Russ F.

Bozo? As the story goes, the man fell through ice, as he got himself out, then he accidentally kicked the gun in the hole. I do know, after he fell through the ice, he call his insurance company, and that afternoon, went straight to town and bought a replacement. I left the gun with the guide. He contacted the man that lost the gun, and he had no interest in getting it back. I think after a year in the water, he must have thought the gun was a gonner. Everyone envolved though I should have it. This year I went back to SD and picked it up. I then brought it to Idaho, and gave it to a police, hunting friend of mine, to hold for me and use as his own. Now, I don't have to go though the airport BS when I go duck hunting out there. I have a gun waiting for me. New Jersey is NUTS! I live a half a mile from the NJ boarder, in New York. I can come and go in NJ with my long guns as I please, but you poor guys are trapped by paperwork. The only thing I have to weary about is hollow point bullets. A no-no in NJ. AS far as retreiving the gun, I used the pole to tell witch way the gun was pointed. I also knew it would not fire, it would have blown up if it had gone off. And I handle the gun accordingly by picking it up by the stock end , keeping my hands and body away from the barrel and receiver until I could clear the gun. I've had a receive blow up on me onces, so I know what it like. I do wish, I had save the two shells and tryed to fire them. oh well, next time...lol -Russ F.

In Oct. 2004, While hunting for pheasants in North Dekota, my hunting party came across a cattle tank (a large man-made hole in the ground for watering cattle), that was surround by hundreds of birds. When we got back the the land owners house, and told him about all the pheasants we ran into at the cattle tank, he told us there was a shotgun at the bottom of the cattle tank and it was a good one! What???? It had fell through the ice with a hunter that was trying to retreave a bird from the fozen cattle tank the year before. It just so happen that I had my waders with me, becuase I'd planned to fly straight to, and, go duck hunting in Idaho following my pheasant hunt. I was lucky, that summer it was very dry. The water level was low. Being that there are few trees or rocks in this area, thus no breches in the water. I knew it was going to be easy to find the gun. Two minutes into the search, with one hand on a rope my friends were hold up across and over my head, and a pole in the other, up to my chest in mud and water, I felt it! It was stuck in about a foot of mud under four foot of water. Thank God I'm 6' 10" inches tall. I worked my foot under it and kick it up my leg. I didn't want to get wet, because the muddy water smelled bad!! Up it came, a Benelli M1. Two round in it, safty off, and no plug. (need 3 shot plug in SD) I brought it back to the house, hosed it off with garden hose, cleaned and oiled it up, and killed birds with it the mix day. It still smelled alittle funny, but it looked and shot great! The high quality composit stock and forearm, camo finish receiver and barrel, cromed plated barrel bore, save this gun. The quality black oxide finish on the steel parts kept them from rusting together. I was able to completely disassemble the gun and clean it. There was just no rust anywhere. That was my frist encounter with a Benelli shotgun. As a Machinist with 25 year in the trade, I was impressed with the gun. Now I own two. Russ F. , out [ 12-20-2005, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Russ F. ]

on ebay right now!!!!!! barrel with forearm $330.00. http://cgi.ebay.com/Benelli-Super-Black-Eagle-Slug-Barrel-Advantage-Camo_W0QQitemZ7205328566QQcategoryZ73955QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem [ 12-20-2005, 03:51 PM: Message edited by: Russ F. ]

You will soon get the feeling ,that once you buy a gun from them, Benelli doesn't want to know you. ....nothing new, you will find that though out this forum. My frist time out with the SBE II wasn't that good, for the same reason. I'm 6'-10" and both the gun and the duck blind didn't fit me right. For the gun, I also will need to extend the stock, and as for the the blind, the next day my buddy showed up with a shovel, and dug me a hole to stand in. ..." F'n Smart a**" [ 12-20-2005, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: Russ F. ]

Yes, for some reason Benelli is not making any spare parts availible for the new SBE II . I'm looking for a "Steadygrip" stock to put on my Comfort tech. If you call them, they will refer you to places that will inturn tell you just that. If you call them, and ask there operator to hook you up with someone to talk to, you will be put on hold FOREVER!!!!

I just got back from Idaho. We kill the S*it out of them. 64 in three days. It was hard to leave the blind each day as the the ducks continued rained down on us as we picked up the decoys. Russ, out [ 12-20-2005, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Russ F. ]