Franchi Catalyst Brings Italian Craftsmanship, Custom Feel to Female Shooters

By Justin Stakes

Accokeek, MD -(Ammoland.com)- The average shotgun is designed for a right-handed male who is 5 feet, 9 inches tall with 33-inch arms.

Meanwhile, the average female shooter is 5 feet, 4 inches tall with 28 1/2-inch arms. Marathon runners wouldn’t compete in shoes five sizes too big and expect to be successful, so how can female shooters expect to fill a limit of fast-flying birds using a shotgun built for someone five inches taller?

Previously, female shooters who opted to forego custom-fitted shotguns because of price ($5,000 and up), were left with “youth/ladies models,” which amounted to little more than a standard shotgun with a shortened stock. Length of pull, cast and drop weren’t addressed, leaving many ladies to struggle in the field and on the range.

On the heels of its successful predecessors, the Franchi Affinity and Franchi Instinct, the new Franchi Catalyst line brings the same Italian craftsmanship and perfectly balanced feel to a pair of shotguns designed specifically to feel right in a woman’s hands. Both the semi-auto Affinity Catalyst and over-and-under Instinct Catalyst deliver a shotgun whose drop, cast, pitch, length of pull and reach are designed to perfectly fit …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand