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My bad, didn't realize you were the same guy... I guess I'll just bite the bullet and get this one. I may try to buy an m2 stock locally though, do you know how the front of it looks? Or dimension wise? I am assuming based on your photos it is the same profile as the stock I have but a bit more bulbous? (by front I just mean the attachment point, like the photo I submitted with the tape measure)

Sorry I mean the sku of your shotgun. This is just confusing. I emailed benelli a few days ago and they said this: Thank you for your inquiry. The M2 stocks will not fit. The straight stock for the M3 is a 60516. https://www.shopbenelli.com/stocks/60516?Category_Code=

does the front of the stock look like this? And what SKU is that?

Upfront this is pretty much out of my ass; I don't have anything with the BEST finish so this is a combo of my own knowledge of similar stuff and Google-fu. Dipping/painting the BEST shouldn't void the warranty. However since cerakote needs to be baked on, which could be seen as "physical damage", I wouldnt do it over the BEST. BEST is a PVD finish which in my experience are quite good at protection and lubricity and such. Contact Benelli to see if they consider paint/hydrodip to void it, they respond pretty quick. Personally I would get the BEST and (if I wanted the look) would paint it, but cerakote isn't a bad option either. PVD is vaporized which probably giver better internal coverage than cerakote. Both will protect your gun more than no finish at all of course, but all of the cerakote corrosion tests seem pretty biased. I think of it more as a durable paint than a real surface finish, like TiN or PVD. If you are really anal and clean your stuff after it gets wet/salty, cerakote will probably be fine. But BEST gives you more wiggle room should you clean poorly or wait a while. At least that's what I think.

@John Doe I suppose just the curiosity and “niche-ness” of it. A lot of people don’t even know the m3 exists which I find attractive, it’s fun to show things to people they’ve never seen before. It also kinda fills the role of 2 guns since you can change the action. So really I’m saving money haha

And that applies to both the 11608 and the 11606? There’s no difference in mounting a stock to them? thanks for the heads up with the stocks, guess I’ll start looking for a different one. So the supernova stock would work if I bought a new one, but if I buy an m2 stock it needs to be older? When was the design changed?

Ncswamp13 I don’t have one yet, they are (technically) illegal here. Is there a way to tell what kind it is? Or did they change the m3 receiver to have more parity between models? Like if I bought a new m3 right now, it would be pretty much guaranteed to be the m2 profile?

Hello, first and possibly last post here. I’ve been doing research on this but this particular question has seem to be unanswered. There’s a guy on here named Doge who shows up in similar posts so I hope he knows. I live in WA, and under our current laws an m3 is technically illegal to buy/ bring in. However, if it has a straight field stock on it, it’s fine. The plan is to buy one out of state, mod it, and bring it back, or I send the stock to a dealer and then they ship it to me after installing it. I actually already have the stock, I bought one locally. I would prefer to buy an 11608, since it has the features already installed that I would put on anyways. I believe ratworx sells them and I’ve heard of a store in Texas to call. Now I’m 98% sure that my stock will fit an m3 but since what I’ve seen so far is people attaching them to 11606 I’m worried. I assume the telescoping stock means it has a different recoil tube. Will the LE model properly interface with a field stock? I bought mine used but I am fairly certain it is this one https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/60516