Hardware: Franchi Instinct LX
Franchi understands the American hunter, and its new Instinct LX shotgun proves it. It’s good-looking, balances well, handles and functions perfectly, and is affordable.
Crane Games
It looks prehistoric with its lanky body, pointed bill, sharp talons and 7-foot wingspan. But it’s the temperament of the sandhill crane that definitely suggests the bird should join the cast of “Jurassic Park.”
Crane Games in Saskatchewan
Just like its neighboring provinces, Saskatchewan serves as a Mecca of sorts for waterfowl hunters. The volume of fowl—and the diversity, at that—is more difficult to describe to the uninitiated than you might expect.
Franchi Intensity
The Franchi Intensity waterfowl shotgun embodies the feel of smaller gauge guns, yet packs the punch of the powerful 3 1/2-inch loads.
The Franchi Affinity Shotgun
The Affinity is this author’s definition of a bird gun.
Franchi Instinct Over-Under Shotgun
Associate Online Editor Paul Rackley got to take a crack at the new Franchi Instinct Over-Under Shotgun at the 2012 Media Day at the Range in Boulder City, Nev.
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