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Hello, If you have any old parts that you don't need, may I buy them? I have a Benelli m4 clone, and I want to check compatibility for some of the parts before I purchase them online. I'm primarily interested in the pistons, gas plug and trigger housing/ trigger parts. I'll pay for shipping and whatever cost you think is fair. The parts don't need to be functional- I just want to see how they fit and if they're 100% compatible. I stripped down a benelli at the gun shop, and the pistons/ plugs seem slightly bigger. In retrospect, I wish I had just saved up for a Benelli. The salesperson for my M4 clone said it was basically identical. Well, he was wrong. After stripping the M4, there are several differences I noticed in quality and fit n finish. My clone shoots ok, some days better than others... but I need something more reliable for a self defense shotgun. I've spent countless hours cleaning, upgrading and adjusting this clone to get it to fire consistently without jamming... very frustrating. I'm considering replacing a few more parts since I'm already so deep in to it... If interested, please PM me or email to [email protected] Thanks

What I've done is switch to Black Rifle Balm (of which there is no more being made.), and I very very lightly lubricate the FCG. I believe the light strikes were due to fouled, gelled lube around the cap that interfaces with the hammer. I have tested clean FCD SGSO and it did not harden in sub zero temps. Introduce a few hundred rounds of fouling though... Also consider polymer flexibility of shotgun wads, and how this may affect payload delivery. One thing nice to see, is that the pressure curve of this ammunition seems unaffected by temperature to the point that actual cycling is completely unaffected.

That's a whole literal degree. Here is the simple version: https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/235/mixing-lubricating-oils https://www.bellperformance.com/bell-performs-blog/grease-compatibility-something-to-pay-attention-to https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/911/lubricant-incompatibility Here is an even simpler version: Lube A is formulated with "X %" of this and that in it. Lube B is formulated with "X %" of this and that in it. They are formulated with balanced amounts of additives to provide certain anti-wear characteristics as well as chemical buffering, etc. When you mix them, you can unbalance both of them and the mixture is not the greater of the two parts, but rather the lesser, or worse. Even simpler: You do not take the cam out of a SBC 350 Chevy and dump it into a 305 Chevy because the 305 revs higher but the 350 has more torque and you want the best of both of 'em! It do not work this way.

BR Field Balm is great stuff, to bad they can no longer make it. I did however pick up a few bottles of it when they notified me of its imminent demise so I should be set. Anyone who wants some should get it now before it's all gone.

I would recommend Black Rifle Field Balm if you want a thinner product, instead. When you mix ad packs, it's not always best. Sometimes performance can actually degrade.

I use a mix of FCD snake oil and slip 2000 ewl

Bit bigger than 0.5”, at 0.55” diameter, long enough to sufficiently clear a bolt release button also. Handle portion itself is 0.99” long.

Speaking from experience, when a sh*t blizzard breaks out one is not going to waste valuable nanoseconds strapping on accoutrements such as vests, belts, cool forearm devices, or even bandoliers (my preference), one's just going to grab that one gun, better make it good. I started out with five rounds, down to one round when help rolled up. I'm not ever running out of ammo again.

If it weren't stippled I'd be interested. They are not my thing. I do have to admit that is one of the better stippling jobs I've seen on a field stock.

Be really careful with any spring kits you install. You have to test the firearm thoroughly any time you change spring rates. I tested some of TTI’s reduced power springs in the Benelli M4 such as the hammer spring and found it caused nothing but light primer strikes failures. What might work initially may also fail as the firearm starts getting dirty. Reduced power springs generally narrow the operational window compared to the full power spring rates. On shotguns, the range of power between loads is substantial. From shooting cheap valuepack birdshot to heavy hitting 3” slugs, we’re seeing a massive amount of difference in power that the action is handling. Add grit and buffering media from shells into the action and things start performing poorly a few hundred rounds into a session. How the shotgun is held and your stance will absolutely influence the actions performance. I fire rounds with my shoulder off the stock intentionally limp wristing it to simulate poor shouldering to see how a load or modifications perform. So if you have an action that is tuned in to just barely perform when you have a stout perfect shouldering, you might experience issues when taking a shot from a compromised position. Or two hundred rounds in. Or after several days outdoors with dust exposure. Temperature variability could make whatever lubricant you’re using perform sluggishly in the cold and move you outside of that performance window. When we set up AR platform rifles with adjustable gas systems, we find what is the minimum setting for cycling the action, then adding a degree of safety by opening the port more to contend with these variables and environmental issues.

There was an M4 for sale locally and the ad said "Rare" Blue Finish. It's all about the marketing. Years from now the blue ones will be the most highly sought after by collectors. ?

Benelli should sell them as a thin blue line law enforcement edition. People will pay a premium! A forum member sent me a blue M4 and a black M1014. The color is drastically different between the two. They used to release a bunch of M4’s that had an OD green hue. The blue ones still look better than the purple Barney preban Bushmaster AR-15’s.

Fucked up or not, the blue is beautiful.

Just wanted show this build. I embraced the blue and added some briley gold, a socom guy tube, and a mesa stock. Came out awesome! Its a Warriors or Notre Dame fan gun.

Ya it’s ashame.You try and help people out with a great product and great price .And someone makes money off your work And it’s not like he just sold one on eBay .multiple ones

I fail to see what the problem is. Did you buy it to shoot or to stare at it??

Yeah, I don't consider that part as a necessary change either. But I'm not a John Wick type operator either.