i have had several franchi 3 shot and find that they tend to jam up with cartridges with a short brass sleeve,my last one i had to scrap as the end of the barrells bloomed,that was after about 10,000 rounds,the newer ones tend to rattle in the mechanism,my friend bought one last year and it was returned to franchi 4 time in 3 months,this was a brand new one,the dogs ********,interchangable everything.if i was you i would try one first if you can,my prefered gun would be a browning gold hunter s/a 3 shot.more reliable in my opinion.