gas piston

[612shooter]

I have a 912 that is three years old and the gas piston is diffrent than my new 612. On the 912 there are arrows indicating heavy and light, but nothing on the 612. Can anyone tell me which way to it on the 612 for light and heavy loads?

[oneshot]

My 612 has the arrows for light and heavy

Bill

[FearNoFish]

My 612vs also has the arrows, I bought it less than a month ago.

[612shooter]

My 912 has a sleeve with arrows and no spring, but my new 612 has a sleeve with a spring and no arrows. I've emailed Franchi but no response.

[Nelli Girl]

Originally posted by 612shooter:
My 912 has a sleeve with arrows and no spring, but my new 612 has a sleeve with a spring and no arrows. I've emailed Franchi but no response.

612shooter-

This is what I was able to find out:

There are two existing models of the 612:
1. The 612 Reverpress
2. The 612 Variopress (Replaces the Reverpress)

The 612 Reverpress is the 1st version of the 612.
The gas piston did not have markings on it.
The 612 Variopress does have arrow markings and the words and numbers "Light", "Heavy", 612 and 712.

Send me a private message with your address and I will send both owners manuals to you.

[612shooter]

Mine is a 612 Variopress brand new. The sleeve is diffrent from my 912. The sleeve on my 612 has a spring on one it and it has no arrows. I'm thinking mabey it automatically compensates for the heavy and light loads without turning it over.??

[Black Bart]

I purchased a new 612 VS recently and the gas piston has the spring on it. There are NO arrows for adjustment. The spring goes to the bottom (toward the rear of the gun) when installing the piston. This makes it great. Nothing to change when switching from light to heavy loads. Just load it and shoot. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Country Nate]

I think I might hae some insight on this one. I have a 2001 and a 2002 franchi manual at home. I read it 6000 times a year. In the 2001 manual the system for the 612 is called the VARIOPRESS and there is no mention of any arrows or light or heavy loads. In the 2002 manual the the system for the 612 is called the VARIOSYSTEM and it DOES mention the arrows and heavy vs. light loads. I think they changed.

My speculation is that there are still some of the variopress models sitting new on dealer shelves and even though the gun may have been purchased recently it actually may have been manufactured a couple of years ago and therefore still may be the variopress system. Some people buy the new guns and get the ones that were recently manufactured and are the variosystem models.

[Black Bart]

On my gun, on the right side of the receiver, it says "612 VS". The piston has the spring at the bottom and NO arrows. My Owner's Manual says "Variopress System" on the front cover. In the parts diagram inside the manual, it shows a picture of a piston with a spring on the bottom end of it and no arrows. I don't really know the date of manufacture of my gun, but if I had my choice, I would rather have a gun that requires NO adjustments to shoot different loads rather than a gun that requires you to partially disassemble it and turn the piston around to shoot different loads.