Benelli worth the HYPE!!!!

I've had a leftie SBEII for 4 years now, partly because it fits me well and also because the LH semi options are limited. It's been a great gun, minimal maintenance simple and reliable. Yes I'd agree, overpriced but they still seem to sell.
Recoil is fine for me with 3" steel, 3.5" steel less pleasant but not noticed in a hunting situation. 3.5", 2 oz turkey loads, gun almost flies out of my hands:eek:
Main complaint with the design would be that it can be knocked "out of battery". This will result in a "click" when you pull the trigger on a live round. If you bump the buttstock on the ground or bump the bolt handle, it can cause the rotating bolt to rotate out of the locked "battery" position. The bolt will still appear to be closed and the hammer will drop but no ignition. You get in the habit of visually checking or pushing the bolt forward before shooting. It hasn't been an issue upland hunting. When it's happened I have been picking up and setting it down in a blind.
I'd buy another in spite of that as it fits me well, I shoot it well and it functions reliably with the above in mind.
 
be2man said:
Main complaint with the design would be that it can be knocked "out of battery". This will result in a "click" when you pull the trigger on a live round.
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From the various review that I'd read this appears to be an inherent/common issue with Benelli semi-autos.

FWIW, I'd owned a couple of M2s (one plastic and one in wood).....tried to mimick that phenomenon with those two particular shotguns and was unable to put the bolts out of battery on either one.

The only thing I did as routine was to release that bolt each time so as to slam shut (more a force of habit from my army days than anything else).....I had subsequently, attempted to replicate that "Benelli click" by bumping the shotguns (using snap caps), however, the bolts always remained in battery. I also found that in the case of mine both shotguns would "shift" into unlocked only with a sharp tug on the charging handle......a casual (slower) tug wouldn't produce that scenario.
 
Ahsan Ahmed said:
From the various review that I'd read this appears to be an inherent/common issue with Benelli semi-autos.

FWIW, I'd owned a couple of M2s (one plastic and one in wood).....tried to mimick that phenomenon with those two particular shotguns and was unable to put the bolts out of battery on either one.

The only thing I did as routine was to release that bolt each time so as to slam shut (more a force of habit from my army days than anything else).....I had subsequently, attempted to replicate that "Benelli click" by bumping the shotguns (using snap caps), however, the bolts always remained in battery. I also found that in the case of mine both shotguns would "shift" into unlocked only with a sharp tug on the charging handle......a casual (slower) tug wouldn't produce that scenario.
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Have you ever seen one where the bolt came off the rail before. I say one where the yokeé came off and the bolt was locked shut. I`m not sure how that happens.
 
Sorry, it suppose to say yoke. My laptop at home is screwy. I remember him saying that the yoke? came off and the bolt came off the rail and was stuck in the receiver. I never looked at the guts of one, so I'm not sure what that actually means, but I did see the bolt rail was dinged up pretty good.
 
I don't know if they changed their slogan but I don't see it very often anymore, my Benelli Cap said:
"Performance worth the price".

I guess they knew right off the bat their prices were very high, but they are indeed good shotties
IIRC their new slogan is "Simply perfect"
 
I bought a Vinci Last year and call it the "Ray gun". All you have to do is point it at your target and watch it vaporize. I had to claw it out of my old lady's hands last time we went clay shooting. The nova is also worth mentioning, It is a great gun and for the price nothing touches it....
 
Win/64 said:
I would be willing to bet the Vinci is a nice gun. But in all due respect they are ugly. Especially that trigger group.
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I don't know when a gun becomes "ugly" (maybe after adding 12 picatinny rails, flashlights, lasers etc..) But I like the look of the vinci, and when you see how it points and shoots and how easy it is to tear it down, you'll love the way it looks!
 
Yep gotta admit it is NOT beautiful in a way most Milsurps or modern Black Guns are but as gagreflex pointed out, everything else about the Vinci makes it worth owning.
 
gagreflex said:
I don't know when a gun becomes "ugly" (maybe after adding 12 picatinny rails, flashlights, lasers etc..) But I like the look of the vinci, and when you see how it points and shoots and how easy it is to tear it down, you'll love the way it looks!
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I don't think the Vinci is particularly ugly. Too light perhaps, particularly the 28 gauge, but not ugly.

And anyone who thinks picatinny rails, flashlights and lasers (your forgot the bayonet) make a gun look ugly is okay in my books. :)
 
Hi everyone experience with the Benellis Ive owned the 121SL80 and the Montefeltro is that with little cleaning these guns have worked flawlessly in the salt marshes of Greece for over 20 years,the 121SL80 has stayed at the bottom of a lagoon after an accedent for 3 days in salt water,nothing has been changed on this gun since the accident exept the stock.They have both shot thousands of rounds,the newer models with Crio barrels dont have a good reputation when it comes to patterning.I have no experience with newer models its just what I have heard.
 
I bought an SBEII to hunt geese with. Does well on ducks , too. That was what it was designed for. It is a 3-1/2" gun, for hunting, not intentionally designed for trap/skeet/sporting clays application. It'll work for that application, but, there are better designed guns for that purpose. Put a Wolff spring in it if you want to use it on clays, it'll cycle nearly anything then. The Benelli click will disappear as long as you clean the recoil tube once in a while, and don't baby the bolt closed, let it slam.
I am mightily happy with mine. I'd like to try the new 3-1/2" Vinci, see if they have tamed down the recoil a bit, and the lack of a recoil spring should cure the lack of cleaning problems, we will see. BUt, I don't need to run out and spend another 1800.00 on one, I have an SBE, it works. Very well.
 
209jones said:
I bought an SBEII to hunt geese with. Does well on ducks , too. That was what it was designed for. It is a 3-1/2" gun, for hunting, not intentionally designed for trap/skeet/sporting clays application. It'll work for that application, but, there are better designed guns for that purpose. Put a Wolff spring in it if you want to use it on clays, it'll cycle nearly anything then. The Benelli click will disappear as long as you clean the recoil tube once in a while, and don't baby the bolt closed, let it slam.
I am mightily happy with mine. I'd like to try the new 3-1/2" Vinci, see if they have tamed down the recoil a bit, and the lack of a recoil spring should cure the lack of cleaning problems, we will see. BUt, I don't need to run out and spend another 1800.00 on one, I have an SBE, it works. Very well.
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Thats correct a clean Benelli despite it doesnt need to be cleaned as often as a gas gun,will never bring up the Benelli click issue,and as the years pass even if you do baby the bolt closed,as long as the gun is clean.
 
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