M1 and M2 Barrels?

[abcm48]

I am new here but i am wondering do the M1 Field and M2 Field barrels interchange. Or if this has been posted before could you direct me. Thanks a bunch fellas.

[Hookster]

Hi ABCM and welcome to the forum.

 

The barrels will not interchange.

 

What are you trying to do? We might have a better idea of how to go about it.

 

Later,

 

Hookster

[abcm48]

Well I have both guns and the M2 holds a great pattern with buckshot and the M1 doesnt. But with the M2 I shoot high the m1 is a much better fit for me. I have shimmed the M2 stock and everything I just cant seem to shoot it like i can the M1 on moving targets.

[abcm48]

I have already put the barrels on the oposite guns and put shells in the and unloaded them and they seem to work just wasnt sure about firing them so i guess i will change them back.

[Hookster]

Have you experimented much patterning with other types of chokes (Briley for example) and different loads in the M1?

 

You'll probably see a lot of variations when you change things up and you'll probably find a combination that patterns the way you want (like the M2)

 

Later,

 

Hookster

[Hookster]

I have already put the barrels on the oposite guns and put shells in the and unloaded them and they seem to work just wasnt sure about firing them so i guess i will change them back.

 

I've always heard from folks here that they don't interchange and I've never seen barrels advertised as fitting both. I haven't tried it, I have a M1 and a M4. If it seemed like a good fit maybe it would work but you might want to e-mail Benelli to confirm.

 

Later,

 

Hookster

Edited September 16, 2010 by Hookster

[truckcop]

There are some slight differences. I put a new M2 barrel on one of my older M1's. It fits the receiver just fine. The differences are in the forearm. I had to do some slight sculpting of the M1 forearm. I'm not sure about the fit of a M2 forearm on the M1.

 

Barrel Extension - slightly different - no observed effect on operation or fit. M2 on top:

 

[truckcop]

Barrel fit at extension - wider ring (reinforcement??) - requires modification to M1 forearm. M2 on top:

[truckcop]

Modified forearm on left. Slight dremel work to clear M2 barrel ring:

 

[abcm48]

Thanks fellas those pics are exactley what I am looking at right now and they go together fine. Truckcop have you fired the M1 with the M2 barrel on it.

[truckcop]

Barrel lug longer on M2. Requires more mod to the forearm. M2 barrel on bottom:

 

 

Forearm modification:

 

A M2 forearm and barrel may fit right on the M1 but I didn't have a M2 forearm to try that out.

[truckcop]

Thanks fellas those pics are exactley what I am looking at right now and they go together fine. Truckcop have you fired the M1 with the M2 barrel on it.

 

 

Yes, it works just fine.

[abcm48]

Thanks man i think I will give it a try.

[bvcbob]

Not to hijack the thread but so similar I thought I'd add my specific question, I can buy (sight unseen so I can't try it) a field M-1 barrel. Want to interchange with my 18.5 tactical bbl on my M-2. Any thoughts-or experience?

bob

[rancher]

I called Benelli direct once upon a time when I wanted to put an M1/Super 90 18.5 inch barrel on my M2. Customer service said they would interchange and they look exactly the same to me.

 

Just for the sake of this thread I took the 24 in. barrel off my M2 and put it up next to the M1/Super 90 barrel and again they looked EXACTY the same. I was sure to line up the barrel lugs.

 

Bird season is about to start but during the rest of the year I go tacticool and put the 18.5 in barrel on the gun for a HD weapon.

 

Rancher

[rancher]

FWIW the lug on the M1 barrel is just a shade over half an inch and the lug on an M2 barrel is just a bit over 1 inch so with me anyway a M1 barrel will work on an M2 however an M2 barrel won't work on a M1 without a forearm modification.

 

Is that clear as mud!?

 

Rancher