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I’m was using my hands to grip the tube. I had nitrile gloves on. I usually wear them when I’m working on the blasters. I’m thinking I just didn’t get it got enough the first couple times. I was concentrating the heat towards the base of the magazine tube while trying to avoid flame on the receiver. I also had it clamped very lightly in the vice. I didn’t want to crush or deform it. I had soft jaws with extra towels for padding. Maybe not tight enough/too much play in there? The red Loctite was caked around the threads of the tube and inside the receiver. Probably a 1/16” band of Loctite was visible.

I bet. Funny that you mention the recoil tube. I removed the internals before hand for a couple reasons. I didn't want to cook the spring and I wanted to clean it out. That think was filled with so much funk. It looks like they goo'ed up the plunger with Aeroshell too.

Holy heck! It's off but WTF? I started with a butane torch, I know MAPP is better but it's what I had on hand. I started with a pencil torch some smoke a 1/8" of a turn and full stop. Then I upped the heat to a full size butane torch, smoke bonanza. A couple 1/8" here and there, more heat and a full stop. Then I broke out the heat gun. Nothing happened except now the entire receiver was toasty, even the rear sight. I hit it with some Kroil and let it sit for an hour. Came back with more torch. Then I couldn't even get an 1/8" turn out of it. Heat gun again, why? Desperation I think. Nothing, it laughed at me. Finally, back with the full size butane torch and I cooked the hell out of the 5 round tube. A little more smoke, cranked on it nothing. At this time I started getting worried about damaging the hand guard retaining plate. More torch again. Cranked on it and the tube cracked and stopped. Torched the snot out of it. Then I put on my Kong costume and finally with a ton of effort started to slowly unscrew it. I've cooked off plenty of loctite before but this was insane. Maybe I was being too cautious and didn't give it enough heat from the get go but it felt like the receiver was getting really toasty. After one episode with the heat gun I could feel heat in the recoil tube. I think Benelli must have dipped the threads in a pail of red loctite and "Bruno" cranked it on with 75ftlbs of torque. So unnecessary.......

Mine was about 4 1/2 months from order to my door.

Well see. I'm concerned about the spring binding in the receiver. I won't be opening up the whole with a dremel. If it doesn't work the FFT round button and latch are going in.

You might be thinking of the TTI carrier/elevator. This is a different part:

Great mail day today! I received my CC mag tube after 8 days in priority mail, LOL. (No fault of Carrier Comp) And.... The J-Kenny 2 piece shell latch arrived. I can confirm that the Toni Systems button is a complete plug and play. Now I have some tinkering to do. ?

Thanks. I have a Tesalong on my list. It looks pretty good for $50! SOTAR uses them in their class.

Did you push the copper slugs through to mitigate leading? I heard this from Hickok45. After he shoots lead cast through his revolvers he puts some FMJ through them. He claims it clears out all the leading. I think he said he's been doing it since the 70's or 80's. He then cleans his revolvers like any other pistol. No crazy scrubbing to "de-lead" the bore. I've been thinking about picking up some copper plated stuff for the M4 for this reason. Of course it then leaves you with some copper fowling. The lesser of two evils?

Which bore scope is that?

$500.00 each??

It has a bandana slingstock. I heard those are now classified as machine guns....

The new bolt release buttons Benelli are using might be Toni System. I'd have to see an up close photo of one to confirm. They look similar from a distance and Toni System is also in Italy. This is my theory anyway. I grabbed a Toni System button because it comes with a M4 screw which should install seamlessly into the J-Kenny 2 piece shell latch.. (if it ever comes) The Toni buttons are tricky to source. They are a bit larger than other buttons (FFT), we'll see how it all works out.

Annnd both standard kits are sold out. Wow! Last time they went for 2-3 days if I recall correctly. Complete kits are still available. Sometimes they'll pop back up for sale if someone has it reserved in their cart and doesn't act on it after the 15 min window.

These are back on Dvor as of 11:00am EST. Full size or Micro $169.00 plus tax and ship. It makes me want to buy another one and I don’t even need it.

Not to derail you’re thread but I’m trying to figure out what I’m looking at here. Did you buy these new? Maybe had them customized? Out of shear curiosity I’m trying to put together the color, Supernova stocks and rails. Most of all I’m curious about those bolt release buttons. Please tell us about them.

Everything else looks mint. The barrel is part of a new M4. It has been mounted once. I did assembled it one time to make sure the action was smooth. Marks from the mag cap were probably done by me but the bottom one was there already. The area by the sling mount bothers me more than anything because it's actually a small ding. I'm not sure if they test fire them at the factory before they go out.

This is a new M4 barrel out of the wrap. I saw these marks initially and figured a blue pen will take care of it and on I go. For some odd reason the last few days it’s been bugging me and it’s been in my head. Blue pen/cold blue? Or, should is call Benelli about it? I totally understand I’m probably being too critical. It will probably get more marks than that. They are quite minor. Also, there is no telling what I’ll get back in return from Benelli. It could end up being worse. I’m not as concerned about the 2nd barrel ring that the mag cap fastens against. That will always get marked. The mark on it at 6 o’clock is what caught my attention. What say the group?

It looks awesome..

Good question. I'm still on the fence. I'm terribly indecisive with this. I have the Rein sitting in the box. I charged the battery and tested it. It is very well built from what I can tell. Reminds me of Elzetta quality. The unprotected cell thing freaks me out a little. They act like if you put it in your pocket with car keys it will explode. This can be changed to a protected cell with a small sacrifice of output I believe. Then I have a Surefire M600 head on an IWC backbone light body with a Surefire Z61 Tail Cap. The Z61 is a great tail cap because you don't have to worry about machining the shroud like SD does. They can be tough to come buy so I bought 2 and now have an extra. It was mounted to my previous M4, only tested never used during live fire. It's a lot lighter, slimmer and shorter than the Rein. Although it has no where near the same output in Lumens and Candella. I'm still torn as to which way I'm going to go. I don;t know if I should use the Rein and either sell or mount the Surefire on another platform. Or Use the SF on the M4 and sell the Rein. I like the Rein but I worry about adding more weight and a bigger light up front. Then when I think about the SF I now feel it's small. LOL The Rein appears to be bomb proof though. I've never handled a Modlite I believe the Rein to be a strong competitor. Both made in the USA. The light temp is different on the Rein vs the SF and Modlite. Mrgunsngear did a really nice video on all 3.

I'm down for one of these in black with the slimmer diameter. For me the closer to 1/2" the better. I know, everyone likes their own specific flavor. You can't make 8 of them. lol

They are great tubes. The threads are like a work of art.

I got the call. Roughly 2 weeks out.. ?

Wow, that's a good price. Now I feel the deal I found isn't so great at all. $99 shipped is huge! I need to shop where you shop.

Does anyone know if this economical ammo is decent M4 food? I’ve seen it around for a while and a good deal popped up. I don’t know a lot about it. The base of the shells look like steel or aluminum.