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August 23, 2016, 04:56 PM | #1 |
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Franchi Affinity Compact question
So I'm looking at getting my wife a new shotgun now that she's getting more interested in skeet shooting and bird hunting. She's 4'11", so the guns I get her have to be youth sized. Her current shotgun is the Rem 870 with the Hogue compact buttstock put on it (12" length of pull). She's great with it, but still has to really reach to pump it and isn't that fast at followup shots. So I want to get her an autoloader. Did some research and I think I'm going to settle on the Franchi Affinity Compact in 12 gauge (her 870 is a 12 gauge). However, looking at the buttstock, the compact's pad seems really thin compared to the larger Affinity's. Does anybody have a Affinity Compact 12 gauge? Is the buttpad worth a damn for a small statured woman?
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August 23, 2016, 05:43 PM | #2 |
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Have you thought of getting a 20 Ga? If you do some of the 20s are made on a 12 ga frame so no weight advantage is there . A 20 on a 20 frame , semi-auto, with a 3" chamber might be a choice.
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September 19, 2016, 02:01 PM | #4 |
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Answered my own question. Went to the store and they had a compact model. Held it and the buttpad is almost pointless. Very thin and not much cushion at all. Thankfully I found a replacement buttpad online by Kick Eez. I just hope it doesn't add too much length of pull, otherwise it'll be pointless getting the compact model. Aside from the buttpad, the gun felt nice.
I'm also open to suggestion for other semi-auto shotguns that have a compact version available. Need to keep the price range around $850 or less. We haven't shot the Franchi, so I don't know if it's even the right choice or not. I'll look at 20 gauges too since there aren't really many options for 12 gauge compacts. |
September 19, 2016, 04:03 PM | #5 |
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Certainly you would know all this, but: simply have a good pad fitted to the exact LOP that is right for her. The 'smith will cut the stock if necessary, contour the pad to the stock, and she'll have just what she needs, plus it will look right.
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November 19, 2018, 03:51 PM | #6 |
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As you can see from my origional post date, I've been shopping around for 2 years. I finally pulled the trigger and got her the Franchi I mentioned. For her, it was the only gun I could find that met every criteria:
Semi Auto -- check Compact Model -- check 12 ga -- check 26 in barrel (vs 24 in barrel) -- check Lightweight -- check Inertia driven -- check Camo (she wanted to match my duck gun) -- check Every other youth or compact semi-auto shotgun I could find didn't meet all that criteria. They're usually 24" and 20 ga. |
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