benelli m2 info?

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In my experienced opinion, no.

The gun just feels cheap in my hands. All the gas operated autoloaders out there feel nicer to hold and feel nicer to shoot. The recoil operation, completely falsely called inertia is only a hard kicking menace. These guns should not cost a fraction of what they do for what you get.

Nonetheless though the waterfowl crowd seems to love them. I hunt as much waterfowl as anyone and I prefer a Browning Gold.
 
The gun just feels cheap in my hands. All the gas operated autoloaders out there feel nicer to hold and feel nicer to shoot.
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Highly subjective.

I dislike dealing with o-rings. I've done it in Remington 1100s. I'm in the market for an M1 (used) right now.

Handle and shoot one for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
 
Exactly, heed Deer Hunters advice because you are either going to love it or hate it. Try out some other autos as well if you can. I havent had too many problems with O rings and the Browning/Beretta/SX3 system is not as hard on them as the 1100s.
 
hard kicking menace? If you shoot Benelli's with comfortech you know that's a joke
 
i wish they had a used m2 they could let me shoot but they wont let me fire a new gun to try it out. I hear from one guy benelli's all the way then i hear semi-autos are bad and the only good one is browning well guess what alot of you guys say glocks are great but you can ______. Guess i'm going to have to drop 1g and show you guys up can't wait to post a video on my shotty spitting fire flawlessly.
 
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My Benelli M2 has covered over 15000 rounds so far with hardly a problem, except some faulty cartridges only last week oddly enough.

Its a very good quality gun, feels as good as a Beretta and in fairness much better than my Mossberg 500, though so it should as it costs more than twice as much.
 
Been there done that.

I bought a Benelli M2 for turkey hunting a few years ago.

It kicked much harder then my old Browning A-5 it was going to replace. The new Comfortec stock may help. God knows they need it!

And I wasn't smart enough to ever figure out the little chrome thing with the red dot on it that was supposed to act as a magazine cut-off. After using it while setting up decoys, and then re-loading in the dark, I snapped on an empty chamber when I tried to shoot the biggest gobbler I saw all year!

I sold it after the first season and went back to my old A-5.

The only good thing about it is they hold their resale value well.

rcmodel
 
I have a SBE II and you either love it or hate it. I've about 10 people shoot it at our hunting place and they have all liked it. 2 guys loved it and wanted to buy one. Everyone else liked it and thought it was ok, but they were used to something else and stuck with what they were comfortable with. The Benelli's are all I have shot as an adult. As a youngster I shot Mossbergs and Brownings, but as a grown up I wanted a Benelli and I got a Benelli. Hang out at the range and find someone who has one. Ask them how they like it. They will offer it to you to shoot. I always do when someone asks about mine.
 
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Bernelli's are far from being cheaply made.They are top notch scatter guns that use high quality materials and construction.Benellis are popular in 3-gun matches and digest thousands of rounds and keep going.

I have a older M1S90 and an M4 and love them.They require far less maintenance than the 1100/11-87.The Remington's do shoot softer than the inertia based Benelli models.

I have not used the newer M2 models with the comfor-tech improvements.
 
I have not used the newer M2 models with the comfor-tech improvements.
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My buddy just received and M2 as a Christmas present. I will be staying with him and his wife for several days this week and we're going to shoot caly birds. I only have a 12 ga pump, but he's got a Benelli Super Eagle and now the M2, so I will be able to shoot both. He has shot the M2 and LOVES it. It has the comfort tech mods, but is a .20 ga. He also likes the Super Eagle in 12 ga.
 
Guess i'm going to have to drop 1g and show you guys up can't wait to post a video on my shotty spitting fire flawlessly.
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DREAMER
All semi autos that I have owned have had their moments and none of them have been flawless. And yes that includes benelli. Also Browning, Remington, and Winchester. I still own two Remingtons and a Winchester. But dreams are for chasin' so spend your grand and chase on. Personally, I think benellis moto ought to be " performance NOT worth the price. ;)
 
I recently traded in an old charels daily, 11-87 synthetic, and a 11-87 sporting clays to get my hands on a benelli. I purchsed the M2 and love it. I got the wood version (no comfort tech). The recoil is a bit heavier than my old 11-87 but no more o-rings ! I don't know how much I have spent on them the last few years. I do ahve to say that my trusty 11-87 did point a little more naturally though.
 
They aren't cheap but I would gladly buy another if I needed one. I have used my M2 for years and it is one tough bugger. It is also the easiest shotgun I own to clean. Every 1000 rounds or so I detail strip it but the rest of the time a bore snake makes it look new.
 
I bought the M2 Tactical. It kicks hard with anything other than target loads. I use a PAST recoil pad to help with the recoil. I'm thinking to sell mine and buy either a M4 gas or a Saiga 12. Nice gun, fit and finish wise, really light compared to my 11-87SP.
 
I have two 1100s, one in 20 for dove and quail, fantastic gun, originally my father's made about 1960.

The other is a 12 gauge for 3 gun, called the Competition Master. It's soft shooting but gets dirty fast and then jams. It's very picky about ammo.

I got tired of it and bought an M2. Fantastic gun, reliable, tough, so easy to clean you can't believe it. Downside, it really does kick harder, no getting around that, even with the comfortech stock.

I also think it's a great looking gun, as does everyone i've shown it to.
 
Not the M-2, but I have a M-1 bought used for closer to $700. I also have the Beretta 390 and have had 11-87's in the past. If you are shooting a lot of clays or on a high volume dove shoot the 390 or 11-87 makes more sense. I usually hunt with the Benelli because it is lighter and easier to carry to my hunting spots. Mounts and points quicker too.

Reliability is at least as good as my 870, and recoil is no worse than any other non-gas gun, including pumps.
 
I just bought a M2 Field yesterday. 28", black stock, 12ga. I am Ivan the Terrible to guns. I beat them, torture them, and make them prove themselves when they are new. I want to see how far she will go, and what she will do. It will take me about a week or two to get at least a couple thousand rounds thru her, get it in the rain, muck, and mud, then freeze it. Then I will post results. My tests are not pretty, but they do yield results on whether I can trust it or not. They tell me these M2's are tough,... we'll see.
 
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Nock on wood but the only problem that I have had with my benelli SBEII was the recoil pad can pop off when you crawl/fall over logs:uhoh:
 
I shot my friends Benelli M2 over New Years. Its a very nice, light, semi-auto shotgun. He got it in .20 gauge. It points very well and is easy to shoulder. That being said, I did better with my Winchester 1300 pump at shooting clay birds than with the Benelli that is more than three times the cost.
 
That means nothing though. I beat a bloke with a £7000 Krieghoff the other day, with my Mossberg
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It means everything to me when I can hit something with a Winchester 1300 and miss with the Benelli. It may just be that I have to get used to the Benelli. I did like how it felt and shot, I just did not do as well with it and I had never shot my 1300 previously. It sat in a closet, new for the last six years. Just points better for me I guess.
 
I just bought a M2 Field yesterday. 28", black stock, 12ga. I am Ivan the Terrible to guns. I beat them, torture them, and make them prove themselves when they are new. I want to see how far she will go, and what she will do. It will take me about a week or two to get at least a couple thousand rounds thru her, get it in the rain, muck, and mud, then freeze it. Then I will post results. My tests are not pretty, but they do yield results on whether I can trust it or not. They tell me these M2's are tough,... we'll see.
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OK guys, I said I would repost, so here it is;

3150 shells. Most all were 2 3/4 field loads, # 7 1/2 shot @ 1200 FPS, with the exception of 100 #OO buck 3" magnums. Did not clean it at all with exception of outer wipe off to prevent rust.

ZERO malfunctions. Gun has been dropped in dirt, soaking wet, left outside overnight ( 9 -15 degrees ) dew & sleet froze on it, and it still chucked them as fast as I could pull trigger. It has a tad bit of sand in it from wind kicking up the dirt and blowing it around, and from me dropping the shells in sand and shoving them in.

Overall, I am more than satisfied. So, OK, what WILL make it malfunction ? I loaded up some soft Trap shells, ( 1045 FPS ), which in the owners manual it states no loads below 1200 FPS. It did not want to kick them out. If I stayed 1200 FPS ( 3 Dram EQ ) or more, it functions flawless.

So there you go, and for the record, Yes, I feel I got my monies worth. Other than a few scratches for character, it's a keeper.

I'm going to strip her on down now and clean her out,... It earned it.

Rick
 
I took mine apart to clean and lube it when new as I do with all my firearms. The quality is readily apparent. Very nicely made, very reliable, very pricey, very fun. After cleaning my AR and my nine after a range day the last thing I want is another dirty gas to clean.
 
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