[LIGHT LOADS IN THE SBE,SBE2]

I hunt turkey, waterfowl, and dove with my SBE. I've also shot many rounds of sporting clays with it. I can say I've never had any problems with any load! I'm looking into the Supersport for sporting clays so I can save my hunting gun for that, hunting.

[SBE or SBE2]

I thought about checking out the flyways edition myself until I saw that they are only making 175 of each edition. I can't imagine the price tag on them! Nice looking gun though.

 

[ 03-09-2004, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: Wingman ]

[SBE]

This is in response to bwnr. Maybe I'm a bit ignorant, I haven't owned too many guns, but I'm surprised you'd say the SBE got heavy while hunting pheasants. What's lighter? I know the Browning 3 1/2 and the Winchester X2 are not. Doesn't really matter I guess, I wouldn't trade my SBE for any other, except the SBE II.

 

[ 02-27-2004, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: Wingman ]

[SBE or SBE2]

Originally posted by loughrj:

I am going to buy a SBE or SBE2 shotgun primarily for hunting turkey. I saw the photos of the SBE2 on Benelli's website and have handled the current SBE. Which SBE do you recommend? Is there a big difference in price?

I have a SBE and I'm very pleased. From what I've read, I would wait for the SBE II if money is not an issue. Sounds to me like they've taken an already great gun and improved the pattern and addressed the recoil. You will feel the recoil with a 3 1/2 turkey load when patterning the SBE. I expect the price of the SBE II to be between $100-$200 more than the SBE.