BobBenelli Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 New to this forum, just bought a 828U Limited Edition and it came with a silver oval that appears to replace the red heel cap with the Benelli logo. The silver cap has horizontal splines and not threads. Can anyone tell me how to install this piece? Great gun, by the way. Thanks in advance. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remarkable Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Hello, Bob, I will look closer at one of these Thursday and get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBenelli Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Thank you Sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remarkable Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 All of the 828U Limited Edition guns that I have seen all have the red heel cap. Would like to see a photo of the Silver Oval, perhaps I can determine where thiat came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBenelli Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 I'm out of town right now, but I'll get one to you soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjelk Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I just bought the 828U Limited Edition and have the same question. It is surprising that Benelli doesn't provide installation instructions for the silver insert. What kind of adhesive to use, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjelk Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 11/29/2023 at 12:23 PM, BobBenelli said: New to this forum, just bought a 828U Limited Edition and it came with a silver oval that appears to replace the red heel cap with the Benelli logo. The silver cap has horizontal splines and not threads. Can anyone tell me how to install this piece? Great gun, by the way. Thanks in advance. Bob I asked that same question from Benelli and eventually got a response from Italy. Just take the screw out and remove the red insert. Then place the silver oval in place. You can use a drop of glue to bond it. I used a tiny bit of gorilla glue on the underside of the medallion and a drop on the serrations on the insert post. Tap on the medallion with a rubber mallet. I used a gunsmith hard rubber mallet (you can by that for cheap on Amazon). Be careful because once you drive that medallion in you cannot remove it. I had to pound on the medallion pretty hard to get the sides to be reasonably flush with the wood. Don't use anything harder than hard rubber or you will marr the wood. Don't start the installation until you have the proper type of mallet. It worked pretty well and looks good. I found an engraver in Denver that beautifully hand engraved my initials in the medallion with some scroll border work. He did an awesome job and his charge for the work was reasonable. If you want more details about that and a photo PM me and let me know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBenelli Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Thanks very much for the reply. I finally got someone on the phone at Benelli USA and their answer was 'that's a very good question', and outlined a very similar method of installing the heel cap. Nowhere near the detail you provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjelk Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, BobBenelli said: Thanks very much for the reply. I finally got someone on the phone at Benelli USA and their answer was 'that's a very good question', and outlined a very similar method of installing the heel cap. Nowhere near the detail you provided. Good! Strange that they don’t provide instructions because once you start it’s an irreversible procedure. And you can’t get it flush without significant impact with that rubber mallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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