tucker301

I never had a reliability issue with the one I had, but others have posted here with problems. Of course, satisfied owners don't typically seek out forums such as these, so it would stand to reason that the numbers would be higher here. I shot mine no more than 40 times between cleanings, with typical cleanings coming every 10 rounds or so. I sold mine and got an AR-10 in .308. It's a heavy beast, but it's reliable and I don't do a lot of hiking and climbing when hunting deer. All other things being equal, if I were in the market for another lightweight semi-auto deer rifle, I'd go with the new Browning BAR in the synthetic stock. I've had BAR's before, and having had an R1 for over a year, I'd prefer the BAR over it.

Not sure which came first, but I'd say the designs are cousins.

Jim, Your manual should clearly explain how to use the shims to alter both the cast and drop of your stock. If it doesn't, or if you have misplaced your manual (similar to the way treedave has misplaced his cranium up his colon), then you can download one from the Italian website at http://www.benelli.it/index.asp?Lan=EN Click the support link and go from there. treedave, On this day, I'm most thankful for for nitwits like you, for they come here and they spend some time jousting with me before they either get bored or simply forget how to get back to these forums. I'm especially thankful for that last part. Keep your head down, turkey. It's Thanksgiving. And no matter which exit you live near, there's always someone hungry in Joisee. Jim, Happy Thangsviving. treedave, may this day bring you an undercooked bird and volcanic diarrhea for the balance of the week

If it's 3/4" wide at the base, it's the biggest carrier latch spring ever.

Owner's Manual

Most of us don't have problems with our Benellis

Jim, The supplied shims adjust both cast (side to side) and drop (up and down). Typically, a right handed gun is set up with cast off and a left handed one is cast on. The supplied shims allow you to set yours either way, as well as cast neutral. Watch epsiode 1 here. http://americangundog.com/straightshooting_AGD1.html Episode 6 here http://americangundog.com/straightshooting_AGD2.html And watch these as well. http://www.benelliusa.com/forums/ultimatebb.php/topic/11/63.html

Then you have always done it the wrong way. A sporting shotgun's sight picture allows full view of the intended target just above the front bead. [ 11-22-2006, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Are you aligning the target over the 8 or coverit with the 8. The target should be fully visible above the beads for left/right/still shooting.

I wouldn't have a SX2 if it was the only gun I could own. I shoot the SBEII. I have shot the earlier model SBE's and liked them just fine too. Step 1 - Pattern the gun uisng a sight picture which shows a bit of rib and the beads stacked as a figure 8. Step 2 - Adjust the stock using the supplied shims. Step 3 - Shoot stuff!

Have you had a gunsmith check the nut behind the trigger on your gun? Sounds to me like it may be the problem.

Try a different brand or type of ammo. If that doesn't work, get a Browning.

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Looks like a lot of waterfowlers disagree with your local gunshop BS club. http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/magazine/2006_04/gunsurvey.php

Stacked beads is the traditional sight picture on sporting shotguns with two beads.

Maybe... Maybe not...

On the newer models, they also used a stainless steel recoil spring and housing, a larger trigger guard, improved the grips on the stock and forearm, and addded the ComforTech recoil reduction system. Be sure and ask Benelli to replace all of those for free as well. The point, if it isn't already obvious to you, is that as a prior year model purchaser you are not automatically entitled to the ammendments and improvements offered in subsequent years' models. It's not software. It's durable goods.

I believe these guns still come with a 5 year warranty? I know it's frustrating to have an expensive new gun that dioesn't seem to function, but you'd be better off letting them fix it than you would trying to sell or trade a clunker.

Google, Amigo. Goolge.

Federal Truball.

Ithaca made some slug barrels for the Nova. 5 inches is perfect?

The Buckhammers are designed for use with rifled barrels and rifled choke tubes. While it is not likely to harm your smoothbore, they are likely to be inaccurate because there's nothing to impart stabilizing spin on the projectile. Try some slugs designed fo smoothbores or get yourself a rifled tube.

It's not about foxes and chickens. It's simply a matter of accountability and responsibility. Look at this way. If DU could learn to operate more efficiently and effectively, they could pump even more of our dollars into your local economy, purchase even more habitat, and do even more favors for their...OK, strike that last one. Just because a non-profit does things we like for them to do overall; they don't have a greenlight to squander our contributions. Admittedly, we perhaps hold DU to a higher standard than we do our own government. But the government isn't a non-profit, they're more of a never profit; and we don't have much of a choice as to whether we contribute to them or not. No doubt DU does some good, but they've become bloated, corrupted, and complacent to at least some degree. Holding them accountable now could stop from them derailing altogether and leaving a huge void in Canada and a lot of other places. Admittedly, DU is THE waterfowl conservastionists group, but they must live up to the persona they have created for themselves, and not let a good thing go bad. /heavily edited due to Foster's #5 [ 11-18-2006, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

I can put 5 Federal Truball slugs in a 3" circle at 100 yards. /but I have to walk 100 yards to do it

Any pistol-gripped longarm belongs in a DRAG BAG.