Benelli Ethos owners - looking for some help

[pauls]

If someone owns a Benelli Ethos, I'm hoping you could give me a hand.

If you live anywhere close to Toronto/southern Ontario, I'd like to take a quick look at the bolt carrier and bolt.

Otherwise, if someone would be willing to take a couple of pictures and send them my way, I'd be very grateful.

I'm looking for pictures of the detent in the bottom of the bolt carrier, and how it interfaces with the bolt.
Maybe some feedback as to how strong that detent spring is.

Thanks
Paul

 

[Grouser]

Having trouble? I had one and shot it well at clays However it became very unreliable after about two cases oftarget shells and would fail to put the 2nd shot in battery on a regular basis even with 3 dram ammunition.

 

[pauls]

Interesting.
Kind of the opposite of what that system was designed to do.

I don't have an Ethos but was contemplating trying to do something similar to my M2.

Haven't been able to find any pics online.

 

[phinton81]

I had an issue with my M2 bolt occasionally not locking back into battery so I polished the feed ramp with a dremel and it made a huge diffference,

Patrick

 

[Crowca3]

Take it to the warranty center,I think its by the gm plant in Oakville? Not 1005 sure walk in .

 

[pauls]

My M2s are perfectly reliable.

I'm looking into this detent system for a specific application.

If anyone has one and can provide me a picture or two, let me know

Thanks

 

[Wellse]

I can probably get some picks this afternoon for you

 

[Wellse]

Here are some pictures comparing the bolts of my Ethos (silver) to my SBE2 (black)

Underneath the Ethos bolt

Underneath the SBE2 bolt

Inside the Ethos bolt

Inside the SBE2 bolt

Ethos bolt head on left, SBE2 bolt head on right

Just as a note all the dimensions appear to be the same, the only noticeable differences I can see are:
- the location on the small pin on the side that holds the firing pin in the bolt,
- the ball detent in the bolt,
- the extra groove machined in the bottom of the bolt head

I'm not sure if it's possible but this new bolt could potentially work in another Benelli given the proper "tail" (piece that pushes against the recoil spring) was used

 

[pauls]

Thank you!

You are correct, all the dimensions are the same between the two.
Only significant difference is the detent and groove.

This is exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks again

Paul

 

[Wellse]

Hey Paul,

Just curious what you did with this information? Did you end up modifying an M2 bolt to use the ball detent system?

 

[1963beretta]

He's gone....a fine contribution to this forum