Black Majik
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I recently picked up a HK Import Benelli M3, so Bambam-31, Beetle Bailey and myself went out to the range for some trigger time. Of course, gotta complete the first step to bringing a new shotgun
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When we first got there, Beetle Bailey was on the firing line shooting Slugs at 7 yards to see where the POI was using his bead sight on his 870 Police. It shot pretty dead on, at yards, but he noted that it shot slight right about 1-1.5" at 25 yards.
The distance was too short at 7 yards since the wad made holes in the target too, so it was a little difficult to tell which was the slug and which hole was made by the wad.
My target was the middle one using Federal 10 pack slugs/M3.
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I brought some Winchestter Buckshot also, but my shot at 25 yards patterned pretty wide. I was going to retrieve my target, but we got sidetracked since the clay range opened up.
Kind of a crappy picture, but we were also shooting slugs at steel @ 100 yards. mine sighted in using the white dot of the front post. So the top half on the round steel was enough to make hits on the steel.
Beetle Bailey shooting steel
A usual tradition for us would be to play some games of "Big Chip, Little Chip" on the clay station. This time, Beetle Bailey brought out his 870 Police Magnum, and left his 870 TB 30" at home. This was gonna be fun, I brought my M3 to play with, so we could play Big Chip, Little Chip with riot guns. This is gonna be interesting. I ended up leading the bird using the top half of the rear aperature. Made consisitant hits with it.
Bambam-31 on his 870 WM
Breakage for Beetle Bailey
I'm shooting my M3 (picture taken by Bambam-31)
Beetle Bailey's 870 Police
Our line-up for the day
Down on the pistol range, we were also allowed to shoot the 100 yard ram and pig using slugs. Let's go hunting!
With regards to the Benelli M3, there are some things to note.
* The gun cant be loaded into the magazine unless the hammer is cocked. So you'd have to rack the bolt for the shell lifter to clear so you can load rounds into the magazine.
* The gun is very well fit and finished. I was impressed with the almost flawless finish of the bolt. It was barely fired from what I could see.
* Flawless function
* I got the Benelli thumb. Pinched as I loaded rounds into the magazine. I tried Robert Hairless' tip on loading rounds into the chamber, but I'll have to review it again.
* Take-down to clean is much more complicated than the 870s I'm used to. The bolt breaks down into 7 pieces itself.
* Clean shooting! I broke it down after the range trip, bolt was still pretty clean... the barrel was the only thing that really had to be cleaned. And that just consisted of a wet patch, and a quick scrub of the brush.
* Trigger isn't nearly as crisp as any of my Wingmasters. Light, but mushy trigger
Now, there is one peculiar thing to bring up. In pump mode, I would load the round into the chamber, then try to load rounds into the magazine tube. But there was resistance to get rounds into the magazine. Swapped to auto, and the rounds went easily to the magazine. Weird?
Next, my magazine clamp would shoot loose and work it's way up the barrel towards the front sight. Blue loctite ok to use for the mag clamp screw?
Overall, it's a fun gun. It recoils hard using slugs, but worked flawlessly. The manual of arms is a little too complicated for what it needs to be. But, this is gonna be a range toy, something to shoot other than my 870s.
I even got a sling for it. A Specter Gear 3 point sling that was specific to the Benelli M1/M2/M3 shotgun. Good quality, easy to mount and use. Since it's just going to be a fun gun for the range, I don't have my usual reservations against slings. I plan to have some fun with this gun.
Cool concept of a shotgun, and fun to shoot. Only gotta do the last step.
BA/UU/R
Thanks for reading.
BA/UU/R
When we first got there, Beetle Bailey was on the firing line shooting Slugs at 7 yards to see where the POI was using his bead sight on his 870 Police. It shot pretty dead on, at yards, but he noted that it shot slight right about 1-1.5" at 25 yards.
The distance was too short at 7 yards since the wad made holes in the target too, so it was a little difficult to tell which was the slug and which hole was made by the wad.
My target was the middle one using Federal 10 pack slugs/M3.
BA/UU/R
I brought some Winchestter Buckshot also, but my shot at 25 yards patterned pretty wide. I was going to retrieve my target, but we got sidetracked since the clay range opened up.
Kind of a crappy picture, but we were also shooting slugs at steel @ 100 yards. mine sighted in using the white dot of the front post. So the top half on the round steel was enough to make hits on the steel.
Beetle Bailey shooting steel
A usual tradition for us would be to play some games of "Big Chip, Little Chip" on the clay station. This time, Beetle Bailey brought out his 870 Police Magnum, and left his 870 TB 30" at home. This was gonna be fun, I brought my M3 to play with, so we could play Big Chip, Little Chip with riot guns. This is gonna be interesting. I ended up leading the bird using the top half of the rear aperature. Made consisitant hits with it.
Bambam-31 on his 870 WM
Breakage for Beetle Bailey
I'm shooting my M3 (picture taken by Bambam-31)
Beetle Bailey's 870 Police
Our line-up for the day
Down on the pistol range, we were also allowed to shoot the 100 yard ram and pig using slugs. Let's go hunting!
With regards to the Benelli M3, there are some things to note.
* The gun cant be loaded into the magazine unless the hammer is cocked. So you'd have to rack the bolt for the shell lifter to clear so you can load rounds into the magazine.
* The gun is very well fit and finished. I was impressed with the almost flawless finish of the bolt. It was barely fired from what I could see.
* Flawless function
* I got the Benelli thumb. Pinched as I loaded rounds into the magazine. I tried Robert Hairless' tip on loading rounds into the chamber, but I'll have to review it again.
* Take-down to clean is much more complicated than the 870s I'm used to. The bolt breaks down into 7 pieces itself.
* Clean shooting! I broke it down after the range trip, bolt was still pretty clean... the barrel was the only thing that really had to be cleaned. And that just consisted of a wet patch, and a quick scrub of the brush.
* Trigger isn't nearly as crisp as any of my Wingmasters. Light, but mushy trigger
Now, there is one peculiar thing to bring up. In pump mode, I would load the round into the chamber, then try to load rounds into the magazine tube. But there was resistance to get rounds into the magazine. Swapped to auto, and the rounds went easily to the magazine. Weird?
Next, my magazine clamp would shoot loose and work it's way up the barrel towards the front sight. Blue loctite ok to use for the mag clamp screw?
Overall, it's a fun gun. It recoils hard using slugs, but worked flawlessly. The manual of arms is a little too complicated for what it needs to be. But, this is gonna be a range toy, something to shoot other than my 870s.
I even got a sling for it. A Specter Gear 3 point sling that was specific to the Benelli M1/M2/M3 shotgun. Good quality, easy to mount and use. Since it's just going to be a fun gun for the range, I don't have my usual reservations against slings. I plan to have some fun with this gun.
Cool concept of a shotgun, and fun to shoot. Only gotta do the last step.
BA/UU/R
Thanks for reading.
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