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 ...

Franchi’s new Affinity 3 Sport Trap is the latest in a commendable trend toward crossover guns made for both hunting and clay shooting. It combines range and field features into one 12-gauge semiauto ...