Affinity One, Or Armsan

[billytheghillie]

Was in my local gun shop and enquired about a Franchi Affinity, the assistant put me off it and said the Armsan was a better gun. I thought this to be rather funny. I know nothing about these two guns only that there is a big difference in price. I own a Hatsan 5 year old and never had any problems with it, just fancied a change. All comments welcome.

[Guest cookoff013]

The affinity is a great gun. The armsan in my honest opinion is not as good.

[Harry Callahan]

Looking at buying an Affinity One, so interested in any opinions too

[Stimo22]

The franchi is built in the same factory as Benelli and the parts look the same. It has a seven year warranty so must be some good. I have one and have run several hundred shells of both normal clay cartridges and some steel wildfowling shells and not had a single problem. The shop probably get a bigger profit one , just goggle the reviews

[davewh100]

affinity is the better auto of the two my mate as one

[sportsbob]

Cant comment on the Franchi but I have an Armsan A612 and can say it is the most reliable semi I have ever used. I can compare it against two Mossberg 9200`s, two Remington 1100`s, two Hatsan Magnums and a Beretta 391 with the exception of the Remy`s I bought all the guns from New.

Edited July 29, 2016 by sportsbob

[jonny thomas]

My son has just bought a franchi raptor what a geat gun very light minimal recoil very nice wood and very well made

Edited July 29, 2016 by jonny thomas

[hawkfanz]

i use a beretta outlander and a a620 armsan and can vouch for the arms reliability,,its as good as my outlander.

[CharlesP]

Next door neighbour has an Armsan A620. He's on the second one, and has come to the end of his tether with it, and with the dealer he bought it from, and with the importers. It has never satisfactorily managed to reliably chamber a second cartridge. The best reliability rate he has seen is 3 failures out of 50. Which is very poor.

 

Anything made by Armsan is something to avoid at all costs in my humble opinion.

Edited July 29, 2016 by CharlesP

[Ian North Wales]

I have the Franchi and i love the gun, very light and easy to clean, had no reliability problems at all and i have shot some 65mm cartridges through it by mistake with no issues. I am finding it hard to hit targets with it mind so try and shoot one 1st.

[Bass301gmh]

I got my son a Franchi for pigeon shooting. Have to say we are very pleased with it never let him down.

[krugerandsmith]

Was in my local gun shop and enquired about a Franchi Affinity, the assistant put me off it and said the Armsan was a better gun. I thought this to be rather funny. I know nothing about these two guns only that there is a big difference in price. I own a Hatsan 5 year old and never had any problems with it, just fancied a change. All comments welcome.

 

I have a new Benelli super sport ( Costing the earth )

[krugerandsmith]

 

I have a new Benelli super sport ( Costing the earth )

 

And I have bought a Armsan 612 for Winter shooting for which I paid £275 ...... I have to admit the Armsan has a better trigger than the benelli. Its never missed a beat... very pleased with it

[snow white]

Armsan 620 all the way fantastic gun never missted a beat lovley gun.

[mick miller]

My Armsan 612. Perfect. Reliable. Cycles consistently. Hasn't jammed once.

[johnphilip]

I have had both guns def the franchi , it costs more but to me it felt loads better than the armsan . The Armsan is an ok gun for its money , but the Franchi has a better feel of quality . Thats just me others may say not .

[oldypigeonpopper]

hello, both are well made autos and will last years if looked after, just buy the one you like, fits well and you will enjoy using

[Guest cookoff013]

The "buy one that fits" hardly applies to autos. Most come with 5 spacer inserts and drop adjuster.

 

So most autos fit the "majority" of all shooters.

Saying that I had a big pad put on the back of my benelli to increase lop. I've had to do that to all my guns.

[Zetter]

Can't speak for the affinity but I have had an Armsan 612 for the past few months and haven't had a single jam after putting over 800 cartridges through it.

Very impressed and also the bore seems to keep really clean too one quick pass with the bore snake and its gleaming again

[oldypigeonpopper]

The "buy one that fits" hardly applies to autos. Most come with 5 spacer inserts and drop adjuster.

 

So most autos fit the "majority" of all shooters.

Saying that I had a big pad put on the back of my benelli to increase lop. I've had to do that to all my guns.

hello, i would suggest it applies to any shotgun be it a semi auto/O/U/S/S, both my semi and O/U fit 95% with out any alterations the S/S needed a 15 mm pad which i bought a leather slip.

[oldypigeonpopper]

Next door neighbour has an Armsan A620. He's on the second one, and has come to the end of his tether with it, and with the dealer he bought it from, and with the importers. It has never satisfactorily managed to reliably chamber a second cartridge. The best reliability rate he has seen is 3 failures out of 50. Which is very poor.

 

Anything made by Armsan is something to avoid at all costs in my humble opinion.

hello, that is not good to hear, if still under warranty has he not asked for a refund so he can find another semi but different make and more reliable for peace of mind, my armsan has been ok so far.

[hawkfanz]

the only thing i find wrong with the a620 is its only 14 1/4 lop,so i have a jack pyke neoprene extender slipped on to add an xtra 1/2 inch.

[Longman]

I've had a armsan a612s for 5 months now and put over a 1000 carts through it, and it's never not cycled ace semi auto, even cycles 21g carts when the wife uses it on the clays..