Nick_Navarro1414 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 I am looking to buy either a SBE or a montefeltro. I would be using it for turkey, duck, geese, phesant etc. I would just like to hear your opinions on both of these guns. And does anyone know anything about the SBE II. Price and whatnot??? All feedback is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwnr Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Nick, I picked up a used SBE a few years back after having my Browning Gold 3.5" freeze up every other year in 10-20 degree weather while hunting geese. If I didn't keep it emaculately clean, it would turn into a single shot. Since then, I have laid in dry, dusty rice fields of Arkansas for geese and crawled through mud at the local reservoir for woodies. That SBE just keeps asking for more. I took it for chickens (a.k.a. pheasants) at a local hunt club once and it got a bit heavy lugging it around all day, but still cycled the light 2 3/4" loads I was using that day. I plan on it being my turkey gun this year. In my mind, the SBE is the hand's down leader in the semi world. One note: If you plan on shooting a lot of 3.5" shells on any given day, invest in the mercury recoil reducer and a good quality aftermarket recoil pad. You won't regret it, in fact, you'll shoulder will thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I wouldn't want a bright shinny gun like a monte for turkey, duck, and goose. pheasant doesn't matter. if you want 3in go for the M1 field if you want 3 1/2in go for the SBE. just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 This is in response to bwnr. Maybe I'm a bit ignorant, I haven't owned too many guns, but I'm surprised you'd say the SBE got heavy while hunting pheasants. What's lighter? I know the Browning 3 1/2 and the Winchester X2 are not. Doesn't really matter I guess, I wouldn't trade my SBE for any other, except the SBE II. [ 02-27-2004, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: Wingman ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benelli Southpaw Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Go with the sbe or m1 depending on what you want to shoot, your can beat the gun up and it works great, plus it doesn't have all your bells and whistles as the monte, visually i mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwnr Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Wingman, By the time I added the mercury dampening on my SBE with a 28" barrel, it was noticeable heavier than say, an Ithaca featherlight in 16 ga. All I was saying is that for a typical duck, goose or turkey hunt, your position is sitting for most of the day with the gun resting somewhere close. For pheasants, grouse, rabbit, etc., my personal preference is a lighter O/U or featherlight pump model where reaction times matter. I agree the SBE is comparably weighted to the Browning or X2, but given the same reasoning above, I wouldn't prefer to carry these after pheasants either. Hope that explains my position a bit better and again, these are just my preferences/opinions. Trust me, my SBE is going to the grave with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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