[boing]

I ran a search on this forum and only came up with 10 hits, and not much discussion. I thought it was a pretty popular make. Is there something about them that steers people towards other brands?

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Nothing wrong with them---it's just that for the same money or a few bucks more---you can do better. Esp. with the autoloaders.

There was/is a Franchi O/U in the store here---a little 20ga priced just over $1000--beautifull little gun---nice wood and very lightweight. I would own this gun right now if the comb wasn't so high---everytime I pick this gun up---or anyone else for that matter---you are looking down at the bead---and not sighting down the rib---even the cheap Mossberg and Remington pumps do a better job than this on making the stock drop right. So there it sits.

[Dave McCracken]

Franchi's AL 48 has been a popular field gun for decades. The Veloce O/U has been getting lots of ink in the publications that cater to upper income shotgunners.

They're neither great bargains nor junk.

[hksw]

IMO, they have not been and are not now marketed very well/aggresively as compared to the regular makes Italian and domestic. The Chinese even have them beat as they are cheap and, because of this, are very abundant.