Recommendation: Tacord VersaMax vs Benelli M4

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Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen!

Feeling the urge to acquire a slick tactical semi - narrowing down to a TacOrd VersaMax or a Benelli M4. (Or possible M2)

Mainly for target / 3 gun if the world gets normal again, and fantasy home defence / zombie apocalypse type of stuff.

Has anyone handled both? Feedback from either party? I appreciate that the M4 is the golden standard, but the TacOrd setup sounds promising...
 
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Tacord Versamax for me. I am on the Tacord pro staff and have bee shooting the VM since Casey first started doing the builds with them. The Tacord F12's would be my first pick for an Open competition gun and we had them running like a Swiss watch. That was until our $#!*bag of a so called PM decided that we couldn't be trusted with them. Casey will also do a full revamp on the Benelli M2 if you like. Send him an email to discuss.
 
Frankly I have had Benelli m4’s, versamax and a few other makes and models...... I just bought a new beretta 1301 to replace them.
If your still in FSJ I can loan it to you when it comes in to try.

Some advantages over the versamax is the shorter length of pull possible with the 1301, down to 12.5 inches easily with an adapter and magpul sga stock. .... with the versamax your pretty much stuck with 14.25-14.5” lop unless you take it to corlanes and have the buttstock shortened. One advantage the versamax does have is because it is a 3.5” 12g gun you can legally load 7x 2.75” in the magazine for a 7+1+1 loaded start.

Advantages over the m4 again come down to stock selection, it is hard to find anything but a factory collapsing stock on the m4 which is not ideal for 3 gun (think reloading), other advantage is the beretta is $500-$700 cheaper new.

There are no advantages besides price on th m2 sport model, it come similarly rigged as the beretta 1301 comp, either way your going to have to buy a Nordic comp extension to get the 6+1+1 loaded capacity......

Hope this helps you decide, as I said I just bought the gen2 1301 marine model...... I’ve been a big fan of the beretta 1200fp and 1201fp for a long time over the benelli m1, and frankly beretta owns benneli so a lot of the same tech is in both guns (1301/m4).
 
Dukeoflawnchair said:
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen!

Feeling the urge to acquire a slick tactical semi - narrowing down to a TacOrd VersaMax or a Benelli M4. (Or possible M2)

Mainly for target / 3 gun if the world gets normal again, and fantasy home defence / zombie apocalypse type of stuff.

Has anyone handled both? Feedback from either party? I appreciate that the M4 is the golden standard, but the TacOrd setup sounds promising...
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I owned a Versamax and M4 - both reworked by Tactical Ordnance.

It is a tough call as they are both awesome guns but for 3 gun it would be the Versamax every time. The advantages are as follows:

1) MASSIVE loading port - the Versamax was a 3.5" gun (unofficially) so the loading port was big to begin with, and by the time Tac Ord had worked their magic it makes for pretty easy quad loading. Even with a Tac Ord makeover on my M4 the Versamax was still much easier to load.

2) The Versamax holds one more round than the M4 at the start. The extra round is handy for sure.

3) I found the trigger on my Versamax much lighter / better than the M4.

4) The bead sight on the Versamax is better for 3 gun type applications than the ghost ring sights on the M4 due to the height over bore. I found a bead setup fast to pickup and easier to use over a range of distances than the ghost rings. With the extra height over bore I found the ghost rings shot too low at close range targets often found at 3 gun type competitions and I had to aim slightly high to compensate. Please note I am not knocking ghost rings - they are fully adjustable and make the gun a tack driver for slugs at distance.

5) With Remington going through a transition phase getting parts may be difficult until they find their feet again. If you are buying new I wouldn't let it discourage me as the Versamax was very reliable but if you did need parts they may not be available for a little while.

I would recommend the A&J trigger guard for either gun (I got one for each) - it has a U shaped groove that makes a little more room for easier / faster loading. A red dot can be fitted to each (picatinney rail on the M4 and Tac Ord makes the TOMM (Tac Ord Mini Mount) for the Versamax if that is something you desire.
 
rifleman338 said:
Tacord Versamax for me. I am on the Tacord pro staff and have bee shooting the VM since Casey first started doing the builds with them. The Tacord F12's would be my first pick for an Open competition gun and we had them running like a Swiss watch. That was until our $#!*bag of a so called PM decided that we couldn't be trusted with them. Casey will also do a full revamp on the Benelli M2 if you like. Send him an email to discuss.
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If it is competition shotgun related Casey is my go to.

Tac Ord does awesome work.

I would probably have ended up with a Tacord F12 until King Turdhole decreed that mere peasants cannot own such things (ironic coming from a guy with an armed security detail 24/7).
 
Sniffer said:
I would recommend the A&J trigger guard for either gun (I got one for each) - it has a U shaped groove that makes a little more room for easier / faster loading. A red dot can be fitted to each (picatinney rail on the M4 and Tac Ord makes the TOMM (Tac Ord Mini Mount) for the Versamax if that is something you desire.
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Just got the A&S trigger guard, it feels very nice!

I'd recommend getting the Aimpoint S-1 that mounts directly to the rib if you have a ribbed shotgun.
 
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