JNewell

Is your new Nova threaded for choke tubes?

I installed a +2 Nordic Components magazine extension on a Nova and while I was at it swapped in a NC follower that I had previously purchased. The gun wouldn't feed from the magazine if it was not at least level. Baaaad... I looked at the follower nose and the mouth of the magazine tube and it was obvious that the 2 3/4" shells were hanging up on the magazine mouth. I took a look at the end of the OEM follower. Sure enough, it has a nose that projects a little. Swapped followers - no problems feeding from the magazine, even if the gun is nearly straight muzzle-down.

Just to maybe close this out - Ordered a 10402 from TK's store and the package arrived prominently labeled "10401." Package included the skeletonized expanding adapter plate. Bolted up to the Nova (regular, not Super, non-ComforTech) Tactical model buttstock just fine. The upshot of the call with SVL CS was that the 10402 doesn't exist but the 10401 supercedes that part number. Sounds like they think the 10401 won't fit a SteadyGrip stock but I can't confirm that that's what they really think and I don't have one to try, so you're on your own with that one. Great pad, btw. MUCH better than the hard rubber OEM pad.

This is a pretty mixed up situation... I ordered a 10402 Limbsaver from Tom Knapp. According to Limbsaver techs, that doesn't exist. In fact, the package that arrived says 10401. What is really going on? I installed it on my Nova Tactical per the instructions below and although the fit could be just a little better, it's very good for a pre-fit pad and we are not aspiring to the "ooohhh ahhh" effect on the trap field every Saturday morning. Did I get a 10401 from Tom Knapp, like the package says, or did the 10402 pads come with 10401 labels and just include an adapter plate? Do the 10401 pads not have an adapter plate? Very confused here...

A few ideas... Robar's NP3 One of the better spray and bake treatments from Brownells, but you will need good surface prep and the threads may (probably will) be an issue

That's what I thought. Have you ever done it? Sounds like the voice of experience??? Edit - so it's basically the same as for the M4, as outlined in this thread? http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20528

Is the mag tube in the Nova or the SuperNova user-replaceable? The parts diagram makes it appear that these are threaded into the receiver, rather than brazed, so a dented tube could be user-replaced by unthreading the damaged tube and replacing it with a new tube - is that correct???

Consider one of the rifled choke tubes (but I believe you must use saboted slugs, not the "rifled" Foster-type slugs).

Is there a "large head" safety available for the M2? The round M1 looks like it probably would not fit.

Cyl or IC is likely best, but you don't know until you pattern it. Make sure you use a load that's got hardened shot. The regular stuff deforms and tends to fly more wildly (open up the pattern) than the hardened shot, which is usually not what you want.

Thanks - this is a gun for sale on the internet and I don't have the proofs, just the serial number. I can call on Monday but was hoping to figure out the date today.

Is there a table somewhere showing dates and serial numbers for Benelli shotguns?

What matters: clean it, lube it per factory instructions What's next: get some ammo, shoot it What doesn't matter: brand/type/shot size/powder charge As long as you're not doing something like shooting steel shot with the full choke tube, it really doesn't matter. This isn't like breaking in a benchrest rifle. My preference is to get some of this, some of that...mix it up. Low recoil, 3" mag, slug, cheap/discount brand shells...feed it everything, see if you can make it choke. If you can, make a note but don't panic. After 200-300 shells, try that one again and see if it works more reliably (it probably will).