HisDivineShadow
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Having a hard time choosing, been saving money since august to get my first semi-auto shottie and I want a Benelli.
Problem is, I keep going back and forth between the Benelli M2 and M4. At first didn't like the look of the M2 but for some reason it has grown on me lately, though the forestock is fugly compared to the sleek looks of the M4 or M1. Stil the biggest disadvantage I had assumed the M2 had was a Cylinder only barrel and an 18.5" CYL barrel won't do for me, the M4 comes with removeable chokes and a MOD choke as standard. However it turns out you can get the M2 Tactical with removeable chokes too, so the guns achieved parity in this issue, muddling the waters.
Another thing with regards to the M4 is I also planned to get rid of the telescoping stock, the M4s in Finland come with fully functioning telescoping stocks. Sure I might like it, I dunno I haven't tried the M4 with telescoping stock, but from past experience I like field stocks. So from that viewpoint one could save trouble by going with an M2 with field stock.
The price issue is a bit muddled as well. On the surface it looks easy: 1650 vs 2050 euros for M2 vs M4. But I can get some $$$ out of selling the telescoping stock to an american if I don't like it.
Likewise if I got the M2 I'd have to spend some money on an extension to get it to the same capacity as the M4. So depending on what I do, both guns would run pretty close price-wise.
The M4 should shoot a wider array of ammo though than the M2 (and I got 1.3k of 7-1/2 trap shot I wanna use, and another 250 rounds of 9 skeet shot). OTOH the M2 shoots clean as all heck which is nice, but I've heard people say they've shot upwards of 7k rounds through their M4 without cleaning it so it's obviously not a pig either.
Comparative pictures of what I am after:
The M4 will arrive in this config though, maybe I will like it:
I am currently leaning towards the M4 (I like the looks of it more mainly, and an M4 is an M4, it's.. special), though the M2 keeps nagging at me in the back of my mind.
Problem is, I keep going back and forth between the Benelli M2 and M4. At first didn't like the look of the M2 but for some reason it has grown on me lately, though the forestock is fugly compared to the sleek looks of the M4 or M1. Stil the biggest disadvantage I had assumed the M2 had was a Cylinder only barrel and an 18.5" CYL barrel won't do for me, the M4 comes with removeable chokes and a MOD choke as standard. However it turns out you can get the M2 Tactical with removeable chokes too, so the guns achieved parity in this issue, muddling the waters.
Another thing with regards to the M4 is I also planned to get rid of the telescoping stock, the M4s in Finland come with fully functioning telescoping stocks. Sure I might like it, I dunno I haven't tried the M4 with telescoping stock, but from past experience I like field stocks. So from that viewpoint one could save trouble by going with an M2 with field stock.
The price issue is a bit muddled as well. On the surface it looks easy: 1650 vs 2050 euros for M2 vs M4. But I can get some $$$ out of selling the telescoping stock to an american if I don't like it.
Likewise if I got the M2 I'd have to spend some money on an extension to get it to the same capacity as the M4. So depending on what I do, both guns would run pretty close price-wise.
The M4 should shoot a wider array of ammo though than the M2 (and I got 1.3k of 7-1/2 trap shot I wanna use, and another 250 rounds of 9 skeet shot). OTOH the M2 shoots clean as all heck which is nice, but I've heard people say they've shot upwards of 7k rounds through their M4 without cleaning it so it's obviously not a pig either.
Comparative pictures of what I am after:
The M4 will arrive in this config though, maybe I will like it:
I am currently leaning towards the M4 (I like the looks of it more mainly, and an M4 is an M4, it's.. special), though the M2 keeps nagging at me in the back of my mind.
