Hello,
Just encountered something interesting with an M4 I recently purchased, didn't know if anyone else had similar story.
My M4 (11715) I purchased new from an authorized Benelli dealer seems to have missed out on the threadlocker station, or they got a bad batch.
My magazine tube spun free with a little force with no heat. There was a very small dab of red threadlocker but it looks like it didn't cure all the way, still very tacky. Almost like raspberry jelly. I've spoken with StrangerDanger about it and he mentioned it being very odd.
Also noticed my top rail had 0 threadlocker on it's screws as well, which I was informed by Scalarworks is generally not the case.
I spoke with Benelli and they said it was a brand new gun, made this year and had never been sent back for servicing. The rep I spoke with (Chris) said he'd never heard of something like that, but weirder things have happened. I called the dealer and was assured there was 0 chance it had been used or even removed from the box outside of checking it in when they received it.
Makes things easier for me to swap the parts out, but I thought it was interesting. Ever heard of this? Did I just get lucky?