Revelation was the "store brand" name used for guns sold by Western Auto Hardware. I agree with Bill that is looks like a Franchi, however, ran across this from Shotgun World:
"Made in Brescia for sure, but not by Franchi. The gun was made by Masieri / Armi Atis, and imported by Universal Firearms (which was supposedly a division of Iver Johnson at one time). It also seems that at one time, this same gun was imported by Interarms, and sold as an Interarms ATIS shotgun.
The gun should have an 'OMAR' logo on the buttplate, and stamped on the bottom of the receiver near the loading port. As I understand it, OMAR was a trade name of Masieri guns. The Auto-Wing is also similar (though not identical) to the Masieri Blue Mallard, another 12ga autoloader. There are numerous visual similarities including the bolt, bolt handle, bolt release button, forearm, forearm cap, wood finish and barrel - though the receivers are obviously different.
It is noted as being a knock off of the Franchi, which was noted for being a knock off of the Browning. And Bill is likely to be correct about the gas system- which may need cleaning. Did find some take down notes:
If you need to strip the gun, there is one important difference from the Franchi. Once the gun is stripped of trigger group, barrel etc.. to remove the bolt handle (and hence the bolt) there is one additional operation required. You will see a narrow, flat blued metal piece with a friction-grip surface on the bottom of the bolt. There is a pin visible near one end of the part.
The pin (spring-loaded) must be depressed, and the metal piece slid forward and out of the bolt (it sits in a long dovetail groove). Once this piece is removed, then the bolt handle comes free, to slide to the rear - and the bolt slides forward, out of the gun. Now, the bolt handle assembly can be removed through the ejection port.
By the way- that was your first post- welcome to the forum! When you get a minute, drop by the intro thread and say hello.
