"Floating" or "ghosting" a round

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My apologies if this has been covered recently. I tried the search function to no avail. Could anyone tell me how to "ghost" or "float" a round in my Benelli M2? The idea of 7 shots legally fired intrigues me. Thanks a bunch.
 
The bolt needs some slight modification. Take a look at the underside of the bolt, there are two small notches on the right side. The one to the rear can either be filled with weld and then smoothed out, or the easier way is to use a rotary sander and put a bevel so the rear one is a mirror image of the front. I just did it 2 days ago myself literally took about 5 min start to finish. Stole this pic from the web but it gets the idea across.

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I was just going to start a new thread but I will post here instead. I am thinking of this modification for my M2 Tactical. I am just curious as to everybody's experience with it and which method they chose; filling with JB Weld, TiG Welding, or filing. The latter, filing looks to easiest, welding the most foolproof and visually pleasing.

I am somewhat concerned about voiding warranty so I was thinking about getting a second bolt body to mod, then if anything happens to the gun, I can swap them out and send it in for service. Down side is the bolt bodies are expensive and I don't know how easy they'd be to get here in Canada.

Thought and opinions?
 
Just back from the range, ran 50 shells through it with 0 malfunctions.


Thought about welding it but filing was by far the easiest and not like anyone can see it, as for JB weld I have this feeling it will chose the worst possible opportunity to fail.
 
Well I just bit the bullet so to speak and took a dremel to my bolt. Function test with snap caps seems ok. Going to test fire later today or tomorrow.

:cheers:
 
Well I haven't made it out to test fire yet. Its seems to work with dummy rds.

I'm not sure I took enough metal off though. When I open the bolt and put one on the lifter it doesn't just drop on. I have to push it down a bit to get the bolt to close over top. Is this normal or do I need to take off a bit more metal. Here's some picks :

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Opinions?
 
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So its normal to have to fiddle with the round and push it down a bit to get the bolt closed over top? I thought it would just fall onto the lifter without resistance.
 
GIGGIDY said:
So its normal to have to fiddle with the round and push it down a bit to get the bolt closed over top? I thought it would just fall onto the lifter without resistance.
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There is abit of fiddling to float a round and this is normal on all Benelli semi's
 
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