John Doe

Why? Is the M2 lighter or something? I have never shot or handled the M2 so I am curious about it. I just recently bought the M4 and to be honest it feels pretty light and handles great even when shooting slugs and heavy buck rounds. Thanks!

I found some other posts here on the site that answer this question. If you use the search bar here on the site or Google the question it will come up for you. Hope this helps!🙂

The only ones I can find are the OEM parts on FFT and Midwest gun works. I haven't seen any upgraded aftermarket parts for them. I know it sucks that these companies don't sell them individually, but I am sure they have their reasons. If you do find a good one please let us know.

I have never really been a shotgun guy, yes I have owned them and the very first gun I ever purchased was a Remington 870. Yet, I never really looked at them in any serious manner. I had a very flawed view of what they are and the effects it has in combat or self-defense. I just thought of them as a range toy that should never be taken seriously. I have always been a rifle and pistol guy, even building my own AR-type rifles and having a CCW, and carrying the best pistol ever created, 1911, every day with tons of practice and training with both those platforms. Until recently, I witnessed the absolutely devasting effects the shotgun has and the ability to use it for self-defense in an extremely accurate and proficient way. This is what lead me down the shotgun rabbit hole. The more I have studied and researched shotguns and the ability to use them in ways I never thought possible made me reevaluate how I look at shotguns. When going down this rabbit hole the one shotgun that kept coming up over and over was the Benelli M4. Everything about it shows it as being the most effective tool for the job. So, I thought let me get one and judge for myself, and so I just bought one and have been a proud owner of it for two days now lol. I have already put 100 rounds of various ammo through it of course with your guy's help with the proper choke as well, and I must say I am very very impressed with its abilities. I did not come into this with a biased view or a "favorite brand" when I got this shotgun. To be honest, it was between the M4 and the Mossberg 940 JM Pro, which was made by this shotgun shooting competition guy named Jerry Miculek. In the end, after doing all the comparisons and research I chose the M4 and do not regret it for one second. My 14-year-old daughter shot it as well and is now her favorite firearm in my collection. All that being said, I think people come into this with a tribalistic view. They have been shooting "x" guns for their whole lives and nothing will ever be better than it no matter what. I completely understand that as I do tend to have a bias towards certain types of firearms and rifles, yet with shotguns, I had no mind towards one brand or another or which type over another. I just wanted what has been proven reliable and has a history of continued use with positive outcomes. People also like to be contrarians and what to go against what is popular or what people say is the best, simply to be different, and that is fine to a point. When you start to overlook or deny the facts then you are only hurting yourself. The other thing that comes up is that people will follow their favorite Youtuber and take their advice or copy and mimic them to a nauseating end and ignore what everyone else says simply because "Joe Blow on Youtube said x,y,z, and I trust and believe him/her no matter what anybody else says". As I do not have experience with all the different makes and models of all the shotguns out there I can say this. The Benelli M4 so far for me has been a wonderful firearm when I have shot it and it has gone far beyond what my expectations are of what a shotgun is and what a well-built shotgun can do. I plan on taking some classes here soon to get better trained with it and learn from people who are further down the road than I on how to correctly operate and manipulate this awesome piece of machinery. I hope to learn more from you all as well I have found some great information on this website that has helped me better understand this firearm and I thank you all for that.

Thank you all so much for your patience and knowledge! I appreciate it very much. You guys are very kind and understanding and I am very grateful for that. I have many more questions, some have been answered from reading all the posts in other threads here, and others I have not found yet, but I will search thoroughly before making a thread so as to not ask questions that have already been answered. Thank you again and I hope to talk to you all soon!

Ok, so you are saying that it is ok to shoot slugs out of the modified choke? Now I am confused. Sorry guys I don't mean to be a nuisance or cause trouble, I am just trying to understand all of this. I am just worried if I shoot a slug out of my M4 with this choke that it will break the barrel or cause some type of damage to the firearm or myself and others.

Ok, so the IC means Improved Cylinder from what I understand. I looked up the size chart and correct me if I am misunderstanding, ut it IC choke is "wider" or more open than the Modified choke. So that means that the Modified choke that comes with the Benelli is too small of an opening for a slug to go through. Is that correct?

Hello all, I just bought the Benelli M4 today and absolutely love it! But I am very new to shotguns and don't have much knowledge of these firearms. I am reading everything I can and trying to learn as much as I can, including reading the manual about 4 times now, but I have a question that I have not really seen a clear-cut answer for. My question is, can I shoot the slugs pictured here, through the modified removable choke that comes with the M4? The choke that comes with it says, "STEEL SHOT OK M *** BENELLI ARM I". Is it ok to shoot these through this choke? Pictured are, Dupleks Dupo 2 Expanding Shotgun Ammunition 12 ga 2 3/4 (red), Dupleks Broadhead Hexolit 32 Expanding Steel Slug 12 ga 2 3/4 (yellow), Brenneke Reduced Recoil 12 gauge 2 3/4 Shotgun Slugs. Also, can I shoot these or, any type of ammunition including buckshot and birdshot, through the Benelli barrel WITHOUT a choke in the barrel? Will it damage the threads on the inside? Thanks, everyone for your time and knowledge on the subject.