MassMark

I would love to see you sue Gander Mountain for essentially doing you a favor.... Many places would have given you a phone number to the manufacturers customer service scribbled on a PostIt Note.... If you have a beef at all, it's with Benelli and I'm perplexed as to how or why you'd take legal action against a department store that did not manufacture the weapon and seems to be giving you decent customer service....Sounds pretty stupid if you ask me. We really have become a "sue thy neighbor" society...Sad.

Mike - no hijack at all - at least as far as I'm concerned. I appreciate all the nuances that go into this decision - I don't take this lightly whatsoever. I have a bit of training, but nothing close to LE level and experiences of those like yourself with a more rich level of training is beneficial. I for one, have not experienced a lack of control during take-away drills with the pistol grip, but that's just me. Like you, I was also trained not to clear my house at high-ready, but again - that's how I was trained and feel comfortable and about 5 minutes ago, I walked my house in a high ready posture and it felt alien. Thanks for reinforcing ILR - it's a zone where I feel most comfortable..... While at the store today, I looked at two non-tactical Novas - one with the ComfortTech - the other with SteadyGrip. I'm no stock engineer, but I cannot see why the benefits of both cannot be combined...Perhaps a Benelli insider knows far more than I....

I wonder why they can't have the best of both worlds? A ComfortTech pistol gripped stock?

Thanks for that reply. It's good to hear from people experienced with the Benelli. Some of what I have read comes from purists - who think there is no other God than Remington 870. In fact, I have read about more issues with 870's than anything. I had my own several years ago, when I purchased a new 870 for training and HD. Nothing like racking the slide and having shells eject from the tube. That was repaired, then on my first outing, the gun literally came apart. I attribute it to the lemon principle, as I know 870's have a rich history of service, but they are indeed not perfect. I am looking forward to replacing my old Ithaca with the newer breed. The Ithaca has been great, but it's well-worn and in need of more TLC than I want to put into it at the moment. Will likely fix it up for a camp gun down the road... Thanks for your experience as well - it's something to seriously consider. I'm running through my mind some of the drills I've run and though I've never run into snags using a PG - it doesn't mean I won't....

Greetings from Massachusetts! After a long wait to replace my tired old pump-gun, I am buying a Benelli Super Nova Tactical. I work part-time in the firearms department for a sporting goods store and am being offered a ProDeal from Benelli - too good to pass up. I had the same opportunity for a Remington 870 tactical, as well as a Mossberg 500, but the Benelli keeps calling my name, so I'm making the leap.... I did a lot of research about this shotgun - especially looking for people with minor/major complaints and did not find a bunch out there. I read about a couple of folks having feeding issues and subsequent poor Benelli customer service, but that's about it. The only issue I'm having is more internal than anything - stock choice. I am a huge fan of the look, feel and utility of a pistol grip stock, but the ComforTech looks interesting. I also seem to recall reading a thread attached to reliability issues that had something to do with the pistol gripped Benelli stocks on the SuperNova, but can't place whether it was really an issue or a theory. If possible, I could use some feedback from both camps - I'm leaning pistol grip, but can always be swayed...Will be ordering my SNT next Friday, so I still have time...