A couple weeks ago i went to the shooting range with a couple friends and we did skeet with a benelli M1 tactical M and a mossberg 500. Shooting skeet absolutely rocked so i felt I had to get myself a shotgun. It will probably be the only shotgun i ever own and will probably only be used for doing skeet probably like 6 times a yr and will also be another option for home defense.
(if someone broke into my home, i think i'd most likely grab my pistol first as it is hidden where i can get to it easily and quietly, whilie anything else i would have to unlock the gun safe. I'd probably grab my pistol first and go to the gunsafe second)
Anyways, After reading through the posts here, i went to a well-known gunshop here in CA to check out a remington 870 and a mossberg 590. I figure since its the only one i will ever buy and use rarely, i was gonna go with something in the $300 range. When i told the guy i wanted to see a remington 870 and mossberg 590, he said they did not carry mossberg and that they only carried "quality firearms". So i said ummmm ok, lets see the remington 870. So I checked it out and since i dont know much about shotguns, i thought it pretty plain and wasnt really impressed with it or the finish. Then i checked out the 870 police, which has the 9 shot tube, looked cool but I still wanted to check out a mossberg 590. The mossberg 500 my friend had was 10 yrs old and looked pretty beat up but worked great. Then I saw that they had the benelli M1 tacticals (w/pistol grip). I was surprised because for some reason i thought they were included in the SB23 ban here in CA. The guy behind the counter says nope, they werent banned. So of course I make a major impulse buy and decide to get the benelli. That sure made up my mind between the 870 and 590 ;P I half regret spending so much money, but i know it was worth it. Since its the only shotgun i will probably ever buy, it may as well be a very good one. At least thats what i keep telling myself when I think about that $900 price tag...
Anyways, anyone got any maintenance tips or any other suggestions/tips/warnings about this shotgun? Whats the difference between a M1 tactical and a super 90 that everyone in the forum talks about? I cant find anything about a super 90 on the benelli site. Are they the same?
http://www.benelli-usa.com/showimage/index.cgi?m1tm.gif
(if someone broke into my home, i think i'd most likely grab my pistol first as it is hidden where i can get to it easily and quietly, whilie anything else i would have to unlock the gun safe. I'd probably grab my pistol first and go to the gunsafe second)
Anyways, After reading through the posts here, i went to a well-known gunshop here in CA to check out a remington 870 and a mossberg 590. I figure since its the only one i will ever buy and use rarely, i was gonna go with something in the $300 range. When i told the guy i wanted to see a remington 870 and mossberg 590, he said they did not carry mossberg and that they only carried "quality firearms". So i said ummmm ok, lets see the remington 870. So I checked it out and since i dont know much about shotguns, i thought it pretty plain and wasnt really impressed with it or the finish. Then i checked out the 870 police, which has the 9 shot tube, looked cool but I still wanted to check out a mossberg 590. The mossberg 500 my friend had was 10 yrs old and looked pretty beat up but worked great. Then I saw that they had the benelli M1 tacticals (w/pistol grip). I was surprised because for some reason i thought they were included in the SB23 ban here in CA. The guy behind the counter says nope, they werent banned. So of course I make a major impulse buy and decide to get the benelli. That sure made up my mind between the 870 and 590 ;P I half regret spending so much money, but i know it was worth it. Since its the only shotgun i will probably ever buy, it may as well be a very good one. At least thats what i keep telling myself when I think about that $900 price tag...
Anyways, anyone got any maintenance tips or any other suggestions/tips/warnings about this shotgun? Whats the difference between a M1 tactical and a super 90 that everyone in the forum talks about? I cant find anything about a super 90 on the benelli site. Are they the same?
http://www.benelli-usa.com/showimage/index.cgi?m1tm.gif