Benelli sbe2 spring replacement

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I just purchased a new Benelli super black eagle II a couple of weeks ago and upon reading a few blogs on proper cleaning and maintenance it seems a lot of people are changing out the stock benelli spring for aftermarket springs. Apparently some people are having trouble cycling lighter target loads and say that a more powerful aftermarket spring will fix this problem. Can anyone on here give me some advice on if I should replace the stock spring or not and if so, suggest what brand I should go with? Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks
 
Wolf Springs.....
But, really why mess with your new gun until You decide if the alleged problems are what they are cracked up to be.
There is nothing wrong with spending money on new bits and pieces.
Are you going to be shooting ultra lite target loads or are you going to be using it for hunting ?
Clear as mud?
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
jagermaster said:
I just purchased a new Benelli super black eagle II a couple of weeks ago and upon reading a few blogs on proper cleaning and maintenance it seems a lot of people are changing out the stock benelli spring for aftermarket springs. Apparently some people are having trouble cycling lighter target loads and say that a more powerful aftermarket spring will fix this problem. Can anyone on here give me some advice on if I should replace the stock spring or not and if so, suggest what brand I should go with? Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks
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I was having problem with the Benelli "click" with my SBE2 after about 9K rounds. I replaced my spring with a wolff XP spring and it has been great ever since with all loads.
 
I don't think a "more powerful aftermarket spring" will help with lighter loads? (I assume you're talking about the recoil spring)

Just use normal loads for the first 200 or so rounds before you switch to the light stuff. Let the burrs wear themselves out.

I have a SBE II and I use it hard. Never had any problem cycling any ammo. I keep the bolt clean, but have only ever cleaned the recoil spring once and it wasn't even dirty.

Mine is usually covered in cow #### and pounding old cardboard lead shells through it.

Here it is just the other day on the farm, gotta keep the calving pens clean.

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My buddy's SBE2 started having cycling problems and had me replace the spring ( about 10 min) with a spring he got from Brownells and this fixed the problem. His was quite dirty with some rust and had never been serviced since he owned it. If your gun works leave it alone and maybe clean the spring once a year.
 
Rob, I will be using it mostly for duck hunting and turkey. I also want to shoot clays with it as well but benelli recommends at least 3 dram equivalent shells to avoid jams, and there are a lot of different opinions on what 3 dram is equivalent to.
Also, Drillbit, what would you consider a normal load to help with break-in? . I don't have any problems yet so I'll take everyone's advice and leave it be for now and hopefully if I keep it well maintained I won't run in to any problems. I've already cleaned off the oil that the gun was shipped with and re-oiled everything with G96 treatment to help everything move better.
Seems like mostly everyone recommends Wolff recoil springs for replacement so maybe I will order one in the futre for a backup as they seem to be relatively inexpensive. Any other tips for maintenance and service?
 
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^ All I did was clean mine and G96 it just like you did. Leave it be unless you have problems with it. It is such a simple design, there isn't anything to go wrong.

The "problem and break in" talk comes more from the M4 than the inertia hunting guns.

Normal loads are just the junk for walmart/cantire, they're more than 1oz.

I alway have guys at sporting clay shoots ask me if my gun will cycle 1oz loads. I always let them try it and it has never had a problem.

The only time it ever had recoil issues was after watching too many Tom Knapp/Tim Bradley youtube videos and trying to hit a clay with the gun upside-down, over head with arms extended. Need to support the gun with a shoulder for it to work properly! lol

Happy to help with any more questions. I have a lot of Benelli experience.
 
Thanks for all the info Drillbit! Sounds like I'll have to check out those youtube clay shooting vids and maybe try this upside-down business one day myself.
Nice work by the way with keeping those calving pens clean!
 
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