Mike29

Tucker, Tonight I fully disassembled the rifle, for the first time and was looking to see if I could find any malfunctions. Before I had just run a Bore-Snake through. For the most part everything looked pretty clean and in good shape. However I did notice that my red points were not aligned. I guess the guy at the store or benelli misaligned them. I believe that this locks the barrel in place, but I never noticed any loosening of the barrel from receiver. What are the negative effects that can happen from this? I have some hoppes elite and hoppes solvent. What have you found to work best for your R1? I'm going to clean everything tomorrow. Over the weekend I'll hit the range to see if any of this helps. I had a **** of a time figuring out how the barrel fit snug to the receiver. I said the **** with it and started to lock the barrel cap when I noticed that it popped into place. Is it designed that way?

I bought the R1 back in 05'. I really didn't do any homework I just happened to be at a gun shop with a bunch of buddies and I needed a deer rifle. The Benelli R1 caught my eye, the gun had a sleek look, lightweight, the Benelli name, and was suppossed to be as accurate as a bolt-action. So I bought it. I used it twice for deer season in 05' and the gun shot pretty good, groups of around 2 1/2in. Well this year my groups are everywhere and the gun is not racking rounds after the first shot. The gun has been cleaned. I'm feeling a little cheated right now by Benelli. I paid a premium price for a rifle that should back premium performance. Usually a premium price gets a product that last longer, performs better, and requires less upkeep than the competition. I don't want to spend alot of time babying a rifle than should shoot right out of the box like all the others. I'm new to this post I found it when I typed in Benelli R1 problems. Also don't have too much experience with firearms/gunsmith I was looking to see if anyone had a quick fix. Thanks Mike