tucker301

Eat 'em? I didn't even know people shot them!

I absolutely don't know which parts are affected by the break-in procedure. I suspect that I could guess and get it 90% right, but the knowledge is useless beyond measure. The folks who designed and built the gun seem to know their stuff, so I trust in their advice about break-in, care, and maint. of the weapon. Don't forget that the people in Italy probably speak Italian. Italian is not the same as English. I don't know why they don't speak English, but it's certainly something that warrants further investigation. Dammit! No sleep again tonight!

I'm bored with this one. Great looking kid. Congrats! [ 03-16-2006, 05:46 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Call customer service and ask them. I'm sure they'll put you right through to a senior gunsmith who will take a half hour to answer all of your questions. They're not busy this time of year and they love to hear from people. If, by some quirk, they won't answer your questions, call the home office in Italy. Benelli Armi SpA via della Stazione, 50 61029 - URBINO (PU) - ITALY Tel. 0722.307.1 Fax 0722.307.207 - 307 227

Yes - SBE (not SBEII) and M2000 use Beretta/Benelli style tubes.

We usually draw in so many with our Mojos that we simply don't have the freezer space to keep anything but the breasts

I was just wondering if you were looking for a gun that was designed to handle light loads. Kind of sounded that way from your post. The SBEII is by design a standard to heavy load gun. It MAY cycle light loads right out of the box. It MAY not ever cycle light loads. Breaking the gun in per the instructions in the manual is the best way to get the most out of the gun.

Benny, Why did you buy a SBEII?

I pulled a few stills from the video. I've seen scope eye, but I think this is the first case of pistol face

I shoot 3" on ducks and 3.5" on geese and turkeys.

Quoting the SBE Manual: WARNING: due to precision machine tolerances on your shotgun, some breaking-in period may be required before your new gun works perfectly with light target loads. If you experience any initial functioning problems, we recommend firing three or four boxes of standard hunting loads to allow for this break-in period. [ 03-14-2006, 11:24 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Tried one and didn't like it. I use Rhino for turkey and Primos Dead Zone for waterfowl.

Are we still talking shims?

Paolo, carefully take note of how the shims are marked and oriented when you disassemble, then refer to the guide in the manual. Once you see it, the manual will make sense to you.

...and a great price! Buy it, or I will.

What was the program/channel?

I've got the SBEII and love it. It has never failed me, but I don't shoot much light stuff. I shoot to kill On a side note, I used to spend quite a bit of time in KC. Great town! GREAT steaks! Had a lot of good times there.

I'm not sure how to deal with anyone who doesn't like those fine weapons. Have you looked at the Franchi 712 and Winchester X2? Can you pinpoint what it is about the Benellis that you like over the others? With me, it's the shorter forearms and the lighter weight overall. I'm not saying the Benellis are wrong for you, but we get a lot of gripes here about them not cycling lighter loads. If you're going to be shooting lighter loads a lot, you can get a -25% spring for the Benellis that will help.

Or build one. From the information I gathered from the article, there wasn't much fancy going on there. Just good basic stuff.

Both use the same Inertia system. The SBEII is easier to clean because of the integrated barrel and top half of the receiver. The SBEII also handles 3-1/2" shells while the M2's max. is 3". All of the above being said, if trap is your primary use, and light loads are your preference, a gas gun may be a better choice. The dogs are made to hunt!

I know what you mean about slug practice. Some years ago, we had a slug county that I really liked to hunt, so I had to get my 870 so it would shoot them. After about five rounds, you're ready to say, "that's close enough". I think the Encore does well enough for most hunting, but I wouldn't want it for target/varmint shooting. For one thing, I don't like anything but a free-floating barrel.

Butch, you've gotta see it the way he sees it. Would it stop you on this decoy?

Oops... TC is 22-250 as well.

It belongs to a buddy of mine. It shoots pretty well, but he hates to shoot paper. He fired three rounds and the group was about 3/4", then he put it away. I shot 50 through the Savage and 15 with the R1.

Took the R1 and Savage out to play today. My buddy's TC joined us. The Savage 22-250 was the focus of the outing, as I'm developing loads for it. It really liked the 40 gr, VMax's at just below max. powder, shooting a .660 group with 4 of the 5 making a single ragged hole. The Benelli shot horribly. I didn't measure the group, but it was in the neighborhood of 3 inches with Federal 165's. I really can't seem to get mine to shoot anything but the Remington Accutips. ...and, oh yeah. A funny thing happened on the way home from the bench [ 03-12-2006, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]