Have had a couple of Franchi autos in the past but they were the old recoil action guns..oh and I have a Franchi High grade O/U Live Pigeon gun that I used for a while when I shot live pigeon shoots. Used it at the World championships in Guadalajara Mexico years ago. Live pigeon shooting is way too expensive to shoot anymore. I do like the O/U though. Hope you like the Raptor as well . It really does look nice. Should be reliable too with the benelli action