Winchester X2 vs SBE

[rookie]

I just went to a Ducks Unlimited dinner. One of the DU guys mention that the X2 was a better gun than the SBE. I check the spec, it's hard to tell. The DU guy just indicate it shoots better and easier to clean. Anyone has any experience with the X2?

[bambihunter]

I have shot the X2, but never owned one. I have owned a lot of 12 gauge guns in all action types over the past 15 years, but the Benelli SBE is the only 12 gauge I currently have - that should tell you something.

I really can't believe it could be easier to clean than the SBE. I can clean the SBE as quick as I can clean my bolt action deer rifles...

[DUKFVR]

NO semi-auto is easier to clean than a Benelli. The X-2 is a good gun too, but I'll take a Benelli over them all. An X-2 is just a Browning Gold without all the xtras like the magazine cut-off. The X-2 also has a higher rib.

[shell waster]

Clean easier than a Benelli? I think the DU guy must had one too many beers when he was giving that advice. The X-2 is a great gun, but in my opinion the benelli cleans much easier. When the DU guy said the X-2 shoots better, did he mean recoil? The only advantages the X-2 has over the SBE is price and recoil. The SBE II the recoil is the same or if not less. In every other way, the SBE is superior.

[rookie]

OK, thanks to everyone who replied to help clarify things. SBE is still looking good ... Yes, there's a big difference in price X2 is at $1000 Cdn and $1800 Cdn at one store!

[popapi]

Originally posted by rookie:

OK, thanks to everyone who replied to help clarify things. SBE is still looking good ... Yes, there's a big difference in price X2 is at $1000 Cdn and $1800 Cdn at one store!

My SBE didn't come in today but will be in here in the morning all I can say is you get what you pay for from what I've heard from other Benelli owners.

[bulls eye]

I just purchased my new SBE and it's the first time I own one and I could tell, if you buy one you will not regret it. So far I've used it twice and it's very easy to take it apart for cleaning and putting it back together again. You mentioned $1800 Cdn I just bought mind three weeks ago and paid $1500 for a left handed one, shop around.

[Scott]

I paid $1154, which includes taxes, for my SBE. Was $1089 before taxes. 24", Camo

[bulls eye]

Sorry I forgot to mention it was $1500 Canadian and with taxes $1700 for the 28 inch.

[birddog]

Just a bit of trivia .... the X-2 is considered the "fastest" gun having a cyclic rate of 11 hundredths of a second compared to 13 hundredths for the Benelli any faster and the hammer follows or 'rides' the bolt back on the Benelli.

[bambihunter]

If the X-2 is the fastest, why doesn't Tom Knapp use it on the record-setting shots? Money?

[birddog]

?? Don't know the answer to that one - fit

& feel? ... I do know that Tiger Woods didn't sign with Nike for the shoes, hats and clubs....

 

..how does Cuba Gooding Jr. say it in the flick 'Any givin day' ? .... " SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!"

[bambihunter]

I wish somebody would "show me the money" or better yet, "give me the money". LOL

[BenelliShooter]

Originally posted by bambihunter:

I wish somebody would "show me the money" or better yet, "give me the money". LOL

I'm with ya on this one... show ME the money!!!

 

And I get a laugh out of folks trying to make a big deal out of .02 sec... unless your Tom Knapp shootin some crazy stuff, you'd never know 2 hundreths.