Overall, the Affinity 3 is a fine shotgun to take out to the range or out hunting game. It’s around the standard price for shotguns, not too pricey at all. This is a very reasonable price, given the tech. The Franchi Affinity 3 goes for $849 to $959 MSRP and you can buy it for even less over the counter. I’d call the recoil similar to my experience with the Benelli M4, which you can read about here. I can tell you my shoulder almost never hurts after taking the Affinity out to the range, even after hundreds of shots. The TSA recoil pad softens the blow into your shoulder, which further improves accuracy and keeps your shoulder from hurting too bad after firing for a prolonged time. This all is made possible first off by the inertia driven system and secondly the TSA recoil pad. One of the biggest selling points for the Affinity is the low recoil for a shotgun of its caliber. As far as length goes, the barrel comes out to twenty-six inches for both versions and around forty-nine inches for both overall. The Affinity is fairly lightweight at around seven pounds for the 12-gauge variant and six pounds for the 20-gauge variant. I personally have more of a preference for pump-action shotguns, but the semi-auto works for the Affinity. Overall, still good in this department, I’d say. The total capacity is four rounds, but it comes with a plug that’s nice for hunting which brings it down to two. The Affinity was given a large magazine loading port to make reloading easier, which works, even though the latch spring is a bit hard to push down. I’d liken the trigger to my experience with the Remington 597, which is another gun I adore. Speaking of the trigger guard, it’s nice and roomy for those who like to wear gloves while shooting. You can find the safety on the rear trigger guard, which is very nice just for how easy it is to get to it. The trigger weight is only five pounds, eight ounces, which is airy for a semi-automatic. I’d describe it as a hunting shotgun for sure, so if you want something more tactical look here. This is one of the best shotguns I’ve fired as far as overall feel goes. In addition, I’ve found the gun’s lower weight very useful when taking out hunting because I can swing my aim and steady it in a heartbeat.

Franchi affinity 3