Need Help With Shotgun Purchase

[NORMAN]

Does anyone have any information on the Weatherby SA-08 shotgun or the Franchi I-12 ???
If so which would you by ??

Thanks

[couzin]

Again - depends on your intended use. The weatherby is turkish made and uses a gas recoil system so less recoil than the inertia recoil franchi made in italy. But the weatherby uses different pistons for light and heavy loads while the franchi is supposed to handle all loads without changes (uses the benelli inertia-driven system) . I believe both guns are 3" only. If you are upland, duck, or turkey hunting - I'd probably take the franchi. If you intend to shoot clays as well as birds - then the weatherby.