NRA Gun of the Week Benelli USA M3 Super 90

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This is the gun I've long regarded as the ideal 'black and green' shotgun but it was stupidly prohibited in Canada right at the get-go. (insert weeping emoji here)


NRA Gun of the Week: Benelli USA M3 Super 90

Watch American Rifleman staff on the range with Benelli's M3 Tactical shotgun.


posted on December 31, 2021


Benelli USA, the import firm of the Italian-based maker most known for developing and distributing repeatable and reliable semi-automatic and pump-action shotguns, offers unfailing reliability with its M3 Super 90 combat. Chambered for 12 gauge shotshells and tailored for personal protection, Benelli’s M3 Super 90 is a convertible design that dispenses two modes of operation for redundancy and ease of use whether by civil servants, military professionals, hunters and home defenders.

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At the core of the Benelli M3 is a black-anodized aluminum receiver with internal mechanisms that are seemingly familiar designs of the Italian maker. Inertial operation is a key carry-over feature that forges the path for the M3 Super 90s semi-automatic function—a rotating bolt relies on shotshell blowback force to safely reduce pressure, unlock from battery and initiate the extraction, ejection and loading processes.

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As seen in the video above, converting the M3 Super 90 combat to pump-action mode requires simple manipulation of a fore-end-mounted lock ring. Counterclockwise rotation unlocks the action allowing its operator manual function of the once self-loading shotgun.

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The Benelli USA M3 Super 90 is a compact design, too. At 41” long there is a 19 3/4” steel barrel with a fixed-cylinder choke-constriction included with the M3 Tactical shotgun. Chamber length is cut for 3” and Benelli supplies a tubular magazine set for five rounds. Eliminated from the barrel’s top is a sighting rib that is replaced by user-adjustable sights, a ghost-ring aperture rear and wing-protect post front lends to adequate aiming of the fast-handling dual-mode shotgun.

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Black furniture comes standard with a straight-comb buttstock and pistol grip at the rear. A textured fore-end is included with sling points front and rear. Overall weight of the M3 series shotgun comes to 7.2 lbs.

Benelli M3 Super 90 Specifications
Importer: Benelli USA
Action Type: convertible, pump/inertia-operated, semi-automatic shotgun
Gauge: 12; 3”
Receiver: aluminum; black-anodized
Stock: synthetic
Magazine: tubular, five-round (2 3/4”)
Trigger: 5-lb., 14-oz. pull
Sights: adjustable; ghost-ring rear, post front
Weight: 7 lbs., 3 ozs.
MSRP: $1,599


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You are expecting a sensible reason perhaps, or a likewise sensible set of principles?

I wanted to buy one of those too, long ago. I still can't see the justification for its prohibited status. The only thing I can think of was that was that the dual-mode semi-auto/pump

combination was viewed as a LEO firearm. The pump function to be used when LEO are shooting low-powered 12 Ga. specialty ammo such as flashbang, CN,CS,OC rds.

that wouldn't cycle the semi-auto function, so they developed the additional pump-action ring at the front of the pump handle?? I also believe that's why the SPAS-12

dual-action 12 Ga was prohibited too. The SPAS-12, with top folding stock looks a lot more "evil" than the M3, but the idiots looking through the Gun Digest before it was prohibited

lumped it in as well. The pistol grip on the M3 probably had something to do with it as well_ "Black and Evil"-ban it. In semi-auto its the same as an M1, M2, M4 and if they were still

available I'd get one with a conventional stock_ never liked pistol grips on a shotgun. The same goes for the M4_if I had the money to buy one, I'd get one with a conventional stock and

I think it's cheaper too. Still no reason to have banned them IMHO.:(
 
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