tucker301

What amazes me about these "light load" posts, and there have been plenty of them, is the fact that people are buying a gun designed to shoot the heaviest loads there are, yet they seem to insist on putting pellet gun loads through them. If you want a pellet gun, go buy one. If you want the best friggin magnum autoloader on the market, then buy the Eagle; and feed it a proper diet. [ 03-05-2005, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Double D, You're asking someone who has only posted twice, and both of those were on 11-9-2004. Just a hunch, but he may not see your question. My R1 shoots consistent 1" groups at 100 yds. with factory ammo. Phenon101 has reported even better results with handloads. It's one Helluva semi-auto. [ 03-05-2005, 01:07 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

You are nearly to the point of obsessing with recoil. If you are bothered by it that much you should consider a 20 ga. or maybe even a 28. You can't just comparatively "rate" the recoil of guns like that. actual recoil and felt recoil are different things. a gun that punches recoil will fatigue you more quickly than one that pushes recoil over a longer stroke. The inertia driven guns tend to push recoil and although the forces may be equal in displaced energy, the feel will be different and less severe. I understand your wanting to find out all you can about these various weapons before making the investment, but at some point, you have to narrow your focus and decide WTF you want. You say you shoot a lot of trap. Go to the range and ask other shooters to let you try a few rounds through their various weapons. Go to the gun shops and shoulder different guns. Leave the keyboard and go TEST DRIVE something!

Go lay your hands on a Franchi 712 Raptor. $900. http://www.franchiusa.com/firearms/alcione-sl.tpl ...and you should be able to pick up one for around $750 if you shop around. [ 03-05-2005, 10:11 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

crazyhair, Let me ask you a few questions, in order to help you figure out which gun you want to buy... 1. How old are you? 2. How much shotgunning experience do you have? 3. What is your height, weight, and general physical condition? 4. What do you plan on doing with your new shotgun? Do you own any other firearms? If so, what are they?

dogbird, He stumbled over to another thread, with coherency left very much behind. You've been there...flirting with 1014

Read the original question and then read my original answer. The question was answered, literally.

Light loads are light loads. BTW - The manual makes no promises regarding light loads. Use standard or heavy field/trap loads. Better yet, run a couple of boxes of 3.5"'s through her.

http://www.benelliusa.com/innovations/crio.tpl

hex, If it's that big of an issue, then you may want have a competent gunsmith look at it and give some advice. My first thought would be to see if a thicker spacer could be made to go between the stock and forearm. Keep in mind that the SBEII operates on recoil and the spring is in the stock, so lenghtening the distance may have some adverse effects on the functionality. Another thing I'd ask about would be to see if a shim could be fashioned to fit into the end of the stock and make up some distance there. It would be even better if they could fabricate it so that the gel pad would still fit into the butt end of it.

Do they? No. Can they? Yes. Will they? Who knows? Will the Right-handed steady grip stock fit the LH gun? Probably.

Nine rounds could mean "no tomorrow" for someone!

Uhhhh...follow the instructions and break it in.

The crio tubes for the SBEII are different from the regular Benelli/Beretta tubes. Look for tubes to fit crio or SBEII / Optima barrels. http://www.wadwizard.com/TerrorTubes.htm

Well, thanks for sharing that bit of information! But seriously... Search Google for stuff like "proper shotgun fit" "shotgun fitting" and so on. Opinions vary, but I prefer to have all of my guns at or near the same dimensions, including rib height. My new SBEII has taken some getting used to over my old 870 pumper, but I'm swatting the ducks, geese, and clays pretty well now. By far, the most important thing is to have the weapon fit you well and to be comfortable with it.

You can ask Benelli for anything they make. 301.283.6981 As for third party stuff, Cal's Sporting Armory seems carry anything that's worth stocking. http://www.calssportingarmory.com

That's pretty much in line with what I've been hearing out of Pirate's Cove and Hatteras. I'm beginning to get an itch that will need scratching very soon

Thanks for sharing that, EFLOYD. They've got my R1 now and I'm expecting that to be a good experience as well.

You insulted the upper crust. I went for the grease on the bottom of the pan

It comes out much easier with the bolt out of the receiver.

Dude, Why don't you sober up and try this again tomorrow? If you are sober now, please get your son to help with the communications.

Dear ATF, Please add the following to form 4473: 12m "Are you on crack?!"

I'd like to get into the snows before the season closes in Virginia on March 10th. I'd appreciate any recommendations for guides/locations.

I think the key was him saying that he was quickly trying to change over to goose shells. One usually doesn't want to slam the bolt when the geese have their wings cupped and are coming ones way.

jimsam, Here we give three shots for a dollar, so go ahead and take one more