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I really dislike how peppermint oil feels on my nipples. Ymmv

The peened spots are normal, except those near the bottom of the tube. That, I question, but am not ruling out as not abnormal. The discoloration on the link, I've seen before. I am not sure the exact issue, but it may have to do with how the welded or soldered portions took to finishing. That said, ejection happens on the recouping stroke...and your gun is recoiling hard enough go peenthe back of the receiver (normal), so I'd look at ejector tension and mobility , and same for extractor, plus make sure all surfaces of each look normal.

I've had great experiences with Benelli. Excellent CS. No questions asked replaced a barrel with a canted sight, even though it was 1-2* off max, and sent me spare parts because I could not find it on Brownells, free of charge. Excellent answering of questions, too.

If he trouble-shoots it in the manner I suggested above, there is precious little that remains. What would remain is: Port-sizing Gas cap spring tension Gas cap tolerances/sealing Piston-bore tolerances A few other minutia.

Was the weapon cleaned and lubricated and properly assembled/verified? Does the ejector move freely but with reasonable spring tension present? can you cycle the weapon by hand, with no ammunition, and feel any meaningful binding after the first cycle which sets the hammer? do the gas pistons move smoothly and easily through their operational travel, and when removed and rolled across a true surface , do they appear straight? Are the marks they have made on the carrier face roughly comparable to one another, or does it look as though one is impacting significantly harder? Does the extractor have full range of motion with proper spring tension, and is it's contact edge even and appear without defect?

The winchester 8 pellet winlite buckshot has had a lot of issues with cycling, and I would try something other than the fiocchi 7/8oz low recoil slugs. They are likely not enough to cycle a new gun.

What exact ammunition was used?

The stock CH is a good option, and one I'm happy with... *former Carrier Comp true black finish handle owner.

No holes were covered with placement of boxes or writing or box-ends. Keep an eye to the edges as some pellets barely nipped the target. All grid is 1". Three shots were fired for each loading at 25 yards, and their actual velocities were recorded. Velocities were recorded at 1m from the muzzle, so as to provide accurate readings on the load of shot, rather than the further distances used for pistol and rifle. The test platform was a Benelli Super Nova Tactical, which has an 18.5" chrome-lined CYL/non-constricted bore. The best and worst patterning loads were then fired for 1 shot each, at 15, and 35 yards, to show the difference 10 yards +- would make in the pattern. No velocities were recorded for this. *No, there was no mix-up with the Remington ammunition and velocities. I dunno what to say. Blame Big Green's QA/QC. Weird.

Remember...it's feeding into 7075. Which will fail first? It's not like the receiver is drop-forged steel...

It honestly does make the gun handlendifferently

There isn't enough friction and tension going on to cause galling of any merit. You DO need to use a primer with loctite though, as they 7075 and Ti are both inert.

Very fair pricing.

Both are stated 1300. I chronographed the low recoil Truball at 1267 from my benelli snt 18.5. I did not chronograph the hydrashok low recoil. I did chronograph the 1610fps rated full power hydrashok at 1440 avg from same gun.

Federal alleges that the Truball loadings are roughly twice as accurate as their conventional slugs. For this test, I used my 18.5" Benelli Supernova Tactical with ghost-ring sights, a sandbag, and cardboard "shooting mat". I performed my test at 50 and 25 yards. I used Federal TruBall LR and Federal Hydrashok LR loadings, and fired 3 5-shot groups of each. 2 groups at 50 yards, and 1 group at 25 yards. I alternated loadings, beginning with the Truball. The first Truball group was fired at 50 yards, and measured edge to edge, 2.8", with the possibility that 1 round was off paper (group was near the edge of the target), or that 1 round went through the cluster of holes. The second Truball group was fired at 50 yards, and measured, edge to edge, 3.5" with all holes clearly visible. The first Hydrashok group was fired at 50 yards, and measured 7.6" edge to edge, with all shots accounted for. The second Hydrashok group was fired at 50 yards, and measured 5.5", edge to edge, with all shots accounted for. I moved to 25 yards. The Truball group was fired at 25 yards, and measured 2.25" edge to edge, with the shots in such a cluster as only 4 distinct impacts could be discerned, but a VERY HIGH likelyhood exists that the 5th round passed through this cluster, as it was just right of the bull. The Hydrashok group was fired at 25 yards, and measured 3.75" edge to edge, with all shots accounted for. It is my opinion that the Truball loadings is EASILY capable of matching federal's accuracy claims, and that their estimation of its improvement over their pre-existing/conventional loading, is honest and accurate. I would also note that these slugs go transonic at around 30-35 yards, yet the accuracy achieved at 25 yards extrapolates well at 50 yards, thereby indicating to me that the foster slug is very stable when going transonic, unlike many boat-tail rifle projectiles. A final group with the Truballs was fired standing, off-hand at 25 yards. It was not measured, but I guestimate it at 3.5-4" E2E, and it is worth noting that this group was distributed evenly over the bull. All of my prone groups were to the right of the bull. I held the weapon firmly. The shotgun needs to be zeroed in the fashion it is to be shot. Weapon movement occurs when the slug is still traversing the barrel, and the position you take while firing the weapon has an impact on the effect this recoil takes on the slug as it does so. Keep this in mind when zeroing a slug gun and using it at 50+ yards.

I'm not 100% sold on the idea that the polymer TG is a bad piece.

Correct. Use an antiseize like Aeroshell 33MS, or similar, and talking, etc. Won't be an issue.

Nice work! I personally have zero themed aesthetics on my weapons , though. Because Mesa, and similar.

Honestly? I just use the fixed PG stock and bolt-on solution from Limbsaver. It ends up the same LOP, anyway.

100% Surefire head, tail-cap, and body + IWC in the form of a MOUNT ONLY. Wouldn't have been honest of me to advertise it as I did, otherwise.