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Gundeals.com can be a handy tool. For example

I bought a bunch of Black Aces for blasting and they cycle well. They are a bit long which may limit capacity. RIO works good as well and tends to be less expensive over the core American brands. Fetter as well, although I doubt we will see russian around much longer.

These are back - $100 now. Still the best price I have seen lately (although I have not looked much.) https://botach.com/benelli-70052-m4-full-length-7rd-magazine-tubes/

Are you LEO or MIL? I tried ordering from CMC and was told no (as retired MIL.) In the end, I ordered an M1014 with the collapsible stock then swapped the recoil tube from my regular M4. Much more practical then spending half the price of a new gun for just the stock.

This video should help: https://youtu.be/H-qjR-UA22s

I agree - I purchase most of my guns off the Internet as the local shops do not have the models I am looking for. I have a couple go-to FFLs to do the transfers. Osage County Guns is another source for Benelli shotguns.

Thanks for the clarification on the issue with plastic melting on earlier versions. Mine was bought new mid 2021.

Quick shipping and mine came in today; ordered 2 and got 1. Botach is refunding missing item plus part of tax & shipping as they are now OOS.

Now tubes OOS. Hopefully they are going on guns and not Gunbroker.

Now down to 3; word is getting out.

4 tubes left in stock.

I went through the same thoughts...but fought the temptation and settled on just two tubes.

$2K but heck the stock and tubes are going for almost $1K combined. I was tempted but I have two already.

https://botach.com/benelli-m4-18-5-12ga-shotgun-7-1-w-collapsible-stock-night-sights/ Model 11715 I did not see any LE sales only restrictions.

Thanks; cheaper than all of the aftermarket ones. See my other post IRT the M4 with tele stock they have for $2K.

I have a M3 and wanted to do the same (add the 2 round extension). It will not throw weight off as they offer it that way from the factory. I searched high and low for months, and could not find the Benelli kit in stock (wanted to keep the gun all OEM.) I used a SuperNova extension kit for a while - it fit/worked; it just was a different length and did not have the barrel clamp in the right spot. I finally got tired of the bastardized setup and purchased the full length M3 tube, nut, and the plastic parts from Midwest and swapped the whole thing. Contrary to what I read online, the plastic pieces did not melt when heating to remove the threadlocker (I bought replacements just in case as they were relatively inexpensive.) I like the full tube better - the extension made removing the barrel more of a hassle plus the look is a lot cleaner. I used the barrel clamp from the Supernova kit. I also swapped the stock with a telescoping one from my SuperNova, and am really happy with the final results. Below picture is from Benelli (mine has different stock.) You can see how the full length tubes looks in comparison to the extension.

Thanks.

I had checked within 20 minutes of the alert email and already OOS.

Benelli makes a +4 that matches barrel length. https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/80155

It is hard understand the issue; are you loading the magazine and then putting one in the chamber? I usually do the opposite- load one in chamber, close bolt ( safety on), then load the magazine tube.

Not clear if these are the right ones but figured I would share: https://www.ar15.com/forums/Equipment-Exchange/Vintage-Benelli-12Ga-Choke-Tube-Used-Updated/92-2172832/ Not my listing.

I picked it up from a small shop in Ohio who listed on their website and Gunbroker. Gunbroker saved searches can be useful in finding unicorns if you check regularly and act quick when you find something. Prices can range significantly depending on the seller's desires.

Wow. >$1100 with shipping; for another $800 they could have bought an entire M1014. Glad it worked out for you Alpha.

I picked up a load of their buck and slugs on cyber Monday with free shipping. Just came in this week so I will try both this weekend. They look good and are significantly shorter than Black Aces and RIO. Not buffered, however i just want them for blasting.

With major Benelli parts (barrels, stocks), I found it is more economical to just buy a completely new gun. The sum of the parts is much more...