I'm sorry we are talking about bolt handles falling
Out of the I12 right yes happen to me to
The groves in the bolt handle need to be deeper
I fixed that my self .

And the jams your getting sounds like something
Is retarding your inushi spring or how ever you
Spell it . Just take it apart there's only about four
Parts to it .

do you always type in "haiku"?

LOL Hayraker

The I12 is one of the guns I have been looking at......took it off my list because of this post. What ever I buy is going to have to stand up to extreme abuse.

I post from my iPhone sorry I'm just a old man
Thats a bit slow for you guys

haha, your not an old man if you are posting from an iPhone

I can barely send a text message.

btw, Joel!

we need more older guys around here.

If anyone wants to get rid of those I-12 cheap I always need parts

I had alot of problems with mine until I called cs and talked to a Guy that told me rob drench it in oil that helped.not totally but I read the book on loading and I started loading exactly like the book said.mine is dirty as hell right now from last week and I went out in my back pasture and it fired all three as fast as I could pull the trigger

Mine would never jam, it always loaded just fine. Problem I had was I pulled the trigger and it would dent the primer but the shells wouldn't always go off.

That got old real quick.

-Matt

You know what they say old dogs can learn
New tricks

I know I have trained some old dogs.

My browning gold would light strike the
Primers on really cold days around 20 F that's what
I get for to much lube ha ha

Like I said before, I had the same problem. Have you taken the bolt COMPLETELY apart? It should come out to 2 bodies, a firing pin w/ spring, and two retainer pins. When mine did that I had never taken it completely apart (thought I was). Cleaned the forward-most 'body' of the bolt and it was full of all kinds of crap that will hinder a good primer strike. Havent had a problem since and you can ask anyone that knows me (some on this forum) about what kind of abuse my duck guns get.

After reading your post the other day, I took the bolt completely apar and it was pretty gross. I cleaned it with some q-tips and break-free. Oiled it and put it back together. I guess now I have an excuse to go shoot some sporting clays soon to test it out. Thanks for the info!

Try it out and let me know. I was about ready to scrap it and get an M2. Read the owners manual and learned something and havent had a problem since.

Say it ain't so...PM me for address to mail in man card

I'm just messing with you. I bought a $20 sort of like a Chilton manual for my 391's and it has saved my bacon a couple of times that I wouldn't have known how to tear something apart or down. Gas port cleaning is one and replacing that piece of crap Briley closer another.

yeah several times, no luck for me I abused the hell out of that gun and it worked pretty consistantly for about 500 rounds. Then all the trouble started. After 2 trips back to benelli and 1 trip to a local gunsmith I gave up.

MINE was a real POS excuse for a franchi.

-Matt

I took the I12 apart and cleaned it really well and it did cycle all three shells when I tested it. Unfortunately I just don't have faith in it, because it worked well when i tested it from the last cleaning. The next duck hunt, I missed several shooting opportunities because of gun malfunctions. I sold my old worn out Remington 1187 to buy the I12 thinking I was getting an upgrade. When I was having problems with the I12, a friend let me borrow his fairly new 1187 and I had great luck with it function wise, and shot very well with it too. We did a little trading, as I had an AR he wanted and he had the 12 gauge 1187 as well as a 20 gauge 1187 to trade. I spent most of the season with the 1187 and had no problems cycling. I might just sell the Franchi, keep the money, and when this 1187 starts acting up just sell it and get me another one. I hate having a gun that is so finicky that it won't cycle without cleaning between every hunt.