20 ga Insight L vs Beretta Silver Pigeon for skeet

[20ga48]

Apparently the trigger action does rely on recoil to function properly, suggesting it is an inertia trigger.

Bill

Negative, the trigger is mechanical. This has been corrected in several articles I have read from the NRA one and by mine and several other's experience. Unless, Franchi mysteriously replaced your trigger with an inertia one such as in the Service Department Twighlight Zone (an old sitcom version that never really took off).

[20ga48]

I have both an Instinct L in 12 gauge and an SL in 20 gauge I am very pleased with the handling of both guns but favor the feel of the lighter SL model. There was a good write up in Sporting Classics Magazine about the Instinct models and I believe it was chosen new shotgun of the year, Franchi does advertise in the magazine but so do all the other manufactures including the high end ones so I felt this was a highly credible endorsement.

At this time I just shoot informally over my one step trap at a public range but do get out just about each weekend and no doubt have a thousand or so rounds through each shotgun. I have not had any problems with the SL model, shortly after getting the L model I had some scoring in the hinge area so sent it back, Franchi had a new gun out to me in less than two weeks so I am pleased with their service and have not had any trouble with the replacement.

With a seven year warranty and a good service program I feel these guns are a solid value.

Tony

Speaking of "Sporting Classics Magazine" the August issue claims they are giving away an SL and a guided bird hunt (or a rifle I think to the runner up) to new subscribers. Further, this issue has a lot of good upland bird articles which may be of interest to users in the forum. I don't know any way else you would get a 256 page magazine with lots of good articles for 6.95 off the shelf!

[BillD]

That's rough and it's good you sent it back to them for a check up. When you get it back, there's two things you'll want to watch out for with this gun in relation to the problem you're having.

a. The barrel selector is a bit sticky. You need to be sure you get it all the way over to the left or right before you take the safety off or else it will stick in limbo giving you some understandably wierd results on your first and/or second shots. Never seen a delayed fire, but I could imagine one if things were jamed up in the trigger assembly.

b. You need to be really sure you get the trigger returned all the way forward before you pull it the second time. I had trouble with the second barrel firing the first time I shot this gun and last week at the sporting clays range after I got tired from walking 2 miles in 95 degrees and fireing 150+ rounds I had the same problem. Nonetheless, I'm sure that both of these incidents are atributed to not returning the trigger.

Not sure if this was your problem but if they fix it and you apply these rules you should be fine. I have a few thousand rounds through without any firearm generated problems except the sticky barrel selector which I think I've seen before on more expensive guns. Anyways, good choice on the L for it's super light anyways, especially if you shoot more than you hunt.[/QUOTE]

20ga48,

After another 300 rounds thru the gun the firing mechanism is working fine. I did have a couple of instances where it failed to fire on the second pull, but I attribute that to not fully returning the trigger. The last 200 hundred rounds were used shooting sporting clays for the first time and I was completely satisfied with the performance of the gun.

Bill