Turkeyfreak

I have a SBE that I have had for 3 years with no problems. Suddenly I have had multiple jams. I am shooting 3.5" federal heavy-weight shot with the new wads. Anyway, the spent shell ejects fine, but the new shell comes out of the magazine and does not go into the chamber. The bolts closes and when I try to manually pull the bolt back, it does not seem to go back far enough to allow the shell into the chamber. I have to spend several minutes turning the gun muzzle down, shaking the snot out of it, sliding a key into the groove on the bottom of the shell director (whatever it's called) and trying to push the shell back into the magazine, etc. It finally comes out but I hate having a $1200 single shot. This happens when I'm unloading also. Sometimes they cycle just fine. I will take it to a dealer, but this is a wierd deal and I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions.

Oops,..these are 3". They don't sell 3.5"

http://www.mackspw.com/item.asp-im-FEDPHT193+5-d-Federal_Premium_Ammo_Mag_Shock_Turkey_Load I just found this. $21.99 is much more palatable.

For me the difference between the Federal and Remington HeviShots was huge in favor of the Federal. The unbelievable price makes it a little hard to run through a lot at the range. $34.99 for 10!

As I went through my pre-season patterning session I ran into a head-scratcher. I shot my normal setup of Winchester Supreme 3.5" 5 shot through my .650 choke at 25 yards. As usual a nice even, consistent pattern. I then experimented with Hevi shot for the first time. For some reason I had horrible results with the Remington Hevishot. Regardless of choke tube. However, the new Federal Premium Mag Shock "Heavyweight Shot" had interesting results. I ended up with my stock Steel IC tube as the best for this load. Here's what puzzled me...My pattern seemed to have less pellets in the pattern, but I blew a gaping hole which was larger than a quarter that went clear through the cardboard my target was mounted on. This happened every time I shot it. At first glance one may assume the gaping whole was due to a huge cluster of pellets clumped together blowing the hole. That would be both great and incredible if that was the case. I then began to wonder if this was a result of the wad blowing through the cardboard? Most wads would peel off within 25 yards, but Federal has this new "Flightcontrol" wad that stays with the shot longer. If this is the case that could mean the wad was still holding the shot. It could also mean that the wad had seperated, and the pellets were starting to spread out, but the wad still had enough velocity to punch a hole in the cardboard. So I either have a combination that is so deadly that I will be taking a turkeys head clear off at 25 yards, or I have a pattern that isn't quite as good as I had with my old combination, but the turkey may get slapped in the head with the wad. What do you guys think? [ 04-01-2005, 01:28 PM: Message edited by: Turkeyfreak ]

69beers-I would say it depends on the turkeys. First if you have a wound up gobbler who is roosted with no hens,..he will go up a hill, under a fence, and walk through a creek or fly over a river to get to a "receptive" hen (you). Otherwise the turkeys seem to be consistent when they are undisturbed. If you pay attention you will notice they may have a pattern of flying down into the timber, and then working into the field later in the day. Whatever they normally tend to do, you should set up where they usually like to go. One other thing you may notice,...sometimes it seems like they go away from one day, and when you set up where they went the day before and now they go the opposite way,...it is usually because you are calling too aggressively or the gobblers are with a hen(s) that don't want competition. In that case, I would stick a decoy in the ground and cluck a few times every 20-30 minutes. One thing that is predictable, they will be unpredictable. The most consistent behavior I have seen from turkeys is their propensity to head towards fields when it starts raining. If you think it may rain, just wait in that field and I guarantee they will get there sometime. The last bit of advice/encouragement I would give is to be patient and keep going out. If you are in an area that has birds, you will usually be successful if you hunt long, pay attention to their habits, and do not give up.

Tucker, I got it from a local Benelli dealer. I can give you his number if you would like. Or just to double check, you may call your dealer and have him punch in the number and see if it is active in his system. It is new.

Tucker, there seems to be a lot of confusion here, so I may be wrong. However MY personal theory is this. The whole pistol grip stock thing started with the tactical shotguns. They just camo'd that stock and bolted it to the SBE's and it became very popular. There is now a steady grip stock that will fit the SBE II but you would be losing out on their new ComforTech stock technology. My theory aside, the SBE camo steady-grip stock is part no. 80039P The SBE II camo steady-grip stock is part no. 83160. They are both $149 Good luck Caduceus. BTW, are you a physician?

Yes, the black is $99 and the camo is $150.

Gee nice comeback! Yep everybody in Tennessee sings country western. You got me good! You must be ashamed of your state since you refused to list it. ppffftttt. What a credit to the boards you are. I would continue this meaningful, intellectual banter, but I am sure anybody reading these posts would rather get back to talking about Benelli issues.

I appreciate sarcasm as much as the next guy. Mudhens sarcasm wasn't blatantly obvious. I just think you were a jerk to Teambenelli. Speaking of obvious, I figured it was obvious that I modified your dictionary assignment to keep it from getting ****** out. I'll help you with out with the super-secret code I used. Replace the two z's at the end of smartazz with two s's. Type that into your dictionary and I think you'll get my point. Maybe not though. You weren't sharp enough to understand my modification.

Blaino yes the SBE II is tapped for scope mounting. As far as turkey chokes there is an almost infinite number of choices. I bought a ported choke tube from ballistic specialties. They are listed as angleport.com.

Hey Tucker,...how can you be sure Mudhen was using sarcasm, and if he was, how was Team Benelli supposed to know? Why don't you look up the definition of a smartazz?

This is a question to Nelligirl, but I feel it may help others. I have a SBE camo that is the green realtree pattern. I have been extremely anxious to get the pistol grip stock. I was recently at the NWTF National convention. The Benelli guy there said the camo version of these stocks are now available for $150. I went to my local dealer to order one. First he denied that they were available. After checking he found he could order one but it would not match my camo pattern. I am also getting my gun tapped for a scope mount. So it seems like I am doing all of these mods which are now standard on the new versions. I was considering trading up for a new SBE II, but it appears that the steady grip stock is NOT available on the SBE II, only the SBE. Also if you get the steady grip, you miss out on the new ComforTech features. So it seems I should stick with my current gun. Unfortunately, I will have to buy a black stock and send it in to get camo'd to match the rest of my gun. It seems like a lot of money and effort, but that is a cool feature. Is there anything new that I am missing out on? Am I understanding my options properly? Help?