tucker301

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If you want to replace the chambered round, simply open the action and drop the new round in. Do not press the mag. release button. It is normal behavior for another shell to load onto the carrier when the button is pressed. Regarding your cycling problems, and assuming that you properly cleaned and lubed the weapon before using it, your next step would be to call Benelli Customer Service and see what they say.

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I assume you didn't get a manual, which covers the different shim setups. You can download it from the Benelli Italian website. Typically, a RH shooter uses cast off and LH shooter uses cast on. Cast off is cast off, regardless of the shooter's shouldering preferences. Ditto for cast on. [ 01-12-2006, 10:22 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

If you're used to RH shotguns, and have been shooting them for some years, then set the gun up as either neutral or cast off for RH. I'm a lefty too, but I shot RH guns for 35 years before I got my SBEII LH. Couldn't hit a bull in the azz until I set it up for RH cast

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If you really like the O/U's, the Franchi Diamonds (exclusively at Dick's Sporting Goods) are getting very good reviews. $ale price is typically $700, I believe. Otherwise, there a number of great semi's in Benelli and Franchi lines. Benelli's M2 would probably be your best single gun choice, because of the availability of additional barrels and aftermarket accessories.

I'm not sure I'd agree that George in CS is the "horse's mouth", but thanks for sharing the conversation all the same. As I see it, other rifle manufacturers still very much recommend break-in, even though they use advanced processes as well. So, if there's no harm, and potentially some good, my persoanl preference would be to stick with the procedure. It gives a new rifle owner a good opportunity to get to know his weapon. Besides, if Benelli puts all that effort into making such a precise barrel, why do they negate it with that horrible trigger? Rifling can be done a number of various ways. Given that George said they "drilled" them would lead me to believe that Benelli is using a method refered to as broach rifling. In this process, a hardened steel rod called a gang broach is passed through the bore as it is rotated. Most precision barrel makers (PacNor, Shilen, Savage) use button rifling, whereby a hardened steel plug is forced through the bore under tremendous pressures. The process not only creates the rifling, but it also hardens and polishes the steel. Other methods are hammer forging (Glock, Steyr, Remington) and electrochemical etching. I'd be interested to know exactly which method Benelli (or their supplier) is using.

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Click here for mudhen's cross-reference guide on chokes.

You don't have to get crio treated chokes, and you don't have to get them from Benelli. Briley & Carlson's make excellent products. You can also find Benelli chokes, individually and in sets, on Ebay or Gunbroker quite often. Chokes for the SBE2 are different from those for the original SBE, so make sure you get the right type.

No particular revelations, but since the difference between working and not working seems to be the trip to Sure Cycle, I'd start with a call to them. I would say fully diassemble and reassemble to make sure everything is back properly, but I assume you can't do that since you sent the gun to them to have it installed to begin with.

I was having the same problem with my SBEII. Then I bought a new SRM Nelli Shutter BS69 from the makers of SureCycle. Installs in minutes, and works great!

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The magazine spring is easily replaced. Simply unscrew the mag. cap, pop out the retainer from the end of the tube, and the spring flies out and across the room! Seriously, hold your hand over the retaining cap as you pry it out, and the spring won't poke you in the forehead. Clean or replace the spring (available from Brownells, Benelli dealers, Sure Cycle, etc.). Clean and lube the tube and the plastic follower. Reassemble and bang, bang, bang. That said, it's not the sort of thing that Benelli would have overlooked when they had it, but if rusty gunk came out, it couldn't hurt.

That hit the nail on the head!

Waldo, Did you notice that I supplied you with a direct link to the very item you're biatching about being so hard to find? [ 01-09-2006, 05:32 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Strange looking weapon. What's the red X? Is that the reticle on the scope?

And why not just buy the one on ebay?

Waldo, Which 18.5" do you want? 80028 - Cylinder Bore - No Tubes 80008 - Ghost Ring Sights - Three Tubes 80003 - Tactical Rifle Sights - Three Tubes Giving specific information may yield better results.

As mudhen stated, barrels are available, if someone would give some effort to finding one. So Bass Pro offered up a lame answer. What do you expect from a mass-market retailer? Their employees are less knowledgeable about most of the products than the average consumer. It's like going to Wal-Mart as asking for advice on the best paint to use in a problem area. They don't know, they don't care about learning, and they don't care if you stay or leave. Is it break time yet? Go to a dealer who has experience and knowledge, or search for the barrels in the right places, and you will find them.

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