HH

Calling people idiot demonstrates a lack of class. I wish, however you had been on the customer service line when I called, you would have at least been more informative. ....instead I was told to disassemble the stock pad and clean the recoil spring. Indeed, when I checked out the new guns at BassPro, there was some that had a smooth finish and some that had a textured finish on the inside of the magazine tube. I've owned two BENELLI shotguns, the first shot so low it was astounding, thats when the customer service insisted the only remedy was to put shims in the stock !!! (quite the wrong answer) Winchester shells are to blame, however, I think the irregular surface inside the magazine made the gun more sensitive to the buffering. I also think BENELLI customer service should have been more helpful. maybe , when you turn 18 , you will develope some maturity

I have a SBE 3 1/2"

I'm starting to believe that $ 1200-1500 benelli has some various relabilty issues. I own one now tat I primarily turkey hunt with but I would seriously ever consider benelli for high volume shooting. A gun like this should N E V E R !!!! jam shooting bird loads.

I had trouble with shells in the magazine jamming. The follower ( the little cap ) was getting jammed . upon closer inspection, the first couple of inches in the magazine looked machined and not smooth. I later checked some new guns at a store and 1 out of 3 guns I inspected were done this way. This made the surface of the magazine slightly irregular and then shooting Winchester X-tended range shells, the buffering material was spilling out into the magazine causing the jamming. I smoothed the surface using a drill and some metal sand paper and also scotch brite to polish the surface. Also, put parafin wax on the end of the shells and havent had any problems since. Tried to get help from Benelli cust service, but they were clueless. I hate to say that for 1200 $ , the gun should be without production problems and cust serv ought to be sharp. HH

You are likely correct that your gun shoots low. Not all guns shoot like this. Only another turkey hunter would understand this. for wing shooting it is not as critical because you cann adapt your shooting and you can indeed put shims in it to compensate as to how you mount the gun. But for the precise aiming and deliberate shooting during turkey hunting you have a problem. You can either buy a scope type device or some adjustable sighting devices or you can purchase eccentric chokes ( from Briley) that will raise your point of impact or you can send the gun to someone like Seminole gunworks and have the barrel bent. the last two options are more expensive but very viable to correct your problem Frankly, I wouldnt own a gun that didnt shoot true 50/50 or even 60/40 from "point of aim" to "point of impact" good luck HH