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    Purchased my 1st M4

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    5 hours ago, LastStand said:

    I’m retiring from the military soon and figured I would reward myself.  I was finally able to locate a M4/11707 last week and now the project begins.

    BTW > StrangerDanger - your wheelhouse of knowledge has been greatly appreciated and so have a few others.  

    I’ve been ranking my priorities for upgrades

    1. ORDERED - CC Ti 7+1 tube/follower/wolf spring: awaiting backlog like everyone else.  The wait won’t kill me... 

    2. ORDERED- Muzzle this really wasn’t a priority but saw they were in stock.  Ordered from benelliparts and it shipped the same day.  I love that!  

    3.  I am going to order the A&S trigger guard.  This will probably sound crazy but I want use the Benelliparts trigger kit.  I don’t want to remove any parts from the OEM trigger guard.  Rather have a second housing option.  I did see FFT has an enthusiast’s spare parts kit.  Honestly I don’t know why my brain is running that way but Undecided at this time - I realize this is a costly route and I’m still debating it.  

    4.  C-stock I have reached the end of the internet multiple times searching for this.  Patience and luck is all that is required.  
     

    This forum has been a gold mine of knowledge and appreciate the contributions. I may just go pick up a another gun until I can finish up the M4! ?

     #3 -  I did the same in terms of building a brand new trigger assembly without removing any parts from my stock assembly.  I used A&S trigger guard, FFT upgraded trigger kit and springs, an upgraded safety, and all the rest I bought new Benelli OEM parts.  I published a list of everything I bought on a post in this forum if you want to search.  it was fun finding all the parts and building a trigger assembly from scratch.  

    #1 - I ordered CC tube, follower, and spring.  I just received it and haven't installed but the quality looks great.

    #4 - Benelli parts announced another presale coming soon.  If you email him sometimes he will give a clue on timing.

     

    Enjoy

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    Seeking advise on first Benelli purchase

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    1 hour ago, bigdog02 said:

    Yup other users have went that route with pretty decent success - get 2 guns, mix and match - live happy with your gun or guns.  IF you would go this route and decide to sell the 1014 gun that has bad stock tube - please make sure you disclose it to the buyer that they would not be able to just put a collapsible stock on it and expect it to work properly (since without the regular stock on, no one can see the bad recoil tube).  

    You are correct on 922 - the FFT trigger pack is what many guys have done (me included) and paired it with an A&S triggerguard.  A word of additional advice - recently there have been reports of FFT trigger packs needing filed/sanded/stoned on the hammer a bit to get it to work properly in the A&S triggerguard - and the stock triggerguard for that matter.  I and others can verify the need for some fitting to get the FFT to work out of the box.  Just a word to the wise if you expect it to just drop in to the A&S and work clean.  If you have a file, sandpaper, or stone and patience - it is not a problem.  You also could luck out and have it drop in and work well.

    I am not up on the SBS stuff and 14" barrel - I think I have read in other posts that people have said they are hard to come by and are pricey.

     

    The other poster is correct about the blue - if it is a deal breaker that you may receive a blue one, see if you can find one in person or something beyond stock pictures on Gunbroker.
    I ordered mine on Gunbroker in late March, brand new, stock photo from a gun shop.  Mine  is a black one with an IT marking after the serial but I am not sure what that means.

    I can attest for the need to adjust the hammer on a recently purchased FFT trigger kit when installed on a A&S trigger guard.  It works great now.  There's a great video on the A&S Facebook page that shows one of the potential issues and how to test the trigger.

    Seeking advise on first Benelli purchase

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    1 minute ago, StrangerDanger said:

    You can certainly buy a SBS 14” M4, just expect to wait for a long time before it gets out of NFA jail. I think there are some on gunbroker currently. 
     

    Building a second trigger pack is doable, but some of the oem parts may be difficult to locate currently. Most never use the oem pack again once they’ve added all the parts they want. 
     

    Always load a bunch of photos if selling on an auction site. The more you have, the more comfortable people are with committing. 

    I built a second trigger pack using the A&S frame, aftermarket safety, a bunch of Benelli OEM parts, and FFT trigger kit.  StrangerDanger has a great post on all the parts needed and how to assemble. He was a great help.  I probably didn't need to keep my original trigger intact but it was fun hunting down the parts and figuring out how to put everything together.  I'm pretty sure I posted a parts list with all the Benelli OEM part numbers you need to complete.  

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    M4 Replacement Rail

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    11 minutes ago, StrangerDanger said:

    What don’t you like about the RMR on the M4? Would it be better if you raised the optic height so that it worked better with the middle stock position? You could add a spacer between the RMR and the Scalarworks mount. 
    https://reptiliacorp.com/product/rof-riser-for-trijicon-rmr/

    They have a 2.5mm and a 10mm height. Nothing says you couldn’t stack two or three of the 2.5mm plates to reach a specific height. You just might have to source some custom length screws.

    If you want to go with the Aimpoint, I’d get ahold of one of the Scalarworks dedicated rails for it. I believe the Aimpoint sits a little higher than the RMR due to its size.

     

    Thanks, it's not that I don't like the RMR it's more that I really like the Aimpoint.  But rather than completely start over maybe I'll start with your riser suggestion.

    Thanks as always sir.

    M4 Replacement Rail

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    19 minutes ago, StrangerDanger said:

    The oem rail has that sight channel milled into the rail which weakens it to some optic mounts like LaRue. The recoil outs are just barely larger than the channel they cut. So all that force ends up beating up a relatively small area of the rail and can get chewed up.

    Carriercomp used to make one. I doubt we’ll see another run from them. FFT now makes one that is nearly identical. These have full picatinny rail lugs. While this is nice, it does interfere with the sight picture since you no longer have the channel cut thru them. 
     

    Personally I remove the iron sights and install a Scalarworks Sync rail and a Trijicon RMR RM09. Having iron sights as a backup sound good, but in reality they really aren’t doing much but adding weight and sight picture clutter.

     

    thanks, I have the Scalarworks/RMR solution and I've removed the rear sight.  I have an Aimpoint T-2 on my AR-15 and really like it.  I know Scalarworks makes a Benelli mount for the Aimpoint  but thinking of switching to a rail and a higher mount with the Aimpoint given I have the collapsible stock.  Does that make sense to you?

    M4 Replacement Rail

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    Hello,

    I noticed that there are aftermarket solutions for the rail.  A couple of questions:

    - what's the issue with the stock rail that necessitates a replacement?  I have not tried to connect anything to it yet.

    - for those that have replaced what have you gone with?  I see that carrier comp used to have a solution and FFT has one now.  Other options?

    Thank you in advance.

    Benelli M4 OEM Sling

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    Posted

    On 2/27/2021 at 12:31 AM, Freelancer99 said:

    The entire sling is 1.25" so already it isn't going to slip through the rear sling loop on my fixed pistol grip stock. 

    These two images are what I imagined as might be the forward end, it starts with a small sewn piece of webbing with a snap that is too thick to fit through either sling mounting points followed by a high quality HK clip (note: this sling is also supposed to work with the MR 1 rifle as well, so some of these features might only apply to that platform alone). 

    Under the HK clip is a sewn loop (not sure what that does), followed by a Fastex buckle, then a Try-Glide slide. 

    The third image shows the opposite end. Three layers of webbing, the top one is sewn into a Triple-Glide, and it all ends at an HK clip and a nice piece of reinforced 1.25" webbing with a buckle.

     

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    It looks blue or is that just the picture?

    3 Position (Collapsible Stock)

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    Posted

    6 hours ago, fatbiker852 said:

    How long did you monitor their site before getting in on the pre-order? It appears as if they haven't had a preorder in about a month or so. I'm curious when their next preorder will be. 

    I probably checked everyday for a month.  He will normally post on the stock page when the next pre-order will be.  And last time he posted on this forum.

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