Franks Horizon - No doubt about it: the commitment made by Dr. Bruno Beccaria when a signature of both noble lineage and marked evanescence was placed in his hand, he was one of those where every solution was possible, but unlikely to be a success. By overturning a bit the whole consolidated which to many would have seemed the most obvious way to beat, reviving the beautiful and appreciated things of the House in via del Serpente, read the Diana and Montecarlo shotguns, the manager makes a clean sweep and looks elsewhere . Young people will be his prey of choice and he will conquer them with barbaric things at first sight, unworthy in the eyes of many to carry that brand, which obviously has in the meantime been changed, repositories of solutions and construction methods of low cost and wide-ranging reliability. . We would have been one of those ready to chase the coveted Montecarlo and we would have lost the game, but from the very first meeting we were intrigued by this thinking of the character who did a little abstraction from the specific gun culture, unleashing the imagination like a poet and mastering the art divinatory as a leader of the druids or a shaman of the Great North.
Family legacies and school were certainly not lacking and this, together with personal skills, made the difference. Today, having consolidated our position on the market segments mentioned above, we are launching into the terrain where the highest is brawl and where, fortunately, there is room to compete: the rifled barrel in the form of a repeating rifle is the weapon of the immediate and also of the future because young hunters prefer ungulates and these will be their next tools of the trade.
The project
The project follows the informative parameters: the rifle is definitely aimed at young people so it must cost little, but be worth a lot in terms of ballistic performance, functionality, robustness. The round section castle in alloy steel has the force discharge prism obtained directly from the ring, sturdy walls, large ejection window, fixed magazine seat and two-diameter bridge: holes for mounting are drilled on the two apical elements optics with Remington specifications, therefore with a wide choice, at affordable prices, of the necessary accessories. The obturator is composed of the cylindrical central body from which the three front flaps are lowered, also with a rounded profile: the seat of the cartridge bottom is very deep with the firing pin hole and the ejection pawl while the extractor claw it is embedded in one of the fins and works with orthogonal motion. The handlebar with round arm and tapered knuckle, lightening hole (and dirt collection) guaranteeing excellent maneuverability and appreciable aesthetics, is embedded in a square hole in the rear part of the cylinder. The tail cap is distinguished by its prismatic shape, personal, pleasant and well connected to the profile of the bridge where the angle that determines, with the handlebar, the primary extraction is evident; the tang of the protruding firing pin is clearly evident as a warning of armed mechanics. Lastly, we point out the lever on the left side to release the shutter at the end of its travel: some small hitch in the pre-series model will obviously be fixed in the next regular production units.
Snap, safe and charger
The direct release of good functionality for this system sees the arched trigger in a rearward position, easily reachable even by those with short hands: a French stecher will be available with a slight surcharge. In the front prong of the guard there is the lever for releasing the cover of the fixed magazine of the cartridges, which can thus be withdrawn without having to chamber and then extract them; the capacity varies from 3 to 4 according to the calibers. The safety activated by the classic two-position button hinged on the right side of the castle allows the bolt to open even when it is inserted, thus ensuring peace of mind when removing a cartridge from the chamber.
Barrel and stock
The hammered barrel presents principles and steps in relation to the five proposed calibers and precisely .243 Win. - .270 Win. - .308 Win. - .30-06 Sprg. - .300 Win. Mag.with a length of 56 cm, extended to 61 for the magnum, and a muzzle diameter of 15,5 mm: here too we proceed with the most popular choices where the speed reduction is accepted favoring the weight reduction and the easy handling. The workmanship is of an adequate level and the muzzle finish with a slight conical recess ensures protection and optimizes the ballistic function. The joint to the ring with screw pitch is a guarantee while the floating assembly ensures the repetition of the beaten point. There are no metal sights to facilitate the low mounting of the scope.
"HORIZON
Towards a new horizon. This is the adventure of Franchi.. "
The stock in techno polymer reinforced with glass fiber shows classic lines with attention to detail: four fields with a particular high-grip checkering are distributed on the fore-end, on the barrel, on the pistol grip and near the beak: we are not exemplifying how much they are functional in every shooting posture as every enthusiast will immediately notice it by observing the images. Three sizes for the replaceable TSA (Twin Shock Absorber) buttplate so as to adapt the weapon to one's physical complexion, two fixed pegs to attach the sling links to, 2.990 grams of weight, seven years of warranty, 845,00 € the price is € 930,00 with the stecher, manufacture in Urbino. We hope to be able to carry out a test soon to refine and implement these first positive sensations.