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First off, thank you to @StrangerDanger for your guides. I saved a bunch of them to review while waiting on my stamp to clear, and it made my work much easier, thanks bud. 👍 I still need an optic, but here she is so far. It was on my bucket list and I had a helluva bonus last year, and I found a good deal on her. Still working on the 5-shell thing but she is definitely fun to shoot.

One of the members here ( Bright ) stippled my m4 forends.

Nice work.

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Removing the M4 Bolt Handle Detent Spring Retaining Pin. The key to making the task simple is to de-tension the spring from acting on the pin, very much like for the bolt extractor roll pin removal. The second item is to have a tool to compress the spring away from the pin. I fabricated a fork tool from 1/8” hex wrench, after observing my M4 trigger safety spring tool would fit in the hole and compress the detent spring; the problem was that tool was too long to fit in vise for compression of the spring. The hex wrench was slotted with a Dremel to 0.067”, shortened to fit a polymer tool handle. The tool can then be fitted in the vise to compress the spring freeing up your hands to remove the pin. The pin is removed inside-outward, once de-tensioned a simple small tool such as jewels screwdriver or 1/16” hex wrench can be lightly tapped with a light hammer to begin moving the pin which doesn’t take much force. A right angle pick with slight pressure will complete the pin removal and the pick captures the spring so it doesn’t fly about. Cover the spring hole, remove the pick and extract the detent and its spring. Installation is the reverse. Compress the spring, insert right angle pick, use small pin holding punch to tap the pin in, displacing the pick. Make sure the inside of the pin does not impinge on bolt raceway. Generally, no need for breaking punches or flying springs.

Benelliparts.net Benelli M4/ M1 M2 M3 Undiscouraged Trigger kit and magazine follower 922r package DMW Benelli M4 1 peice 2 Round Replacement Tube DMW Benelli Oversized Safety DMW Tactical Bolt Handle for Benelli M4 Battle Steel Benelli M4 Top-Rail for Holosun HE509T Benelli M4 Recoil Spring Tube, 3 Position & Retaining Ring Benelli M4 Aluminum Trigger Guard Plan to add later: MI handguard on back order Mossberg 500 heat shield on stby Aridus Q-DC (have them on my other shotguns and converted a carrier with some aluminum flats to stick a loop strip on to use hook shell cards)

Egads! As a new customer who just received my M4 LE, this is not inspiring confidence in Benelli. The USMC's use of this rifle was a key reason I purchased my 11732. I found that instructions for assembly were not up to date for the 11732 (had to figure some things out that were not covered in the manual) and my charging handle was awful to remove. Gorilla strength pulling finally got it out, then I put some gun oil on it and worked it a few times before it would release relatively easily. Taking it to a more experienced gunsmith before firing to ensure I covered assembly correctly. I'm new to shotguns and wasn't expecting to have to assemble a $2000 shotgun.

Looks like yet another rail that wasn't designed by someone who uses a firearm in the field. Terrible ergonomics compared to the polymer handguard. Added weight. No placements for lights that make sense. They'll sell a ton.