Engineeringtech

Can anyone here tell me how I clean or remove the magazine tube on a 2006 Legacy 12 ga.? I thought the magazine tube would unscrew from the receiver. Applied an awful lot of force with a rubber jar lid "gripper", but I could not get it to budge. There appears to be wrench flats on the end of the tube. Is that how you get more force to break the magazine free? JC

Jeff, That M2000 (advantage timber) looks really nice and very reasonably priced. Considered buying one. I practice on the trap field. Not unusal to fire 50 shells very quickly. Barrels get very hot. Worried about the camo treatment on the barrel. Would it hold up to the high temperatures?

Just ordered a 12 ga. Legacy. Anyone know of a mercury recoil reducer that fits?

So no one is allowed to criticize Benelli?

Real helpful. Guy complains about the problems he's having with a M4, and you tell him he paid too much!

Thanks everyone for all the replies and the ideas. I'm going to mail order and try some other brands of shells before sending the gun in. Reassuring hearing that Benelli's service is A+. This is my only shotgun, and I'm on a tight budget, so I was being cautious. As for Hogwild's assertion that I'm "crying"... I don't EVER cry. I'm also man enough not to resort to insulting strangers on a public forum. Oh, and I'd put my gun cleaning and lubricating abilities against anyone else's. My gun is spotless and properly oiled. It cycles just fine. It just misfires sometimes. One more thing... Benelli told me before I bought the Legacy that it'd be a suitable skeet gun with any type of factory loading, including the so called "light loads" that everyone and their brother buys in bulk and uses for skeet and sporting clays. The number one reason I bought this gun was it's reputation for reliability. I am also suspicious of the requirement to run heavy loads till the gun "loosens up". What is the goal in that? Over-stress the springs?

Hi Benelli shooters! Need some advice... I bought my first Benelli last May. Beautiful Legacy 20 ga. A new '04 model that had gone un-sold. Unfortunately, I have had nothing but problems. I bought two cases of Remington Gun Club from Dick's Sporting Goods. Had over 30 misfires! I cycled these shells through the gun 3 or 4 times before they would fire. Everyone tells me the primer dimples are very light (about .015 deep) and off center. Dicks wouldn't refund or exchange the unused shells. Nor would Remington. I sent pictures and shells to Remington. They analyzed the problem and insist it is the Benelli. Sent pics to Benelli also. They said the problem was the ammo, but then they sent me a heavier hammer spring to try. I installed it and it helped SLIGHTLY. Changing to Winchester AA helped somewhat too. But still too many misfires to allow me to shoot skeet. Have by now cycled over 600 shells through the gun. Noticed that the primer dimples on the Winchester AA are very deep and big, wheras the dimples on the Remington are very small and light. What is going on here? Hard primers? That is what I thought. But even the AA missfires sometimes. I haven't found any other brands of ammo in this area, and don't have any friends who reload 20 ga. Please don't anyone tell me that I need to clean my gun. It was clean and lightly oiled when I got it, and I have completely field stripped it and cleaned and re-oiled. I operate the gun per the manual. I let the bolt slam shut and I don't ease it into place. I supposedly have a 5 year warranty on this gun. Benelli tells me they don't know what is wrong with it. If I send it back I will have to wait 4 weeks or more to get it back. And since it is an '04, they may have to mix new parts with old. I like the looks of my gun and don't want it monkeyed with. I also don't know if I can trust Benelli service. I would hate to get it back dinged or scratched up. Any ideas anyone? Do you think I should bite the bullet and send it back to Benelli to have a look?