[Benelli customer service]

I recently sold my own rifle for only $400.00. I couldn't find anyone interested in buying it so I gave it away and took a huge loss...OUCH! It was less than 2 years old and looked brand new and didn't have a scratch on it. I just never could get it to shoot consistantly. It seemed to shoot differently every time I took it out of the case. I finally got tired of fooling with the blasted thing. ( Besides I was going broke buying ammo for it too) I shot about 12-14 boxes of ammo through it and also sent it back to BenelliUSA for service to no avail. They never could find the problem or correction for it. I asked them to please replace the gun but they said it was within the Benelli factory tolerance of shooting 2 1/2" groups at 100 yards. I never saw that in the advertisements "performance work the price" and probably shouldn't have bought the gun in the first place if that is all the R-1 rifle is capable of. (I have seen auto loading slug guns that would do that).

 

Anyway I didn't want it on my conscience to sell a rifle that performed so poorly to an unsuspecting buyer. I just didn't think that would be right. I let 4-5 of my hunting buddies shoot the gun to see if they were interested in buying it at a very good price but they were all afraid that they might wound an animal with a bad shot or miss a trophy opportunity associated with its poor accuracy and passed on it.

I guess unfortunatley the R-1 doesn't have the reputation or accuracy associated with other semi-auto rifles such as Browning and Remington. One good thing that did come out of my experience was that I now shoot my bolt action rifle much better accuracy wise. I attribute this to building up the strength in my trigger finger after shooting the R-1.

 

Curious how did you manage an amiable resolution? I drove almost 300 miles today to look at one for myself. They didn't seem as well made as the Indo. Brownings, shooting one was a bit uncomfortable with the grip, trigger was harendous and the groups were terrible but that may be due to the break-in. I shot a 308 and the 300, the 308 seemed pretty nice but the 300 was used and it too jammed twice in 10rnds. I'm like you, don't need or want a gun that is not reliable in the field.. What did you end up buying?

[Benelli customer service]

What sort of problems were you having that caused the jamming? Since you say that you may give them a try in a year or so, did they lead you to believe that there are existing problems that they know about and are trying to correct? I am trying to get some info and don't want to spend a thousand dollars to get a problem child so to speak

[Many great deals on used R-1 rifles.]

It's all been covered here before.

Read through the older posts regarding accuracy, reliability and trigger pull.

 

As far as my hunting with an AR goes, that's a matter of personal choice for me.

A lot of my deer hunting is done in front of dogs, where the deer are on the run.

The AR makes sense for this unique set of circumstances.

If I hunt a beanfield, I use a different rig.

If I were hunting the open spaces of Wyoming or Colorado, I'd use a lighter weapon for easier carrying.

 

I saw where you made corrections for other posters so I thought I would help you out bean field is 2 words.

So you take an assault rifle to shoot endlessly at running deer in front of dogs? Where do all the misses go. Not to badger you but how safe is it to use a long range weapon on a spray raid for deer? While I personally have nothing against hunting with dogs, with the ever persistence of the animal rights groups do you think the use of such weapons in a sport/tradition such as hunting will send the wrong message to the non-hunter? Seems an AR definitely crosses the line of a Sporting rifle. Where do you hunt that the DNR allows the use of extended magazines/clips making the AR's more suitable over any other 5 rnd semi auto rifle while hunting with dogs? In my area most dog hunters use shot guns, it is much easier to hit a running/moving target with 24 pellets out of a 3" magnum and the short range makes it much safer for others in the area. I came to this sight in hopes of gaining quick information before driving 140 mi. to look at the R1 sorry to bother you. You seemed at the time most knowledgeable of Benelli products, now maybe I can find someone more helpful.

[Many great deals on used R-1 rifles.]

And, yes. I have a 20 round clip and a 10 round clip.

There is a ten round clip available for the R1.

With that clip, I guess the R1 is now an assault rifle too.

Was considering the R1 but have recently found out that the triggers were very stiff and the accuracy was not the greatest. I can appreciate the knowledge that you may have can you tell me how well they really shoot? No one in town carries them and told me that they are having numerous problems. Do you hunt with your assault rifle? Seems like it would be heavy to carry thru the woods and also give a bad impression to non-hunters about hunters and the tradition there of