turkey Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 I own a Browning Gold 12guage 3", w/ glossy wood stock. I do a lot of turkey hunting, may get into goose hunting. I have been looking for a new 3 1/2" camo. I have been looking at the Benelli SBE and SBEII. Was convinced that I wanted the SBEII but after reading some of the posts I'm wondering if it will be problematic. Also, a dealer said that the browning would have less recoil. I had the fever for the benelli but am now wondering. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKuwitzky Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Turkey, See my post in "reconsidering" thread. CK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I just recently purchased a new Benelli M2 Field and love it. It has the wooden stock and will handle 3 inch shells. There is just something about a nice piece of wood. I am also not a fan of the synthetics or camo options. Just my personal tastes. I also don't see a need for the 3.5 magnums. I have gotten geese in my younger years with a .410. This gun is to replace a 30+ year old 16 guage remington 870 Wingmaster. This is for 2 reasons. The first is that according to Remmington or other gun shops, it wont handle the requirement of steel shot in some of the areas that I plan to hunt. The other reason is that 16 guage shells are some what hard to come by. I have checked with several different gun dealers in the area and even remington and a new barrel that could handle the new shot are not available. I cannot compare the recoil to other guns but it is not uncomfortable to me. So far I have run about about 50 boxes of Trap Load RIO shells through it with no problems. I have also gone through a couple of boxes of plain jane #4 steel shot for pheasants here. Again no problems The one thing that I make sure of is that I only shoot loads of 1 and 1/8 ounce or greater. I have not tried lighter loads as they might or might not cycle well. The manual reccomends that load for a minimum. I was going to originally purchase the Montefeltro but the dealer where I purchased the M2 recomended it over the monte. I will probably get a Monte 20 guage for my wife. She is getting interested in upland bird hunting as well. So I dont think you could go wrong with any one of these Benelli's that you are considering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birddog Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 BENELLI ---------- SBEII M-2 M-1 Nova FRANCHI ----------- 912 712 612 BERETTA ----------- 391 Urika 391 Extrema all good choices within the Beretta group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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