Posted: 3/13/2016 3:22:25 PM EDT
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I finally got my hands on a Franchi Affinity and made a video comparing it to my Benelli M2 with 3-gun in mind.
I think the Franchi is Benelli's idea of what a Stoeger should be. It has a lot more Benelli DNA and many of the Stoeger caveats don't apply. This shotgun has been severely overlooked in the 3-gun world in my opinion. For 200-300 more than a Stoeger and ~400 less than an M2, you get most of the Benelli quality and better parts compatibility with the M2 to boot. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3w0auqskDI ETA: pic of the complete build. 
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Got the Affinity all set up to go 3-gunning, a few more vids soon.
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Originally Posted By i12Bravo:
MOA Precision does make M3000 specific parts. Just was wondering if there was a big issue with the Stoeger that I had missed. The only issue I had with the M3000 has a few things that aren't perfect. Build quality isn't even close to the Italian built M2 & Affinity. I had issues with extraction on the factory extractor so I swapped it out with an M2 extractor and it ran perfect. I could never get my M3000's to Load as smoothly as my M2's either. I now have my hands on an MOA precision built Affinity. We will see how it compares. It's a $100-150 more then an M3000 but it's a much nicer gun being Italian built versus Turkish. The shell catch, lifter, and several other parts are identical to the M2. It may be the best budget gun out there based on my initial feel for the gun. |
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Originally Posted By JesseTischauser:
The only issue I had with the M3000 has a few things that aren't perfect. Build quality isn't even close to the Italian built M2 & Affinity. I had issues with extraction on the factory extractor so I swapped it out with an M2 extractor and it ran perfect. I could never get my M3000's to Load as smoothly as my M2's either. I now have my hands on an MOA precision built Affinity. We will see how it compares. It's a $100-150 more then an M3000 but it's a much nicer gun being Italian built versus Turkish. The shell catch, lifter, and several other parts are identical to the M2. It may be the best budget gun out there based on my initial feel for the gun. Originally Posted By JesseTischauser:
Originally Posted By i12Bravo:
MOA Precision does make M3000 specific parts. Just was wondering if there was a big issue with the Stoeger that I had missed. The only issue I had with the M3000 has a few things that aren't perfect. Build quality isn't even close to the Italian built M2 & Affinity. I had issues with extraction on the factory extractor so I swapped it out with an M2 extractor and it ran perfect. I could never get my M3000's to Load as smoothly as my M2's either. I now have my hands on an MOA precision built Affinity. We will see how it compares. It's a $100-150 more then an M3000 but it's a much nicer gun being Italian built versus Turkish. The shell catch, lifter, and several other parts are identical to the M2. It may be the best budget gun out there based on my initial feel for the gun. Kind of wish I would of went affinity. Oh well only 4 matches a year |