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Truthfully no. I remember them selling for $249, I believe it was, and I recall them sitting for some time both in stock at benelliparts, as well as people on the forums failing to sell them for rather low prices, as well. C-Stocks are DIRECTLY tied to availability for pricing. They are probably some of the most market-sensitive firearm related goods that exist. If you want to know how "guns are doing", price C-stocks.

I have assembly wear from Benelli. My shotgun was never done as such. It is what it is. Not saying the damage shown in the OP is the same, just saying.

Guns are assembled and test fired by Benelli.

Correct diameter cheap punch. Full send. She gone bend. Buy a few.

Department or officer wrote it off as operating expenses, got new guns, profit. Hospitals do this all the time as non profits with furniture for example.

This is what I tell people. The 1301 is good, but it's not the absolute hammer the m4 is.

This is the result of 10 rounds of Hydrashok (LE127RS) fired unsupported from the standing at a normal pace without trying too hard. The target is 12" wide. The firearm was a 14" CYL bore M4 Entry model with FFT rail, ADM Ti mount, and Aimpoint 4moa H2. The distance is 65y.

The M1014 has always been a fixed MOD diameter choked barrel. Regular Foster or Brenneke style slugs are fine. I am not familiar personally with these "Tornado" slugs and won't speak to it, but have read very lackluster accuracy reports about them on various forums.

The use of foster style or brenneke rifles slugs will not harm the m1014 barrel. I personally prefer federal LR hydrashok slugs. Accuracy looks like what OP got but at 75 yards or more, and barrel leading is minimal while 1300fps with 1oz is a pretty sweet spot recoil/cycling reliability wise. Terminally, they are tested by Vista to do great, and the gel test and barrier data is found online. Compared to trueball, accuracy in my m4 sbs is identical, but with less leading from the HS. https://le.vistaoutdoor.com/ammunition/federal/slug/details.aspx?id=706

The 1301 is being pushed hard by a lot of people who do shotgun training right now, as well. It's not a bad thing, the 1301 is a great shotgun, but it does due to mention that it is being pushed very hard.

I would be interested, but contingent on weight savings.

I borescoped my M4 sbs after several hundred rounds of slug and buck. No barrel side port orifice fouling buildup was noted.

To be fair, I think they are more popular and more available.

Are you Mr Yu, op?

This is true. I've kindof got my "standard modifications" for M4's at this point, lol!

Big facts. I'm waiting on my 2nd Entry model, as well. No desire to own the others.

Several reasons... 1) the AR love was driven hard by GWOT. GWOT is winding down. 2) Market saturation. The AR market is saturated to the point of absurdity. Look at Aridus Ind and FFT. They have niched their way into mainstream by supporting solidly the shotgun market. I bet neither could have even touched the AR market with this level of success. 3) Democrats are in power and people want something 50 state legal or future proofed or maybe even their local laws have shafted them.

I file it under "more is better and why not?" A 100% increase in surface area isn't a bad thing in this case, IMO

I went with the FFT rail to provide more surface area for the crossbar of the mount. All mounts will shift/slide during recoil and bolt return, even on 5.56 guns. On a 12 gauge, this is absolutely brutal, so I want to provide the most surface area possible for the recoil lug/cross-bar to interface with.

You want the LPA BAR D4. It is currently out of stock where I normally source them: https://fusionfirearms.com/standard-ghost-ring-d4

No. I have never found this to be the case, and even on my pistols I have sometimes run "blackout" sights like the ones Kyle Defoor branded. Why? I am using a light. It is bright AF. My sights, even if they are neon green 532nm retina searing acid jello color, are going to be "black" when viewed in relief behind my WML. The other aspect is night sights that you brought up, not just bright colored sights. There is some utility to them in very low light if you are not using a WML, but this is going to probably fall under irresponsible use, as you are not likely to PID your target unless the target area is well lit...and then we again have the sights black in stark relief. Next is the ghost ring tritium close to your eye. This is terrible. It will mess with your natural night vision and cause pupillary constriction and it just sucks. The only people I know who DO run night sights on long guns forego the rears. Night sights under NODS are a detriment for obvious reasons. In short, I replace my rear ghost ring with a plain black one from LPA that does not have the dots/ "wings", and I remove the FSP, clean out the reactive paint, replace it with white automotive touch-up paint, clear-coat over it with automotive touch-up clear coat, and re-install it. It looks factory and gets rid of the stupid glowing FSP.

I moved to the FFT rail + ADM Ti mount and whatever optic is your flavor. For me, that's T-series micros. Why? I want the ability to use irons if my optic fails...that is a huge reason for "can I see irons through the optic?" However, optics do not often just take a dump where the lights go out. We have evolved to the point that optics are honestly pretty darn reliable in and of themselves. Even on a gauge. So what causes optics to fail? In my case, it has been rain. You get rain on lenses, it can freeze (I hunt in the midwest, and sometimes it rains, drizzles, then freezes as the day goes on, etc.) or you get intractable fogging no matter what you treated it with. This causes it to be a royal pain or even impossible to use the RDS. I use closed emitter types, but even worse with open emitters like RMR. This makes "seeing my irons through the window" an equally trash idea to implement. If the dot is messed up due to optical distortion, the FSP will likely not be super awesome to visualize, either. Maybe for you this is mud, snow, took a sim round to the window, whatever. But for me, it's humidity/rain and cold related. With a SYNC, you are then stuck. You will not be easily aiming that weapon. You have lost both primary and backup sighting methods because something got rained on and temps dropped, or mud, or whatever. With a QD system like the ADM Ti mount, I can pop the optic off, stow it in my pocket, and finish the hunt/training course/whatever. Further, the ADM Ti on a 1913 rail places the optic a hair higher than the SYNC, which is PERFECT for the mid setting of the C-Stock without NODS. With NODS, it places the optic higher for better use with NODS with the stock fully extended. It really is the "sweet spot", while the SYNC is more tuned toward being a good cheek weld without NODS, with the stock fully out. I prefer to run the stock on the mid (12.25" LOP) setting when I'm not running NODS. Further still is attachment method. I prefer 5 screws to 2, with 2 locators. So far, the ADM Ti mount has held up EXCELLENT and I have had no issues of any kind with it regarding zero shift or any other malady. The new Ti levers/bolts are physically much stronger than the previous iterations.

I have never had this issue, but it has been a very very near thing, to the point that I wondered about it. As much as I love the SYNC, I have transitioned away from it to other solutions.