Choosing the Proper Benelli

[Merkin]

I'm a new member here, and I'm just looking for help deciding which Benelli to get. I've duck/quail/pheasant hunted my entire life, with a healthy mix of Sporting Clays as well. I am graduating from college in December and wanting to buy my first nice autoloader.

 

I've narrowed my selection down to a Benelli and hopefully a Legacy 12 28" or Super ii 12 28" The reason behind these two is that I really love the wood stocks and elegance of the two guns, but I'm not opposed to other models.

 

I would use it for Sporting Clay/Quail/Pheasant and leave the 870 for busting ducks.

 

My basic question becomes, do you think a Sport ii is a good choice as an all around gun? Are there any majors cons to using it for hunting when it's classified as a sporting clay gun?

 

I'm also open to other options, but I wanted to get some professional opinions.

[fletre]

The wood stock guns look nice and I like they're look best but a Benelli wood will have more recoil than the others. I have one of the first Super Sports and like it a lot but my first pick for an all around Benelli would be the Super Black Eagle II.

[Pheasant Hunter21]

I would say whatever fits you the best. I have shot both and for me personally the super black eagle 2 fit good so thats what I went with and it has been a great gun!