A lot of people don't know it but the Stoeger and the Franchi is the same gun. Stoeger is assembled in Turkey with a beretta made barrel and internals with a receiver made by a third party in either Italy or the U.S.that I can't remeber the name of. Franchi is the same receiver,barrel and internals but they're put together in Italy. My Franchi's have been great guns but I've also had great look with the Stoeger I had. Any gun manufacturer can produce a bad one. The first SBE2 I had was a pos bit the 2nd wasn't.


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