've had nothing but trouble with it. (I know I tried to save a few bucks and I got what I payed for)
Fit & finish
Looking at the outside of the gun it doesnt look bad but it just doesnt fit together very well, The forend rubbed the blueing off the barrel after only a few hundred shell, the gun rattles like somethings loose inside of it. The extractor work, well at least sometimes.
The wood
The wood looks really pretty nice, but both my forend and my buttstock split after only a few hundred rounds. The gun was 2 weeks old when I noticed a crack in the forend. it was small at first but by the end in the round of clays I noticed the other side of the forend had split as well and that the buttstock had started to crack.
I thought no problem the guns on 2 weeks old I'll send it to Frachi and I'll get it back and it'll all be good.
WOW....was I wrong Franchi has had the gun for over 7 weeks and still doesnt have parts to fix my gun they are waiting for parts from Italy. Take my advice for what its worth but its the worst investment I've ever made in a gun. For whats its worth think about this. I spoke to a customer service manager name Paula at Franchi, she told me that I should be happy that they are fixing the split wood at all because Franchi doesnt usually cover the wood at all.
I'll try and finish my review if the folks at Franchi ever find parts to fix it & get it back to me.
Good Luck,
Warbirds
Fit & finish
Looking at the outside of the gun it doesnt look bad but it just doesnt fit together very well, The forend rubbed the blueing off the barrel after only a few hundred shell, the gun rattles like somethings loose inside of it. The extractor work, well at least sometimes.
The wood
The wood looks really pretty nice, but both my forend and my buttstock split after only a few hundred rounds. The gun was 2 weeks old when I noticed a crack in the forend. it was small at first but by the end in the round of clays I noticed the other side of the forend had split as well and that the buttstock had started to crack.
I thought no problem the guns on 2 weeks old I'll send it to Frachi and I'll get it back and it'll all be good.
WOW....was I wrong Franchi has had the gun for over 7 weeks and still doesnt have parts to fix my gun they are waiting for parts from Italy. Take my advice for what its worth but its the worst investment I've ever made in a gun. For whats its worth think about this. I spoke to a customer service manager name Paula at Franchi, she told me that I should be happy that they are fixing the split wood at all because Franchi doesnt usually cover the wood at all.
I'll try and finish my review if the folks at Franchi ever find parts to fix it & get it back to me.
Good Luck,
Warbirds