Hey, thanks for the taking the time to post that about your Vinci!
I agree with you, it's a great gun in many ways, its just a shame, for me anyway, that the thing shoots too high. Benelli markets the Vinci as a hunting shotgun, not a trap gun, I think if some of us knew it would shoot unacceptably high we might have looked at other options for shotguns!
I've spent months playing around with my Vinci, I think I have it at a 50/50 pattern now! If you don't like the Cabelas hi viz magnetic site, try the bead that comes on the Benelli Nova. The Nova bead is taller than the stock Vinci bead, I bet that might work for you, its worth a shot and more of a permanent solution. In my case, I had to shim my Vinci even more than the "C Shim" to get it to work, but the magnetic site and the Nova site pretty much produced the same results for me as far as POI.
Let me know if you try the Nova bead. And one other thing, even though I have the gun shooting ok for me, I'm not doing all that well with it, I've had some good days, but I consistently miss easy shots on Valley Quails and this is NEVER the case with my previous pump shotgun. I'm not 100% comfortable with it and I question myself for keeping the gun. I might practice with the Vinci and try next season, see how it goes in the field. I want to keep the gun, I think the engineering on it is great, but eventually you get tired of missing in the field and your confidence level goes down the toilet. LOL, and another thing I noticed - once you go from pump to auto loader, you can't go back to pump easily, you forget to pump the damn shotgun and the bird is gone and sticking his tongue out at you!
Take care, let me know how it goes boss!
Hello I know I am 10 years late to the party but, I have bought a used bennelli vinici and I have also struggled with the gun shooting high. I have the thickest shim in (c) and I replaced the original bead with the Nova bead. It did bring my pattern down a little bit , but not enough it's still 4-6 inches high. I noticed in your post you put a thicker shim then the c shim to help correct this issue . How and where did you get the thicker shim. I would like to try this option and appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance for any advice
Benelli Vinci Shooting Too High - Help!
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Hello I know I am 10 years late to the party but, I have bought a used bennelli vinici and I have also struggled with the gun shooting high. I have the thickest shim in (c) and I replaced the original bead with the Nova bead. It did bring my pattern down a little bit , but not enough it's still 4-6 inches high. I noticed in your post you put a thicker shim then the c shim to help correct this issue . How and where did you get the thicker shim. I would like to try this option and appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance for any advice