well, i put a 100 rounds through the Franchi today and it worked great. twice, after a shot, I pulled the trigger, the hammer clicked but nothing happened. I checked both time and there was a shell in there. maybe it was because of the light loads. the franchi manual does say that this might happen during the break-in period. oh well, no big deal.
I even shot my best round of trap to date, with a 23/25. I was the only one on the range, so the thrower let me do a 6-clay volley in skeet, so I could check the cycling. The gun could only hold 5 total, so he paused 2 sec. for me to load the 6th shell that was in my hand. got 5/6, missed on the 5th clay.
I felt a little like Tom Knapp (just not as good). Looks like I'm good and ready for Dove season. 13 days and counting...
