Sir: I have the same problem with a Benelli M2 20 gauge. I am an avid squirrel hunter and I love the shotgun because it is light in weight and low on recoil. HOWEVER, when I first took the gun squirrel hunting, I noticed that I was missing some shots that i normally make. I came home and patterned the gun and it was about 8 inches high and 4 inches to the left at 40 yards. I have tried everything: Shims, had the barrel bend by a professional gunsmith, just tried to compensate while hunting and just got completely frustrated with all of it. Still have the shotgun but now that hunting season is back in, I plan to put it on the market next week. AND, as much as I liked everything about this shotgun, except the pattern, I will never own another Benelli. With my luck, if i bought another one, it would turn out the same way. Also, I have heard from several Benelli shotgun owners that the barrel on a Benelli shotgun is bad about bending. One fellow told me that his barrel got bent from just standing it up at an angle over a long period of time in his closet. Happy for all of you Benelli owners out there that like yours and have had good luck with it, but another Benelli for me, don't think so......
