[Lots of use, first issue on my M1]

I got an extra 24 inch around, the 21s are tough to come by.

[Lots of use, first issue on my M1]

REALLY sounds like what is going on. We had some issues with my fathers M2, and the help some of his issues Tom Knapp was shooting with us and he suggested we put a SBE spring in it. Fixed my fathers issues.

 

The failure does really feel like it isn't into battery. Frankly I like my M1 a little better over my M2, father likes his M2 over his M1. For some reason I brought my Ultra Light as a backup this weekend. And my father brought his Beretta Pintail as a backup, so it was bad decisions on both our parts.

 

And this M1 I bought it new with a 24 inch and bought a 21 inch barrel for it as all 4 (M1, M2s) we have, have 21 inch barrels now. So my dad and I look kind of 'short' but the guys we shoot with call them 'street sweepers'.

 

I got a new SBEII spring laying around, will that fit my M1?

[Pheasant Numbers]

We just returned from N. Central SD. Lots of birds, lots of bean/corn still standing and lots and lots of water!

 

Tough going with warm weather, crops and water. But we hunted for days, limited out 4 guys all 4 days.

 

Besides my non-functioning M1, everything was great! Even my young dog ended up with like 8 water retrieves, are we pheasant or duck hunting?

[Lots of use, first issue on my M1]

My father and I own a boat load of Benellis, M1s, M2s, Ultralights, one Cordoba and one SBEII. Very, very few issues with Benelli and that is why we continue to buy them.

 

But this last weekend I had an issue with my older Super 90 M1, its a 21 inch, 1 shot extended magazine gun (Tom K.'s). South Dakota I keep 3 shots in the mag (none in the chamber) and then use the bottom button to put a shell below the bolt and then I cycle a shell into the chamber. Then put a shell back into the mag.

 

But 4 times rooster presents itself and there is nothing, but a shell gets moved from the mag to below the bolt and the bolt doesn't cycle. I can cycle the shell out and everything is fine. The bolt is closed and I hunted this way, with this gun hard on pheasants for 9 years! I'm a seasoned hunter and avid Benelli owner, but this one has got me baffled. I went as far as pulling EVERYTHING apart to still have the same issue. My first thought was the firing pin, but after inspection it isn't bent/broke.

 

Any ideas as to what maybe going on? Of course I took it apart and cleaned it, verified everything and still got the same thing the next day 1 time. Fed up I simply moved to my 20 gauge Ultra Light.

 

In short, my failure is simply when I pull the trigger I don't get a bang and I get a shell moved from the mag to below the bolt.

[The low-down on M4 springs...]

I'm in the same boat here, having trouble finding an extra strength spring for my father's M2. I know with a 2 shot extension on my M1 the stock spring is fine. But my father's M2 with a stock spring he is having cycling feed issues.

 

Anyone know of a spring to correct this? I see that Wolff spring doesn't offer anything for extended mags.