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I switched to the shorter pad for use when I have heavier clothing on, but I've wound up using it all the time. I don't notice any increase in recoil, but then again recoil never bothered me to begin with.

Buddies and I ambushed some geese on a farm pond yesterday afternoon. I fired three rounds of 3.5" as the flushed birds pushed by us on one end of the pond. Three birds hit the ground stone dead. Recoil? I don't recall any.

Welcome. Expect results similar to these. http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15202

Other than a 28" barrel being about 10" closer to the target, barrel length really doesn't affect the pattern.

There's an old saying that can be adapted to this ridiculous expectation. "Expect in one hand and **** in the other. See which one fills up first"

Perhaps I missed it somewhere, but I never saw where he said that Benelli CS told him to torque them to 25 lbs. http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/showpost.php?p=83213&postcount=16

No back sight on your barrel. Your eye is the back sight.

If I spend $65k on a Corvette, can I slam it into everything on the road, neglect maintainence and still expect it to perform properly?

The Remington weighs a pound more than the Benelli. Weight and gas vented through the piston to cycle the action help scrub off felt recoil before it gets to your shoulder. If you are not concerned with weight, you can add a mercury recoil reducer to the Benelli to help your tender shoulder.

Someone sent me a PM with questions on the R1 for deer, moose, elk vs the Browning BAR. My apologies. I accidentally deleted the message when cleaning out my PM's. As I recall the questions, here are the responses. The 30-06 or .300 would my choice. The .308 will certainly put a moose or elk down, but the others will do so more effectively. The .270 WSM would be another very good choice, although the ammo for those things runs around $2.00 a shot. I believe you said you were left-handed? Browning made a limited run of the BAR Shortrac and Longtrac models with walnut furniture in LH configuration last year. There is still a decent supply of new ones around. http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=91487369 I sold my R1 and have settled on the BAR Shortrac in .308. No moose or elk around here, so it's an easy choice for a light recoiling medium-sized game rifle. The R1 is a nice rifle, but I just didn't have much faith in its durability. The BAR has been getting it done for years and I took a couple of nice bucks with mine this year. No complaints so far. I hope I've addressed all of your questions, working from memory. If not, please post or send another PM.

It's not all that expensive, if you ask me. About 2x the price of a new SBEII, which isn't bad.

Abuse and neglect. Yes.

As I recall, you admitted possibly overtorquing the screws and not periodically checking the mounts. If you think Benelli is supposed to do that for you, then perhaps you should go to another brand. I've been on here for a while and yours is the one and only case of a rail flying off an M4, or any other model, that I can recall seeing. We have other members who have fired as many rounds and more with no problems. IF they sent you screw they would not fit, because you said that the receiver was stripped. I've given you a link to oversized repair screws from Brownells. They should fix the stripped holes without having to redrill. You should get the tap from them as well. I don't mean to give you a hard time, but I simply don't think you're being completely honest and fair in your assessment of who's to blame for what in this failure. I believe abuse and neglect have played roles, and you are responsible for both of them.

If you can get a SBEII for the same price as the M2, then get the SBEII. 3.5" Easier takedown and cleaning Larger trigger guard for gloved hands

If you want a higher capacity, reliable, semi-auto that can be used for both hunting and for fending off small armies of zombies, then the AR platform sounds about right to me. You can get an AR rifle in just about any caliber these days. Here's a quote from the DPMS website regarding caliber choices. "204 Ruger, .223 Remington/5.56x45mm, 7.62x39mm, 6.8x43mm SPC, .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .260 Remington, .300 Remington SAUM and new in 2008, .338 Federal and 6.5 Creedmoor." If you can't find happiness in there somewhere, then you're a lost cause . All of their AR's are well-built and accurate; before and after takedown. The R1 is a decent hunting rifle. You can probably comfortably disassemble and re-assemble the weapon and shoot non-dangerous game (rules out zombies) out to 250 yards without too much concern for subtle shifts in zero. I really like my new Browning BAR Shortrac Stalker, but it's just a 5 rounder. Buddy of mine hunts with a HK model 940 in 30-06 that he bought new in the early 80's. That thing is easily the most accurate and relieable semi-automatic sporting rifle I've ever been around. He's got a three round and two ten round mags. for it. I keep telling that he needs to put it in a safe somewhere, because it's value goes up every year, but he just keeps pluggin' whitetails with it.

goose, I saw in another thread that you finally got through and that you're now a satisfied customer?

Also check the rim thickness on those loads as compared to others. Could be a headspace issue.

The torque in the barrel nut affects the barrel harmonics (how it moves and flexes) when the bullet is sent through it. These are the same harmonics that BR shooters try to minimize with bull barrels and Browning allows the shooter to tune with the BOSS system. Other than at the receiver, ANY connection between the barrel and any other part of the rifle can increase the chances for inaccuracies as the metals and other materials expand and contract with temperature changes or slight variances in torque and pressure. For a rifle, it's usually best to have a free-floating barrel. That is to say that nothing touches the barrel forward of the chamber. Some lighter weight barrels do OK with a single light pressure point, but it's usually a trial and error affair.

http://www.benelliusa.com/customer-service/contact-form.tpl?Customer=3

Well, ask the little fellow to pull out and give you a break

Buy them on ebay. The seller ships worldwide. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320211720769

Read the answer where you asked the first time. http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15157

If you want neutral cast, you would need to take the existing drop plate to a machinist and ask him to either fill the existing hole and drill a new one in the center or fabricate a new one with the hole in the center.

I tried the Patternmaster and quickly put it on ebay. I've never tried the Kicks waterfowl tubes. I currently use the Primos Dead Zone tubes, although I almost exclusively use the D (decoy) tube. I get great results with that.