Need gunsmith for Franchi AL 20

[Russ81]

I got a Franchi AL20 that won't cycle and I'd like to get ready for dove season. Bought new governor rings and nada, one shot and gotta pull the bolt back.

Any gunsmith's in the Brazoria Co/Galveston Co/Houston that can work on it?

[Bullseye07]

I don't know about gunsmiths, but if you were willing, you could send it to Benelli USA and I'd bet money that they'd fix it for the cost of you shipping it.

[bboswell]

I don't know about gunsmiths, but if you were willing, you could send it to Benelli USA and I'd bet money that they'd fix it for the cost of you shipping it.

Great to know! Wife has one her Dad gave here and that's the only reason she still owns it because it's been a single shoot since day 1 despite GS visits and a couple hundred shoots fired

[Bullseye07]

Great to know! Wife has one her Dad gave here and that's the only reason she still owns it because it's been a single shoot since day 1 despite GS visits and a couple hundred shoots fired

Benelli stands behind their guns. I had an internal piece of my trigger assembly break last season on my Franchi I12. I've had it for over a decade. I paid to ship it to them, they fixed it and sent it right back without charge.

[elkaholic9292]

If you're shooting low brass dove loads, you might try getting high brass shells. Inertia driven guns require the charge to blow the action back hard enough to cycle the next shell. Many inertia driven shotguns have a break in period. My benelli SBE1 had that problem. I shot about 300 rnds of high brass shells through and once the spring broke in, it would cycle those dove loads too.

[elkaholic9292]

Good rule of thumb is to never buy the cheapest shells in any auto loader. They may work fine in a pump, but not an auto loader.

[Russ81]

I've shot high brass and AA's and even thought of buying a flat of waterfowl loads to work the spring a bit. Still a one shot chump

I knew benelli was solid on the CS, the rings only cost me a phone call . Might have too call them again and see if they can figure it out!

[elkaholic9292]

Yes sir, if a high brass load isn't cycling. Send that sucker back!

[wsteffen]

you could check with Briley's. It should cycle low brass with no problem. My Afinity does unless I let it get real dirty. If it doesn't cycle during a round of sporting clays, I spray the action down with Qmaxx Black Diamond and keep on shooting.

[Russ81]

Didn't know about briley, I'm going to call benelli first and see how hard it is to ship her in