Luigi Franchi S.p.A. () is an Italian manufacturer of firearms, a division of Beretta Holding. 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 The Franchi SPAS-15 is a dual-mode Gauge (bore diameter), 12 gauge combat shotgun manufactured by the Italian company Franchi (firearms), Luigi Franchi S.P.A. Design The weapon is based on the Franchi SPAS-12, SPAS-12, and has similar pump-act ...

and the sporting-type long-recoil action AL-48. Franchi manufactures over and under, and semi-automatic shotguns. Franchi remained a family business since its founding until 1987, when it was acquired by the industrial conglomerate

Socimi Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano, better known as Socimi, was an Italian manufacturing company based in Milan. It was a manufacturer of trams, metro trains; traction motors for these and for trolleybuses; and bodies for motorbuses and trol ...

, based in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

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

Beretta Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta (; "Pietro Beretta Weapon Factory") is a privately held Italian firearms manufacturing company operating in several countries. Its firearms are used worldwide for a variety of civilian, law enforcement, and milita ...

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 - .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

* AL-48500 * PA3 * PA8 * Franchi 912 * Franchi 612 * Franchi 620 * Franchi 720 * Franchi Intensity * Franchi Instinct L and SL * Franchi Renaissance Classic and Elite * Franchi Affinity * Franchi Alcione * Franchi LAW-12 * Franchi SAS-12 * Franchi 500 * Franchi Momentum

Revolvers

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

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