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FRANCHI
12GAUGE
PUMP/SEMIAUTOMATICSHOTGUN
541N.W.133rdSTREETOPALOCKA,FL33054
HANDGUARDMAGAZINEEXTENSIONBOLT
~
MAGAZINECUT-OFFBUTTON
""CROSSBOLTSAFETY"--\-TRIGGER
HONESTLY
NOW...
~~.
,
haveyoureadthisOwner'sManual?
 
1
HOWTOUSETHESAFETIES
Thereare2safetiesonyourSPAS12.
1.Cross-bolt
safety(forgeneral
use)2.Quickemployment
safety(for
competitionuse,andfor
tacticalsituations)
Useoneorbothofthematalltimes.Donottake
off
bothsafetiesuntil
themoment
offiring,tohelpprotectagainst
accidentalfiringand
pos-sibleinjuryor
death
ofyourselforothers.
THECROSS-BOLTSAFETY
This
largebuttonisinfrontofthetrigger.Pushittothe
lEFTTO
FIREand
tothe
RIGHTFOR"ON
SAFE".
Whenitis"off
safe"youcanseearedband
ontheleft
side
ofthesafety.When
itis"onsafe"
theredbandisinsidethetriggerguardwhereyoucannotseeit.Itisyourmainsafety,block-ingthehammer.Useituntilreadytofireoruntilswitchingovertothequickemploymentsafety.
WARNING
Theshotgunwillbe
lOADEDANDCOCKED
beforeeither
safetycanbeput"ONSAFE".WhenloadinguseEXTREMECAUTION,keepfingerofftrigger,andPUTONEOR
BOTHSAFETIES"ONSAFE"
IM-
MEDIATELY.
ONSAFE.,ONSAFE
Thecross-boltsafetyshouldoniybeengagedwhen
theSPAS12iscocked.Withboltclosed
andhammer
UNCOCKED,engaging
thecross-boltsafetyprevents
opening
thebolt
andcocking
thegun.
THEQUICKEMPLOYMENTSAFETY
This
flatbladeontheleft
sideofthetriggerguard
isFORWARD
TO
FIRE
and
BACK
FOR"ON
SAFE".
It
disconnectsthetrigger.Itcanbemoved''offsafe"
veryquicklywiththetriggerfinger.Itprovidessafetyevenwheninstantreadi-nessisneeded.Youcanhaveit"onsafe"whilethecarry
safetyis"onsafe"
soitwillalready
be"on"whenyoudisengage
thecarrysafety.
THE
BOLT
When
theactionis
cocked
andtheboltis
closed
thebolt
is
lOCKEDSHUT
formaximum
safety.Firing(ordryfiring)
unlocks
theboltsotheactionmaycycle.Tounlocktheboltwithoutfiring,movethequickemploymentsafetyback
to"ONSAFE"
andtheboltmaybeopened.
2
HOWTO.
SWITCH
BETWEENPUMPACTIONANDSEMIAUTOMATIC
Iftheboltisopen,closeitbypressingthecarrierlatchbuttonontheleftsideofthereceiver.
I
Theautdmanualfireselectorbuttonisonthebottomoftheforend.Itcanbepressedwithafingerofyournon-firinghand
without
changingyournormalgriponthe
shotgun.
1
BACK
FORMANUALPUMPACTION
HANDGUARD
FOREND
"A
-
A"FORAUTO(SEMIAUTOMATIC)"M
-
M"FORMANUAL(PUMPACTION)
Toswitchfromsemiautomaticmodetopumpmode,pushintheselector
button
andslidetheforend
back
sotherearoftheforendlinesupwiththe"M-M"lineonTOPofthehandguard.Toswitchfrompumpmodetosemiautomaticmode,pushintheselectorbuttonandslidetheforendforwardsotherearoftheforendlinesupwiththe"A-!{'lineonTOPofthehandguard.ReleasetheAutdManualFireSelectorbutton.Itwillsnapbacktoapositionflushwiththeforend.Ifithesitates,jiggletheforendslightlytoachieveproperalignment.
 
3
HOWTOLOAD
.AND
UNLOAD
Theshellcarrier(PartNo.93)has2springtensions.Withthehammercocked,itiseasytomove,butwiththehammeruncockeditismoredifficult.YOUWILLFINDLOADINGMUCHEASIERWITHTHEGUNCOCKED,butbeverycarefultobesurethechamberisemptyforsafety.
PRESS
INTHE
CARRIERLATCHBUTTON
MAGAZINECUT-OFFBUTTON
SHELLCARRIER(PARTNO.93)
CROSSBOLTSAFETY
-"ONSAFE"
Withthecarrysafety"onsafe"holdtheSPAS12upsidedown,pressthecarrierlatchbuttonandpush812ga.23/4"shellsintothemagazinetoloaditfully.
TOUNLOAD
TherearetwomethodsforunloadingtheSPAS12.Youmaycutofftheammunitionsupplyfromthemagazinebypressingthemagazinecut-offbuttoninuntilitcatches.Movethequickemploymentsafetybacktothe"onsafe"positionandopenthebolt.ejectingtheshellfromthechamber.Closetheboltbypressingthecarrierlatchbuttonontheleftsideofthereceiver.Holdingtheshotgunbottomup,releasethemagazinecut-offbuttonandpressthecarrierlatchbutton.Reachinandpressthemagazineshelllatch(partno.13)withthetipofyourfinger,andlettheshellsslipoutonebyone.
MAGAZINESHELLLATCH(INSIDEOFRECEIVERPARTNO.13)
Orsimplyejecttheshellsmanually,usingthepumpmechanismorsemiautomaticmodetocyclethemthrouahthechamber.Usecau-tionwhendoingthis.Tounlocktheboltafteritcloseseachtime,engagethequickem:->Ioymentsafety.Keepthecarrysafety"onsafe"allduringthisprocedure.
I
CHANGINGTHECHAMBEREDCARTRIDGE
Whenyouwishtofireatypeofshellnotinthemagazine,youneednotcycleallremainingshellsthroughtheactiontoclearthechamber.Pressinthemagazinecut-offbutton.Flipthequickemploymentsafetybacktoits"onsafe"position.Opentheboltwiththeoperatinghandle(insemiautomatic)orbypumpingtheforend,toejecttheshellinthechamber.Placethedesiredshellinthereceiverandclosetheboltbypressingthecarrierlatchbuttonon
theleftsideofthereceiver,
NOTTHEMAGAZINECUT-OFFBUDON.Ajamwill
occurifyoudisengagethecut-offbuttonbeforethebolt
closes.Firingtheshotwillreleasethemagazinecut-offbutton.
STEELAIRCOOLEDHANDGUARDEvenwhenthebarrelishotfromrepeatedrapidfiring,youmaysafelyholdtheSPAS12upsidedownforloadingorunloading.Yourhandisprotectedfromdirectcontactwiththebarrelbytheperforatedsteelhandguard.
MAGAZINEPLUG
TheSPAS12comeswithanylonrodwhichlimitsthe
magazine
to
acapacityof2
shells.Toinstallit,unscrewthemagazineextension
andinsertthenarrowendtowardthereceiver,insidethelarge
magazinespring.
Placethemagazineextensionoverthewideendoftherodandscrewit
backonto
themagazine
tube.
Be
sure
totightenthemagazineextensionveryfirmly.
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AMMUNITION
Becauseofthedangersof
poorornonexistentqualitycontrol
standardsamongsome
companiesandpeoplewhomakereloadedammunition,andthewellknown
factthat
dangerousoverloads
and
underloads(squibloads)sometimesoccur,
werecommendthatonlygoodqualityfactoryammunitionbefiredinthe
SPAS
12.Ifyouprepareyourownhand
loadsdonotexceedrecommendedpressures
inlinewith
thosegenerated
byfactory
loadsasmanufacturedbyRemington,Winchester,Sovereign,
Federalorotherreputablecompanies.
When
firingif)
PUMP
MODE
youcanuseanykindof
23/4"shellfrom
thelightesttargetloadtotheheaviest
buckshot,
rifledslug,andmagnumloads.However,whenfiring
in
SEMIAUTOMATICMODEyoumustuseloadswhichprovidesufficientenergytoensurereliableoperation.
Thesemaybe
23/4"
standardor
magnum
birdshot,buckshotorslug
loads,solongastheycontainatleast11/4oz.ofshotand31/4-31/2dramequivalentofpowder.
Youmay
wishtotestvariouscombinationsofshotchargesandpowderchargestofindaload(orsetofloads)whichappealstoyou.
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