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Luigi Franchi S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi ˈfraŋki]) is an Italian manufacturer of firearms, a division of Beretta Holding. Franchi products include the military SPAS-12 and SPAS-15 and the sporting-type long-recoil action AL-48. Franchi manufactures over and under, and semi-automatic shotguns.
The 48 AL is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Luigi Franchi S.p.A. The gun is available in 12 gauge, 20 gauge and 28 gauge. It uses a patented action that John Browning developed for the Browning Auto-5. [2] Rounds are cycled through long recoil. [3] Factory models are equipped with walnut stocks and forends.
The firm of SOCIMI had been active in the railway building sector since the early 1970s; in 1983, it entered in a joint venture with the historic firearms manufacturer Luigi Franchi S.p.A. (which later, specifically in 1987, would have outright taken over) to concentrate on the military weapons business. The results of this collaboration were a ...
Two large Italian arms firms, Pierto Beretta and Luigi Franchi, then began experimental work on improved automatic carbines chambered in the American .30 Carbine cartridge. Despite NATO announcing standardization towards the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge, the firms continued development under the belief that it would take some time for the NATO ...
The Franchi SPAS-15, a smoothbore shotgun, used by the Italian Army. The weapon is based on the SPAS-12 , and has similar pump-action / semi-automatic firing modes. In semi-automatic mode, a gas piston drives a bolt carrier and rotating bolt.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
Luigi Mangione allegedly felt 'hostility' toward health insurance industry: FBI. Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from Maryland, was arrested Dec. 9 and charged with shooting and killing 50-year ...
Black Magic (Magic Sam album), 1968; Black Magic (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas album), 1972; Black Magic (Jimmy Cliff album), 2004; Black Magic (Swollen Members album), or the title track, 2006; Black Magic (Yemi Alade album), 2017