Benelli M4 full tube replacement

[shatthatkilledelvis]

Titanium, please.

Would aluminum be too weak?
It’d be nice to get some weight savings

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

No go on titanium, the market just isn’t big enough to justify the initial costs. Aluminum would be very light but for a mag tube that could get bumped, it would dent very easy since the tube is so thin walled.

I could make the tube a bit thicker I think but then it would get heavier negating the benefit. I would have to double the wall thickness which would nearly make it as heavy as the steel version.

 

[Colossal Ursidae]

What about anodizing?
There might be a market for lightweight accessories for the m4 internationally

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

even type 3 anodizing wouldn't be able to protect a thin piece of aluminum from denting from a hard bump. Normally it would, but the sheer thinness of the wall makes me think that nothing would be able to help. I think that’s the reason no one in the states is making an aluminum version, just steel and titanium.

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

Okay guys, here’s some final pics. It’s plugged by an epoxied plug with JB weld, not going anywhere. 5.9 x 3” shells. I actually only have 3 that will be for sale right this weekend hopefully. They will be up for sale for $170 plus shipping which is probably at least $30-40. These are hand made and I did my best to make it butter smooth like the barrel, but there are machining marks on them so just a disclaimer.

They are extremely labour intensive, far more than I anticipated. It has come to a point that I am guaging interest for a pre-sale of them, I would be willing to order more supplies (which are expensive) and mass produce them but would really need firm non-refundable deposits. I have already run into a problem with a product people said they would order and I bought supplies any sold a fraction of the amounts people said they would order. For a small business like mine it just isn’t viable for me to carry on doing business like that.

With all this said, I would need to pre sell 40 of them before I can get these rolling in more mass production CNC. The price on the CNC version will be $250 plus shipping. Let me know if some of you would be interested in paying up front and I’ll see how many I can get. I’ll be starting a separate thread for this here

 

[hunterhenderson]

From what I have seen, the threads into the receiver on the Turkish M4 are not the same as the M4. But I can certainly adjust easily if there is demand for it. I am only going off of pics I have seen, I haven’t seen the Turk in person.

I own both and easily installed a benelli screw in recoil tube into my Turkenelli's receiver so i would imagine the loading tube might also be the same

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

I own both and easily installed a benelli screw in recoil tube into my Turkenelli's receiver so i would imagine the loading tube might also be the same

The TAC-12 is threaded the same as the M4. The Canuck Operator is not, as far as I understand.

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

I have one left after a few people have PMd me, send me a private message if you would like to claim it. As mentioned, these are hand made, although they do look nice they are not butter smooth, so expect to see some machining marks.

 

[wolf300H&H]

Very interested .... once cash starts showing up again .... I have the sulan / Turknelli model

 

[hunterhenderson]

pm sent

 

[Gunz4me]

So the colour doesn't match the barrel?

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

As per the pictures posted, it does not match the grey charcoal of the barrel 100%. It is a parkerized tube and it comes out the colour it comes out. Looks good to me though when I took her out for testing in the bush.

all 3 have been sold, I have a few more that I just need to thread and then prepare for parkerizing, I'll post on here when they are available, no ETA on that.

-Robb

 

[juancarlos]

Why would you make it 5.9 x 2.75”? Makes no sense to me. If you made it 5.9 x 3” you would then get 6 x 2.75” shells which is what your initial post indicated.

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

Why would you make it 5.9 x 2.75”? Makes no sense to me. If you made it 5.9 x 3” you would then get 6 x 2.75” shells which is what your initial post indicated.

thats a typo, you are right it is 5.9 x 3". I'll edit that thanks!

 

[SLANTO]

My mag tube arrived today. It fit perfectly on my Sulun Tac12 turknelli. The colour match is near identical to the barrel. I am extremely satisfied with this piece of kit. You are in good hands dealing with Robb.

 

[.45automatic]

Isn't a 6+1 shot semi 2&3/4" illegal?

 

[vladputin]

Isn't a 6+1 shot semi 2&3/4" illegal?

No. Because the shotgun is marked 3" shells. Thus allowing it to have a legal capacity of 5 rounds (5.9 rounds technically) of 3" shot shells.

Now, you just happen to be able to stuff in a few more 2 3/4, or a ton of mini's. But the minis don't cycle very well.

Vlad P.

 

[Rx Arms Solutions]

My mag tube arrived today. It fit perfectly on my Sulun Tac12 turknelli. The colour match is near identical to the barrel. I am extremely satisfied with this piece of kit. You are in good hands dealing with Robb.

Thank you!