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Velcro cards of shells. Esstac makes them ,and a few others. Easier to resupply 6 or 7 rounds just by swapping a new pack

Hello, I ordered a magazine tube from Carrier Comp on 1/31/20 and just got the call it will be shipping in the next few days. I'm excited to get it but also wanted you all know the current lead time. Thanks

It took some Work but got the Mesa Tactical Stock, shell holder and Truckee Forearm installed

nice, time to add the full tube!

Yesterday received Urbino® Pistol Grip Stock, installed, very happy, thanks all for help.

Installed the Limbsaver 10403 on my M1014 today using zinc-plated M4 x 16mm hardware from HD. Fit and finish of the recoil pad was excellent- slightly larger than mating surface of c-stock but I was able to get the overhang uniform all the way around. This M1014 came with the factory fixed c-stock so modifying the recoil pad to accommodate the stock tube when collapsed is unnecessary at this point. I’ll do that when I get around to modifying the stock to make collapsible. Job was a breeze thanks to the information found here.

New to this forum (found you after a recent first Benelli purchase, an M1014), and I’m extremely curious to learn this weapon system. On this episode of “What does this feature of my Benelli M1014 do?”, the Cartridge Drop Lever is a mystery to me. Disclaimer: I’ve read the 138 page M4 manual cover-to-cover- 5+ times- and it seems to disagree with my experience shooting the M4, specifically regarding the Cartridge Drop Lever. I took it to the range today and fired 102 shells through it, 20 slug and 82 00B. Yes, my shoulder is bruised and it feels like Andre The Giant shoulder-checked me. What I can’t figure out is, what the Cartridge Drop Lever is supposed to do. Per various reading, it’s supposed to allow the user to switch rounds mid-mag, e.g., if you have 7 x 00Buck rounds in the mag tube and after the 3rd 00Buck round you need a slug, you use the Cartridge Drop Lever to do X to allow the operator to introduce a new shell mid-stream. Today at the range I hit this Lever in 20 various situations throughout firing through the loaded mag tube and every single time the weapon reacted the same regardless. If I hit it before firing the chambered shell, the next shell in the mag tube is moved to under the carrier and the carrier locked. I couldn’t force another round into the tube because the carrier was locked and if I cycled the action before firing, the current shell would eject but the next shell currently on deck would chamber. This an identical order of operations to not hitting the CDL: don’t touch the CDL and the next shell in the mag tube would be chambered upon firing and auto-cycling the current chambered shell. There was seemingly nothing I could do to make use of this Benelli M4 feature. I’m at a loss as to what I could be doing different, what differently the Cartridge Drop Lever is meant to do, or a combination of these. Finally, I read this BUSAF thead multiple times prior to the range visit, kept it in mind during said visit and re-read following the visit and think either A) My weapon is operating differently than designed, B) Has been redesigned to deactivate the CDL, or C) Today is the day I discovered that I’m too old/stubborn/dim to understand what should be some really phenomenal capabilities. Any input is appreciated .