throdgrain
06-11-2006, 04:05 PM
I bought this gun some 6 months ago, and have deliberately not written this until I could get a good idea of its worth. I bought it new from John Foresy Guns in Welling Kent, one of the few places you can buy them. One of my reasons was that it is a left handed gun. Beretta , and many others , dont make left handed semi autos, so I was a little stuck for choice. I was very lucky that I happen to love the all-black synthetic look, just like my other gun, a Mossberg 500. The Benelli comes in a reasonable hard plastic case, with a full set of chokes, oil and choke tool. It looks nice, and is well made. It feels a quality gun just picking it up.
These guns use an intertia recoil system to eject cartridges, which is much easier than the gas system, as it requires very little cleaning. It is also very reliable. Ive fired everything from 28gr of no 9 skeet shot to 50gr of BB mammoth heavy stuff. It's fired and cycled all of it. So far, no jams, no nothing. It just does the job.
Firing it is very interesting. There is very little muzzle climb when shooting, and not very much recoil. More though I should say than a gas system gun, and less than a traditional 12-bore. For me it's ideal. The stock uses a system Benelli call Comfortec. Basically it has a series of absorbers built into it, plus a huge soft rubber butt piece.
For some time I was mystified as to why although the gun worked properly, I had trouble hitting much with it. Certainly, I always hit more with my Mossberg, which is very odd. Until one day I finally got the stock adjusters that were supposed to have been supplied with the gun. It had taken 3 phone calls to John Foresy Guns, and they had finally posted them to me. Basically, the adjusters alter the cast of the gun, so that it fits different people. I went for the opposite to what was installed, and immediately the gun felt better looking down the rib. I took it clay shooting at the weekend, and hey presto hit good scores straight away. At last!
So, in summary, I would recommend an M2 to anyone, particularly a left-hander like me! Only thing though, make sure you get all the bits when you buy it, or you could be in for some frustrating shooting ...
These guns use an intertia recoil system to eject cartridges, which is much easier than the gas system, as it requires very little cleaning. It is also very reliable. Ive fired everything from 28gr of no 9 skeet shot to 50gr of BB mammoth heavy stuff. It's fired and cycled all of it. So far, no jams, no nothing. It just does the job.
Firing it is very interesting. There is very little muzzle climb when shooting, and not very much recoil. More though I should say than a gas system gun, and less than a traditional 12-bore. For me it's ideal. The stock uses a system Benelli call Comfortec. Basically it has a series of absorbers built into it, plus a huge soft rubber butt piece.
For some time I was mystified as to why although the gun worked properly, I had trouble hitting much with it. Certainly, I always hit more with my Mossberg, which is very odd. Until one day I finally got the stock adjusters that were supposed to have been supplied with the gun. It had taken 3 phone calls to John Foresy Guns, and they had finally posted them to me. Basically, the adjusters alter the cast of the gun, so that it fits different people. I went for the opposite to what was installed, and immediately the gun felt better looking down the rib. I took it clay shooting at the weekend, and hey presto hit good scores straight away. At last!
So, in summary, I would recommend an M2 to anyone, particularly a left-hander like me! Only thing though, make sure you get all the bits when you buy it, or you could be in for some frustrating shooting ...