Luigi Franchi S.p.A. () is an Italian manufacturer of firearms, a division of

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. Franchi products include the military

SPAS-12 The Franchi SPAS-12 is a combat shotgun manufactured by Italian firearms company Franchi from 1979 to 2000. The SPAS-12 is a dual-mode shotgun, adjustable for semi-automatic or pump-action operation. The SPAS-12 was sold to military and police ...

and SPAS-15 and the sporting-type long-recoil action AL-48. Franchi manufactures over and under, and semi-automatic

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. Franchi remained a family business since its founding until 1987, when it was acquired by the industrial conglomerate

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, based in

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; with the bankruptcy of Socimi in 1993, Franchi was acquired by

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Holding which is the current owner. Franchi-Renaissance-20

Firearms

Submachine guns

Franchi LF-57 The Franchi LF57 is an Italian pressed-metal submachine gun. A small number were made for the Italian Navy in the 1960s, and approximately two hundred were ordered by the army for the Target Acquisition Group of the 3rd Missile Brigade (GRACO), bu ...

Rifles

*Franchi

LF-58 The Franchi LF-58 is a gas operated, selective fire carbine that was the product of Italian domestic arms design after the Second World War and during the 1950s. Development Following the end of the Second World War, the Italian Armed Forces w ...

- .30 Carbine assault rifle. *Franchi LF-59 - 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle. *Franchi mod. 641 - 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle * Franchi 'Centennial' - .22LR rifle. Made in 1968 only to commemorate their 100-year anniversary. * Franchi Para - .22LR Rifle - 8000 made, 3000 of which imported to the US by FIE

Shotguns

* SPAS-15 * AL-48500 *

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* PA8 * Franchi 912 *

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Franchi SAS-12 Franchi may refer to: People * Alberto Herrera Franchi (1874–1954), Cuban general and provisional President of Cuba *Aldo Franchi (born 1882), Italian race car driver * Alessandro Franchi (cardinal) (1819–1878), Italian cardinal and archbis ...

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Revolvers

* RF 83 - Inexpensive service revolver chambered in .38 Special

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