re: Bennelli SBE II

Good gun. Clear cut #2 behind the A400. If you can get it at a discount with the SBE 3 coming out, go for it. If not, wait for the 3 or get the A400. No comparasion between the SBE 2 and A400. SBE 2 is basically the A400 with more recoil. Hopefully the 3 can keep up.

Bought mine when they came out ten years ago, best weapon i have ever bought. Light, shoot it all day at everything, and clean it once a year just because.

Great gun. Love mine, but I'd wait for that 3 to come out.

I have buddies in Arkansas who have put 5+ cases of shells in flooded timber every year for the last 6-8 seasons and they have had no issues. That includs being dropped in the water, sitting on ice type cold weather etc etc.

That's just the duck hunting stuff.... they are great guns now and have been for a long time.

I love mine. It's been used as a push pole, anchor, paddle, beating stick, sunk in marsh mud then picked up and fired, etc. Almost exclusively hunted in salt water and fired thousands of shells through it without issue. I do have to clean it more often than some others, because it's dropped in salt water very often. It's 10 years old now and I just got it cerakoted because all of the original dipping had worn off completely. The only problem I ever had was my recoil spring started getting a little weak a couple years ago, so I replaced it for like $10.

I've killed almost every type of animal I hunt with that gun, and I'll shoot it until it falls apart. I'm sure there are guns that are just as good, but it's made a believer out of me.

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Only shotgun to have imo

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Meh I wouldn't go that far. The HK ones were better and I like a Mag Twelve Auto 5 better. If you're one of the folks that actually think you gotta have a 3-1/2" to kill ducks then by all means jump on it. Its as good a 3-1/2" gun as there is made today. I prefer it over that 4x4 fencepost known as a Beretta a400 All kidding aside any of the B guns are just as solid as the others when you get into that price range. I know the SBEII I had was solid and I never had any troubles with it cycling anything I fed it. I just don't shoot a 12 for ducks much anymore. I've bout went 20ga all the time

Man one of my buddies brought his 20ga M2 to Kansas to hunt mallards, and I saw him make some damn far shots on birds. Really made me want one. Sweet little gun for sure

I think we have the same buddy...

DB?

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The HK ones

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that's what i've got, bought it new august of 1997. its got a gazillion rounds through it. only thing that ever went wrong was the ejector broke about 10 years ago. it's been a SERIOUS workhorse. i've killed ducks, geese, dove, quail, rabbits, squirrels, blackbirds, hogs, deer, clay pigeons, and 1 goat with it (long story on the goat).

He is entirely too large for that gun. It's funny

Yea, it was Dave. And he frickin sold me on getting that gun eventually. We put a 9 shell mag extender on it and unloaded it too. ''Twas fun