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20240104_220540.mp4 On inertia benelli shotguns, there is an inertia spring in the bolt carrier that's pretty beefy. So always make sure you let the bolt slam home to avoid out of battery. It's pretty common. As far as it being easyto take it out of "lockup", these are very smooth operating guns, it shouldn't take much to unlock them. 20240104_221214.mp4

Yes it did thank you!! I'm excited for this shotgun. I traded another firearm to get this one and I'm hoping it was worth it!!

I hope that helped.

I have a "Gen 2" M3 and it has the same cut. Looks like it's for the extractor.

One of 2 things: The screw may have been loctited and will require some heat to loosen. Use a solder iron, or nail heated red hot and held with vice grips, to warm the screw which will soften the Loctite. (this is the most likely scenario) If the bolt release stud has broken loose from the latch and is turning/spinning when your try to turn the screw you will need to get some thin long nose pliers between the button and side of the receiver to hold hold the stud while you unscrew it (and then plan to replace the shell latch)

Benelli admins smartly assigned a few of us as moderators so we can kill the spam and moderate the usual forum stupidity. The little shield on the user profile picture indicates who is a moderator now. That way we can delete the crap on nights, weekends and holidays where Benelli staff aren't going to be around. Sukhoi_fan and I were assigned as them. There might be more, but I haven't seen them.

Using GunBroker's Advanced Search, then limiting it to Completed Items is very useful for determining current value. Here's the most recent search which as of this post, it goes back to 11/8/23 on SOLD items. Be sure to look only at those prices. The ones that go unsold aren't really useful for determining a price. https://www.gunbroker.com/Semi-Auto-Shotguns/search/completed?Keywords=benelli m1&Timeframe=1&Sort=1&PageSize=96 I believe it should be an HK imported model. If they ever imported the M1's through Benelli USA, then most likely the HK versions are worth a little more. Personally, I think the M1 is a delightful entry (as in entering a room to clear hostiles, not as in cheapest model) and I have no idea why they generally sell for what they do. Most synthetic stocked version seem to hover right around the $1,000 mark and wood a bit more highly dependent on condition and quality of wood. If it has the winged tactical sights like shown on my M1 below, then that seems to add another $50. Below, that one is on the gun, and the standard entry barrel in picture below is not on gun. I can't recall if it is an official designation, but many people call the version with pistol grip stock, mag extension, and those sights on a short entry barrel the M1T (for tactical). Hope this helped some at least.

The Briley 13" Mlok handguard has been working amazingly well for me. It is nice because I can get a full grip around the top and your hand will never touch the barrel. I love this handguard and I am so glad I got it. Zero regrets.