tucker301

Although Benelli shows this is a method of unloading the magazine in their literature, most users find it difficult to impossible. It helps to push the shell forward into the magazine to relieve some spring tension, but it's still cumbersome. Most use the magazine bypass button on the trigger guard to pop a shell onto the carrier, then cycle the bolt by hand.

Using the traditional sight in method, one would move the bullet impact to match the point of aim. Using this method, you actually need to move the crosshairs on the scope to match the point of impact. Your scope's turrets will be marked to indicate up/down and right/left. These markings indicate movement of the point of impact. You're actually moving the crosshairs (point of aim), so you move the opposite direction of the scope's markings. Hopefully, this image will help.

I'd get the Picatinny mount. If your SBEII or M2 aren't already drilled and tapped, then have them drilled and tapped for a rail. I'm not aware of a factory rail for the SBEII, so you may have to have one made. Brownell's has blanks. Another one. [ 11-12-2006, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

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Glad you're OK, and it's very good that you didn't hit someone else. Hurting someone else would be a tough thing to live with. Maybe it's bad timing, but this reminds me of a joke I heard about a week ago. Comedian said that he used to travel with another standup comic, and they'd always drive from city to city. This guy says he'd always do the driving while the other SOB was always sleeping. He was getting fed up with the other guy always sleeping so he decided to play a little trick on him. He pulls into a rest stop, pulls up to within about 20 feet of some big trees, puts the car in park, revs the engine, flips the high beams on and starts screaming. I guess it's a pretty scary thing to wake up and realize that you're in a moving vehicle. Again, sorry for the bad timing, but perhaps that'll be funny in a year or two.

Thanks. These were with the muzzleloader. Regular firearms opens 11-18 here, same day as ducks. I was worried about wanting to do both on the opener, but since my freezer is suddenly overflowing, I'll probably be duckin'.

Quackhead very sparingly on ducks. Big River Long Honker of geese. I'm working on learning how to use the shorter calls for geese.

And before it becomes an issue, the limit here is two per day / six per year.

Luck can turn on a dime. I went back to where I'd been seeing small bucks for days, and my luck finally took a turn for the better.... and then it got even better! I'd forgotten my grunt call, so I was sitting up the tree and doing an occasional grunt by mouth, which was sounding pretty good, and watching the squirrels frolic. Caught the 8 pointer sneaking in from the other side of the creek at about 75 yards. The .45 caliber powerbelt placed high in the shoulder dropped him in his tracks, but he was kicking a bit, so I climbed down and reloaded. He was finished when I got to him. I was standing over him and planning my drag strategy when a doe came trotting down the hillside, almost ran over me, and hung a sharp left outta there. The six pointer was a few seconds behind her. He stopped facing me at 35 yards, and then turned just enough to allow for a good shot. I couldn't get the high shoulder on him, but I drilled him through through the heart. He whirled and ran about 70 yards in the direction of the field (good deer!) and expired. Sure am glad I reloaded

indeed. This information is available by clicking the Benelli logo at the top of this page and reviewing the features of each model.

My SBEII is dishwasher safe

Your scopes's bent and your safety is off! otherwise... cool

http://www.calssportingarmory.com/BenelliR1Accessories.htm

Great post! It's refreshing to see someone do their homework not only up-front, but on their own time and their own terms. By lurking and absorbing you knew which questions were still unanswered, and you took them straight to the man behind the curtains for the answers. Well done, sir!

Are the 3" shells the same brand and type as the others? Could be a manufacturing problem with the shells. Wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

Dave, Thanks for the information. Is the plastic tab basically just a little piece that flexes to lock the barrel nut in place by engaging the groove in the nut? Lame is right!

Not necessarily true. Perhaps those other guns are capable of shooting 1/4 to 1/2 MOA groups, but that's the best you can wring from them. Now applying that same theory to the R1 could explain why Benelli's shooters can get 1.25 groups from a rifle from which you could only get 4"-6" groups. I wasn't much good at Algebra (mostly because of Allison, Karen, and Mary Jane), but I'll give it a shot. (rifle) X (Shooter-Jim) = (rifle) X (Shooter-X)²

I don't believe that's true. Beretta, Franchi, Uberti, Stoeger, Sako, Tikka, Burris, and Meccanica Del Sarca are all independent companies under the Beretta Holdings Company umbrella. But each is a separate entity with separate manufacturing facilities in different cities, and in some cases, different countries. [ 11-07-2006, 09:31 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Real or BS?

It and he will improve with time. As the parts wear in they will become easier/slicker.

Me too. That's 3 species that I'v never taken. Planning on hunting more divers this year.

Please describe the problem in more detail.

There are rules in manufacturing accurate rifles. As with any rules, there will always be exceptions, such as the old Remington and the BAR, and now perhaps your R1. Did Benelli do anything to the R1, or did they just load it up and shoot better groups than you? If the latter is true, perhaps the nut behind the trigger wasn't properly adjusted. One consistent theme on this site, with all advice given, has been to try different loads before proclaiming that your $1,100 rifle won't shoot. Some folks take good advice better than others. Building in accuracy robbing features lessens the possibility of producing an accurate rifle, but sometimes you just get lucky... sometimes you don't. Remington turns out some accurate bolt guns despite their $18 barrels, but they could give more attention to the barrel and turn out a lot more. http://www.6mmbr.citymaker.com/f/Lilja_BoreScope_VID.wmv [ 11-07-2006, 07:51 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Just needs to broken in. It can be a tight fit the first few times. Always check the gun for proper function after re-assembly.

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