re: Benelli guys - Another Shotgun Thread

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Yep, not an issue duck hunting. Turkey hunting, the first time I must have knocked it while walking around and it clicked on me, I thought it was the shell so I quietly slid in another because a second tom had just popped out, I'm sure the action wasn't fully set on that and it clicked again. The third time I had forgotten to load it and tried to do it quietly walking in, so that was my fault

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I have had my SBE2 since 07-08, not long after katrina. I have never had it so the click unless I tried to load it quietly or hunting in the woods walking . It has never done it when shooting rounds in succession.
I am OCD with checking it now while sitting or if im walking in a thicket stalking a hog.

I’m aware if the high shooting SBE3’s as well. Even saw it first hand on a pattern board here at the club.

The good news is, as long as the gun is only shooting high (and not also left/right), it’s a pretty easy fix. POI can be lowered by a lot of simple fixes.

Yeah so the shims are a good start as they don’t require any aesthetic changes to the gun.

As far as the front bead, it’s not so much that you need a larger bead, it’s just that you need to raise the bead relative to the rib somehow. A larger bead is sorta a cheater way to pull this off.

The shims and other stock manipulation methods are really just trying to lower your eye relative to the rib to bring POI down.

Again, it’s just a game you have to play with what your overall sight line looks like as you pull the trigger.

I did that except I wanted to go to a 28” barrel. In all honesty there is not much difference.

Benelli claims this as well.

But I own both a Cordoba and SuperSport and both shoot dead nuts flat. Have since they day I bought them.

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Yeah I widened my search a bit and was just looking at those. I think I get that and the Ethos confused. I'm not (but will probably be by the end of this searching) a Benelli history buff with the models. The M-4 seems like it might be a good gun as well.

Ahh makes sense. I hadn't given the M-4 a hard look but it looked like they had tactical versions of it too which made me think it wasn't a "hunting gun" like others. Let me dive more into the super Vinci. I'm not opposed to gas guns, I just like the inertia system and I've had some and never paid attention to having to clean them longer or more, but I keep reading about that being a thing nowadays. Thanks baw.

ETA: the SV in Camo looks very similar to my sbe2. Maybe its hard to really tell with Camo and in photos. Whatever I get, the sbe2 I have is max 5 and I want a mossy oak bottomland or a different Camo pattern. Where I grew up hunting in CenLa, and would go hunt down in SouthLa my darker Camo waders stuck out like a giant blob. Similarly, the max 5 sort of is noticeable against the pine brush blinds I usually hunt lol. Not that any of that really matters, just when you're spending money might as well get every feature narrowed down.

I shoot a Super Vinci. I used to be 100% Beretta after my last SBE turned into a huge lemon. I love the SV although it took some time to adjust to the look and the new sight plane after having shot a Beretta for so many years. It might be the easiest shotgun to break down and clean and mine knock on wood doesn’t jam at all. However every one in my hunting group shoots the new A400 and I must say they look sweet.

I also have a Ethos 20ga Super Sport in walnut. It’s a very nice gun. Light weight, balanced, reduced recoil inertia and ported. It’s not a safe queen but close.