Shotgunworld. com Find your Franchi manufacture date. Hopefully Im in the right forum. I recently purchased a used 1. Luigi Francia not Franchi Brescia per engraving on receiver and barrel. After reading some of the identification posts and finding XVII on the barrel, I assume it was manufactured in 1. It appears to be in very good shape, especially if manufactured in 1. I thought Id posted an inquiry about it earlier today but do not find it in any forum or post. Maybe it has just not been authorized yet. Anyway, since trying to post, earlier, I removed the barrel and found a lot of information not visible on the top of the barrel or anywhere on the receiver. The information is as follows hopefully not too much for this post, followed by some pictures 2. Barrel wAdjustable ChokeMost Important per Shotgunworld. Under Barrel itself fore stock removed loads of information 1 On tube ring insert, forward of Tube Ring, R or A and H T2 Receiver end of Tube Ring, 6. Following toward receiver end of barrel 3 in script Acciaio Bogne. K. M. O. 5 then Superchromato. N1. 0 back above the sn and engraving toward the barrel the followingK3 0 with what appears to be a moon below and between them 1 0 1 0 2. PSF with two treetops Stamped above then FINITO with treetopstar definitely a star unlike other stampings aboveAbove all near the receiver end is what appears to be another treetop with some symbol under it and then XVII just above the FINITO markLeft Side of RecieverAction In Script gold lettering LA Luigi Francia Bresci Made In Italy. Left Side of Barrel S. A. Luigi Francia Brescia Made in Italy 1. GA. Mod. Right Side of Barrel Stoeger Arms Corporation New York Made in Italy. Right Side angled area Under ReceiverAction Stampings of in line one after the other 1 What appears to be FNITD or FNTD wtree top above. What appears to be PSF or ASF wtwo tree topsAbove. What appears to be a Coat of Arms wtreetop above. Bottom of ReceiverAction Stamping of a hunter, with a blunderbuss Stamped number 0. Browning Shotgun Manufacture Date By Serial Number' title='Browning Shotgun Manufacture Date By Serial Number' />What is the purpose of a choke in a shotgun The choke in a shotgun is designed to shape how the shot spreads after you pull the trigger. That way you can gain more. Checkpoint License File Format. The modern shotgun, as imposing a weapon as it may be especially in the movies, is a pretty lightly stressed firearm. In basic performance, it has changed little. If it has a serial the best I can do is 1968 or later. Since the pictures are not back yet, I will explain to the best of my ability. The SavageStevens date code. Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and Year. Below is the download link for a special resource for dating. Base of Grip affixed with Phillips head screw S. P. A. Luigi Franchi Brescia Made in Italy. Butt Plate S. p. A. L. FRANCHI brescia. Pumpkin Patch Shelbyville Ky. Barrel VentedRibbed Has Adjustable Vented Choke Stamped gold tone Deluxe Hartford Conn. Pat. Pend. Poly Choke wsettings for MOD, IMP MOD, FULL, X FULL, SLUG, IMP CYLNow I cant seem to attach pictures.