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i would probably go with the b shim since the c shim is installed and from looking at YOUR manual ya would also use the corresponding locking plate and it only takes a few minutes to swap out! i would not go with the a shim till i tried the b!! Follow directions and ya gotter whipped!! shooting behind clays is the usual problem for me anyways!!

Winchester ER are around 30.00 a box of 10 and you have to order them on the net as far i know i ordered mine i think from able ammo but could have been BP Shop? can't remember but they are a wicked loads!! so did ya have any more issues with cycling?

C/S should be able to answer this type of question 18003224626 if they say you have a problem ya gotta get an RA anyway probably!! the shells you are having issues with were Federal? Good luck either way!!

You want a benelli to fit like a 870/ HUMM!! Good Luck!! i was just saying since the useless OEM sight is black with a small bit of red and i can't see it anyway it works better for me with a front sight i can see. so were you not bobbeling your headi trying to find front sight to start with?? Guess i am confused and Italian shotguns will confuse most!! it did me for a while but i fingered it out. you should of had a manual set of 4 or 5 chokes and a choke wrench which you should have checked before ya left the store!! Good luck getting yourgun fitted and hope Uncle Arthur will let ya do a proper break-in with out too much pain!! why can't ya download the manual from online?

once ya get your manual or find print button, should be easy enough ya got 4 languages to choose from!!

This adjustment is not that hard to do and if ya can't do it find someone that can, so simple. Just install a front site ya can see, the benelli OEM front sight is usless IMO anyway! Then you will be ready to cheeek it up and you will not have to pick that lazy eye up anymore. Stock adjustment in manual call C/S and if ya did not get chokes this would be a good time to address this issue also!! Take it to a range with a friend and some tools and deal with it!! This adjustment takes about 15 minutes tops and if everyone else does it why can't you?

Selective IGNORE button again?

My dealear told me that it was important to shoot the most powerfull rounds planned to be shoot in gun FIRST so the spring would memorize something? guess force on spring and was told to NOT shoot light loads in it first? seemed nonsence to me but my SBEII had only 30 3 1/2 turkey hevi-shots fired and i have had NO cycling issues?? i would call that good advice from dealer MAYBE!!LOL i think next time i called Benelli i would ask them this same question and see if they think the spring would be messed up IF you shot light loads in it first? What shells are you using and what parts are you oiling/lubricating and did they say anything might need small adjustment to slove this issue?

Seems by surfing http://www.limbsaver.com that the choices would be many? 10402? 10400? or the grind to fit but best bet would be find the contact tech link and ask Chris!! you will be sure to get correct product if you can explain to them what ya got and what YOU wanta do to put one on it!! I was home schooled in rcansaw so thats why i let the experts from the manufacturers educate me, seems cheaper in the long run and good luck! search this topic i saw a similar topic recently, that might help? i end up like the fellow with the wrong turkey choke most of the time but i did get my primos .665 replaced for the .660 that was just a tad OFF, screwes in a tad better!! since i came up for air i am doing better and meds are doing their job these days , all is good!! for fitting a steadygrip i would think that this would not be a player but factory tech could hook you up with that type info!! the front sight in my opinion was not visible to me and useless to start with so i just took a small needle nose pliar and procedded to remove it and didnot do a great job but new sigt covered small marks along with a blue pin and all is well. it did destroy sight cause i could have cared less about the size and type to start with i just made sure i limited damadge to surronding are!!

I would also shoot just about anything that was given to me for free!! Mossberg 835 would probably be my choice over a Remington 870 pump wise, but Benelli over Browning is no brainer

Brownings that BAD? SO yall living near Felsenthall or more towards the Ouachita River? i hear tell yall left caddo area and ventured east towards Monroe!!

These guys got what ya need if ya looking for a setup!! http://www.wareagleboats.com they, like a group of Aluminum Boat manufacturers have survived in Southern Arkansas and being located close to the Flyway that they are is probably why these guys are still in biddness and they have some good products if ya are looking for a deal that will last! Fishing in that area is another reason they have lasted, but Stuttgart has kept these small companies going strong and they really have some quality gear!!

at the muzz it's 2000fps, 50yds=1810fps & 100yds=1620fps

this one is better but ya gotta find it!! http://www.benelli.it click on habla english upper rt corner and M4 Cleaning on page 66 or 67 of manual if ya lost your manual it's a pdf file! just click on product, shotguns, defense technology then on lt side of page click on spare parts is where manuals are hiding!!

Congrats! and lotta nice info and pics on some really nice weapons i am sure with time this site will become a wealth of knowledge from posters!!

Admin & Mods for this forum you can find under the "members list" header at the top of this page listed in the "A"s & "M"s

http://www.militec-1.com ,click on firearms on lt side of page then in middle of page their is a link to the military manual M1014 and it says no lube on them DRY but clean i am sure!!

I have a friend in Colorado that routinely take birds out past 40 yds and his longest was close to 80 yds with a Berretta a390 and hevi-shot and this is no B/S, he can also nail just about anything he aims at with a cheap 350.00 Bow, he hits foil pie plates in the center repeatidly at 80 yds. He has done his home work and he busted a 25 Lb Gobbler at like 75 to 80 yds with a 3" hevi-shot and is getting it mounted with a HUGE Co. Bobcat posed as if he is attacking the turkey , should be cool mount! Turkey is like a flying mount and Bobcat is lunging to eat the Turkey!! his bow has been doing him good also as far as elk and mule deer cause he is hunting Co,Wyoming, NM and has been working preff points in Utah and Colorado for hard to draw hunts! Funny thing he hardly eats anything he kills he always donates it to someone? He is a big steak fan is probably the reason and sushi!! You will not belive the holes that Winchester ER does to a target vs the hevi-shot as far as destroying the paper on exit , it is daylight and dark just shredded vs small punches with the hevi-shot!

enjoy and hope some of it made cents!! you will probably needs some adjustments if your cycling issue is still going on but you can search members post for some of mudhen's post! he has had issues with the cycling problems and his posts address some minor manipulation with a leatherman to help this problem and he has a post and some pics of those Kent shells i spoke of! also has some good turkey choke info, i just got my primos Jelly Head .660 and will be trying it shortly with some extended range winchesters for spring turkey, think i will try Colorado in april or may with a friend! i have been using a briley extended turkey choke and it patterns nice but i think this primos will be better, but ya allways need a backup and i will figure out which one it will be but that winchester 3 1/2 ER has been impressive thru the briley in comparisson to hevi-shot!! check out winchester.com and read about the ER it is impressive!! kinda expensive but the old Tom is worth every dollar!!

all the 922r BS has done is drive the price up on all the M4 stuff and thats kinda like what happened when "I did not inhale/I did not have sexual realations" did when he signed B/B!! People were buying all the neat stuff prior to it being signed, and the prices were just getting outta hand as the bill signing got closer and closer!! kinda like whats going on here!

http://www.gunsamerica.com has several M4's and even a pair with matching serial #'s but BIG $$$, just go to shotgun section and search benelli and it will pull them up for ya!! even a few accesories $$$$$ No green light specials but if ya want it you can still have it, they had one with factory 7 shot mag extension i think!

Tube grease would probably be for a non firearm application i think? grease and oil due they same thing but just different chemical compositions. oil is thinner than grease and ya apply it where grease is called for like on slides choke tubes and oils are for general areas. on the MPC application i think they are speaking of grease in the form of a automotive application? I use Browning Midas synthetic grease on my SBEII and ya use just a tad of it, and just a tad more oil than grease! The FP-10 seems to be for larger calibre weapons from what i have read and the militc-1 is also but they both are supposed to be good stuff by people i have talked to and i am going to try the militec-1 stuff first, smallest bottle they sell, stuff supposed to last forever!!

Kent ammo seems to be one of those ammos that the SBEII does not like, something to do with deformed brass, rounded edges not cycling basically bad batch of shells that would not let the ammo cycle? could be fixed by now but like benelli says if it will not cycle do not use it! winchester is the primary round i use but will use remington hevi-shot also, never had a bit of trouble with cycling and maybe your problem will go away! wow 200 rounds seems to be a lot but when you are shooting say trap it can go by much quickerthan 200 rounds of waterfowl rounds! for some reason my dealer said that ya wanta make sure to use the heaviest round you will ever be shooting in gun for spring memorization for the break in and sounded like i would buy a couple penny's worth! not sure if thats why i have had no problems but if it works do not fix it!! I shot only 3 boxes of hevi-shot turkey rounds and only 30 rounds but as i say never a malfunction! keep the wd-40 and remoil away from it and use a quality oil and quality ammo and ya should be GG!! Hoppes, Militec-1, FP-10 all are quality oils , i use hoppes #9 and a Browning Midas Greasein a few areas and just small quantitys of it. fixin to purchase some militec-1 just to give it a try, people say it is a good quality product, would use benneli oil but i can nnot find anyone who sells it? later

welcome! and unless the online manual and my 03 manual are different it says no where ya have to shot 4 boxes to break gun in? also seems you know a bit of history on the function of the SBEII and benelli has a troubleshooting tree here on their sight and you failed to mention which "brand" rounds you were trying to shoot. so you have a feeding problem with 3" rounds and your buddy had same problem??12 Ga or 20Ga? let me see i am leaning towards operator error but not knowing what brand ammo i will say no but highly likely ammo issue !! I would stongly reccomend taking gun apart cleaning it and lubricating it and the manual did say use something other than light loads to do breakin and what were the spec on say the first 50 rounds? Benelli also says in manual if the rounds will not cycle they were not intended to be used in this BA shotgun!! Try the search feature on SBEII and ya will have it figured out once ya get used to an Italian firearm. I have owned one for about 4 years and it has not had one issue!! my gun dealer told me to breakin with the most powerful round i planned to shoot in it and yes it hurt$$$ and hurt my shoulder but shoots like a dream even with the light loads from walmart with NO problem!! click on customer service then upper lt side of page you will see troubleshooting and they have a decent chart here to follow and call C/S if it continues!!

went to http://www.mpc-home.com and checked it out and it sounds similar to MILITEC-1 the way it bonds to metal? Guess the Navy uses it a lot, unsure how the stuff works but i will read some more on it!! I see it does all the stuff that it claims ya might as well take a shower in it!! i see that the NUGE endorsed it with his blessings!!