How to open up a shotgun loading port - Franchi Affinity 3-Gun Mods
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- čas přidán 13. 03. 2016
- In this video I cover the method I use to open shotgun loading ports. This is not an end-all be-all One True Way, just how I do it. There are other great videos out there I would also recommend you watch, chiefly Jesse Tischauser's video series on the same subject:
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The tools I used are:
- Brightly colored vinyl tape & 2" painters tape.
- Variable speed Dremel or equivalent die grinder
- 1/8" double cut carbide burr
- Dremel sanding drums, fine grit
- Dremel EZ Lock mandrel and finishing abrasive buffs in 180, 280 and 320 grit
- Dremel buffing wheel and white rouge, green stainless and blue all-purpose buffing compounds.
- Vise with padded jaws.
Check out my video comparing the Franchi Affinity to the M2:
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My video on how to disassemble the trigger group:
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This video also applies to pretty much any shotgun used for 3-gun or multi-gun, Stoeger M2000, M3000, M3K, Mossberg 930, Beretta 1301, FN SLP, Benelli M1 Super 90 M2, Remington Versamax. - Jak na to + styl
Digging the Top Gear shirt.
And thanks for the tip on the ridge on the receiver. I’m going for a deep cut on my Benelli M3, so I need to make sure I’m not going beyond the limit in that area. 👍🏼
I've been looking for this for such a long time.. Thank you man..
sub! great video. im doing this to my stoeger this weekend and thanks to this I was able to order all the correcr dremel bits. looks awesome.
Awesome video. Thank you. Subscribed.
Ok, project franchi is almost don't for me! Installed the taran carrier, safety, hammer spring, and hi-viz comp sight, and opened up the loading port. Luckily I have a friend with a mill that helped with keeping that lines straight. The next thing to do is play with the magazine catch. It's awfully stiff from the factory. I had a chance to inspect a complete taran benelli build and saw where they doctored the catch and made loading a lot easier! I'll try and get a video uploaded this weekend.
This man is a machine.
At the end of this video you mention your plan to upgrade the shell stop system. I can't find the video doing that job.
Can you point me to it? Thanks
great!
What part of the country are you in? The price tag on that bit looks local to me.
Hello, I was thinking about getting a Franchi Affinity One for 3-gun. How many shots have you made out of your gun? Any problems so far? Thank you in advance
Not my gun, but it's been a great gun for the owner! I recommend them. Take a look at my channel and I have another vid breaking down the differences between the Affinity and the M2.
Thanks!
Did you try using a bluing pen on the scratch. Should make it pretty much disappear.
John Synnott its an aluminum receiver. Glueing wouldn’t work. It would need an “aluminum black” pen which honestly doesn’t work that well. Best course of action would be to have it duracoated
The question is ... When you cut down that side of the gun, the retention pin is now too long. How did you handle the bolt release, retention pin?
On my M2 and the Affinity, I didn't cut far enough to the point where the pin is too long. But anyway, on those guns, the pin is a roll pin. It can be cut if necessary. On the Stoegers, it's not a roll pin and instead it's a regular pin held in by a little clip. You can't cut as far on the Stoeger receiver because of this.
Shadetree Armorer MOA Precision makes a replacement pin. Though I'm sure you could just buy a roll pin at the hardware store
If you put the franchi recoil spring on a benelli would the franchi bolt carrier and bolt function in the benelli?
Check out my other video on the Affinity vs M2 and you'll see why this question doesn't quite make sense. The action spring (recoil spring) system is the primary difference between the two guns and they will not interchange.
Shadetree Armorer I guess that was my question. Will the action spring from the franchi function on the Benelli magazine tube? Also are the magazine tubes interchangeable?
Same answer, check out my other vid. Details all the differences.
Shadetree Armorer I watched the Affinity vs M2 video. That's kind of what got me interested in their parts compatability. I didn't see where it confirmed or denied interchangeability of the magazine tubes.
They're not interchangeable first and foremost because they're different lengths, same reason the barrels can't interchange.
Can you please put a link for the template you used on the shot gun
It's not a template - I hand-made it with vinyl tape.
Where did you get your polishing compounds from?
Amazon. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I8Z26GK/
Hi,
How much do you charge for this kind of work on a Beretta 1301 Competition Shotgun and where are you located? Thank you.
I don't charge anything because I don't do paid work - this is intended to be a how-to video so you can DIY!
I am assuming the pin on the side of the receiver holds the cartridge stop in place correct?
Yes.
Franchi Affinity or Stoeger M3K?
+D Jones The Franchi is easier to find and I'd open up the loading port on the M3K anyway. IMO, the only thing the M3K does right is the oversized bolt release and bolt handle. I'd still want to open up the port more, extend the carrier and add a bigger magazine tube. Considering the Affinity is only about $100 more than an M3K and so much nicer overall, I'd say that's a no-brainer.
Thanks for the quick reply! The other bonus is not having to do anything to the taran extended carrier to get it to fit.
any one notice the darth vader breathing
You seem to be the first person out of 13,000. You win!
All the atf agents hoping, praying and drooling over the possibility of even scuffing the ser number.
Not today, fedbois!
:)
More Affinity work? Why the stoppage?
No gloves or sleeves ?? Your going to have aluminum in your skin for life 🤦♂️
*You're
Wow... your method of removing a couple of square inches of metal is to grind it off? No consideration of a cut-off wheel or metal blade in a jigsaw? Oh well, to each...
Us home gamers gotta rock what we've got!
seems aggressive on something about 3" big 🤣 why didnt u use a plasma cutter?!?! haha I'd pay money to watch him attempt this with a jigs saw. cut off wheel to haha. ur only taking off a whisker of material. not 2" of it
Heat is never a good thing for metal, his method is the best, ans try to cut perfectly right with a saw ... just to start the cut straight in a weird angle would be pretty funny to see 😅