That’s a sharp little rifle. I’m a fan of short bolt lifts because I like scopes with large eye boxes due to their brightness. CD my friend, it’s been cabin fever up in Alberta too. Almost 10 days of -39°F with wind chills down to -51°F. That’s Fahrenheit!! I saved you the Celsius math. Has me dreaming about shooting summer prairie dogs with you. Hell Im gonna go watch a couple of those vids now to feel better. Keep on keeping on, you’re a good man.
Franchi is a branch off of benelli so it seems fitting that with the release of the benelli lupo, franchi would release their own rifle. Should be very interesting to see how they stack up to one another as there is a considerable price difference.
I use the 165 grain SST’s in my 30-06, and it loves them. Great accuracy and excellent knock-down power. The Franchi rifles were sold here, but they didn’t take off for some reason, and that was the end of them. They looked OK, and they were quite reasonably priced, particularly towards the end of their run. It was the Franchi Horizon they were selling here. And when they stop selling things, the supply of parts and accessories soon dries up, and the firearms in question become almost worthless, which is a shame. A lot of good firearm, and good calibers for that matter, have fallen by the wayside in similar circumstances. I’ll be very interested to see how this one shoots. Another good vid. Cheers from Down Under.
You will like Franchi quality, CD. I have a 16ga Instinct SL over/under. Love the hell out of it! Looking forward to seeing how that Momentum shoots those cast bullets.
I have many Berettas and a rare Benelli M3 select fire semi/pump 12 gauge. My favorite Beretta pistols are the M9/92FS and 950 BS Jetfire and 21A Bobcat tip up barrels. Also have a 87 Cheetah in .22 LR.
Did you ever adjust the trigger weight and if you did, can you post a video? Got the momentum Elite Varmint rifle and I'd like to adjust it to the lightest setting but the manual Franchi sends is pretty useless
Be mindful that the military 308 brass (7.62x51) is a fair bit thicker than 308 win brass. If you run the same load in both cases you may have pressure issues in the nato brass. Nice looking rifle.
Does this rifle have a pressed in barrel? They put no thought into this, Neither did Mauser with their M18. Bergara got it right. Franchi and Mauser should have had threaded barrels, Remington lugs and Remington Footprints.
@@geraldlocklear4373 yes thank you, i fiddled with it for a little bit and then realized i hd the bolt cocked or uncocked when trying to return it, i forget which but it finally went in just fine. 👍
Hi and Thanks for the review. I am thinking of getting a new Franchi " Elite " in .308 . How was the accuracy ? I want to set up a dedicated long range target rifle and I was thinking of getting either this rifle or a Tikka . The Franchi Elite seems to have a lot of good features for a budget priced rifle.
The magazine on this gun is absolute garbage. Its literally all plastic and it falls out of the mag well and does not stay seated. The 350 legend model.
