Everything I've ever read said that you can load five of the longest shell your gun is chambered for. So in my case and yours, that means five x 3 inchers or six x 2.75. So 6 x 2.75 takes 16.5 inches of magazine and that will not take 6 x 3.00. I don't have the original text at my fingertips right now but check it out for yourself. People that have guns with 3.5 chambers load 7 x 2.75 legally.
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Everything I've ever read said that you can load five of the longest shell your gun is chambered for. So in my case and yours, that means five x 3 inchers or six x 2.75. So 6 x 2.75 takes 16.5 inches of magazine and that will not take 6 x 3.00. I don't have the original text at my fingertips right now but check it out for yourself. People that have guns with 3.5 chambers load 7 x 2.75 legally.
I hope that is true for one annoying reason. When I twin load if there is only 5 in the mag. It's an odd number!
Here is one idea. My best friend has a Franchi semi auto 12. The magazine cap is the same thread as the Benelli Nova pump. Tac Star makes a 2 shot extension for the Nova. That extension is only sold as and packaged/marked for the Nova. Other makes of mag extensions for the Nova are listed to also fit a Beretta semi, but not the one from Tac Star. With the logic of how the 10rd LAR pistol fitting in semi auto rifles being legal, I think this Tac Star mag extension would be legal on the Franchi semi. Thoughts?
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strider007
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Found this on the Brownells website. Nordic mag tube extension, +3 for M2:
http: //www.brownells.com/shotgun-parts/receiver-action-parts/ejector-parts/ejector-extensions/extended-magazine-tube-prod23357.aspx
You know what to do with the link. Hope this helps you out.
strider007
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No prob, brother...please post back here to let us know how it works out. I'm interested too now...
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That's nice but how many people can afford that?
Lots. The better question is will the purchaser get any measurable advantage out of that over a regular 26" M2 or a VersaMax, or any other decent semi for $1k or more less?
I've looked at that M2 3 Gun before. I can afford it and would love to have it, but it just doesn't win the cost/benefit analysis for me at this time.
From everything I've seen, read or heard I would give the Benelli a slight advantage in terms of certain parts being more durable. However my fully race prepared (by a top builder) Versa Max Tactical came in decidedly less than $2k. Even if and I say IF I have to replace a few pins or similar small parts I will still be $500 ahead. I think most of the service complaints with the VM come from shooters who really ride those guns hard on a regular basis. Most of us will never come close to that sort of volume and hard use. I've never cut myself short on firearms for a money issue but I would have to give that model of Benelli a sideways look. If you are sold on Benelli to the exclusion of others, buy a standard model and get it worked up by one of an increasing number of shotgun gurus.
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That is a bit spendy... You can easily and inexpensively pimp a standard M2 to make it pretty damn good or at least pretty damn good enough for serious competition.
A $2800 shotgun really needs to be deployed by a top tier shooter in order to reach it's max potential.
To digress... $2800 for a shotgun pales in comparison to what active participation in the world of 3-gun costs....
Factor in hotels, entry fees, ammo... you could buy a few of those shotguns in a year
Lots of people who work in Alberta, they just wouldn't have any time to shoot it because they are always working.
