The Affinity 3 was the second Franchi auto-loader I ever shot. At least a decade prior, I had put my hands on the AL 48, a square-backed repeater with an operating system based on John Browning’s long ...

made its reputation with both civilian and military arms. Hunters in the U.S. knew Franchi for its shotguns—primarily the AL-48, a featherlight version of Browning’s long-recoil Auto 5 that became a ...

While the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB)—also known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act—which lasted from 1994 to 2004 has largely been remembered for prohibiting the ...