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Make that four senior members. I'm a newbie,trying to learn everything I can.

Engineer tech, Don't mind these old gobblers; their peck is worse than their spurs. This forum is an excellent resource and the gurus on here are are pretty thorough. Some of them are less patient than others, especially when the solution is obvious, but they are fair and they offer good advice. And they unanimously say that once you have made sure that the problem is not user related that you get your firearm to a competent gunsmith or in the case of a warrantied gun the manufacturer's customer service. If I had to choose between the average gunsmith and Benelli CS, I would send that pretty Legacy to Benelli. If you get to the point that you don't like that gun, I'll trade you even for a Ruger Red Label. You got the straight dope from three senior members; sweet&sour, but it was the truth, and it was free. Good luck DW

SBE I or II? What kind of shells were you shooting? What were you shooting at? Were you standing or sitting? Do you have a limbsaver recoil pad? If not get one. Without details, I'm guessing it's 1.gun fit(mySBE I has 1 3/4" drop at the comb almost 2 1/2" at the heel; much easier on shooters faces than some of the sporting clay guns. 2. shooting form(I shoot both eyes open so my head is not canted like one-eyed rifle shooting,so my cheek bone is not pressed into the comb.3. excessive recoil(barrel rising and comb slaps cheek resolved with limbsaver recoil pad made to fit Benelli SBE. There are more knowledgeable shooters on here who can help. I'm no expert, but recently shot 2 boxes of lowly 2 3/4" 3 dr. 1 1/8oz#8's at clay targets with a Ruger Red Label 12ga. 26" O/U that hurt my cheekbone so much I'd rather go one round with Mike Tyson. The drop of the comb on the Ruger is only 1 1/4" so I have to cant my head and get my cheek bone right on the stock. I'm selling the Ruger. Next week I'm going to try the SBE I out on some hevy field loads, and if the Benelli cycles them, and it should, my dove gun will be the SBE. I have already tried the Browning Humpback and that is way better than the Ruger as far as mounting and recoil. You have adjust the Auto-5's friction rings. Good luck and I hope Tucker and the other gurus will advise you. DW

FYI, I saw on the Benelli site the Camo Burris Speed Dot 135 with camo 93 Weaver base and the camo shotgun with camo rings and base. Both optics have to be ordered by your Benelli dealer. Unfortunately my local dealer couldn't come up with the info to order it. I was impatient and ordered the Burris Camo Speed Dot from Natchez Shooters Supply for about the same price and the camo weaver 93 base #BU410608 for $17.33. Then had my gunsmith drill and tap my SBE I. WOW. I can't believe I went 20 some years without optics for my turkey hunting and three years trying to keep my Tru-glo sights in one piece on SBE. By the way I went through half a tube of crazy glue and a couple of fiber optic sticks that Tru-Glo graciously sent me when I told them about the sight. Now with the red dot I can shoot with both eyes open and see the entire turkey, whereas before with rifle sights (and my 60 yr old eyes) all I saw was a fuzzy front sight and a turkey head. To order the red dot sight from Benelli which includes camo scope,rings and camo base tell your dealer to call Benelli and order 300203-Ben for around 179.00. I did't find out the order # for the shotgun scope. If that doesn't work try Natchez. Good Luck Dennis W