Will Beararms
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God blessed us with a great hunt. Five of us killed 101 Ducks of the Mallard and Wood Duck Variety in 4 days-----hunting until noon each day.
The following is an accounting of the performance levels of the hardware employed. The shells used were the Winchester Dry Lok #2 Steel Shot with a little Remington and Bizmuth mixed in. The weather stayed around 30F in the morning climbing to the upper 40's around 12:00 PM. One day it rained heavily soaking the guns as we were hunting in flooded timber with chest waders on. All rounds were 3" Magnum 12 gauge.
Benelli Super Black Eagle - (Less than a year old on one of them)Frequent jams and hang-ups. Several Ducks were missed due to this. Truly unacceptable for a $1,000 shotgun. One lost it's extractor (five yr. old gun with 5,000 rounds through it).
Benelli M90 - Hung up numerous times, brand new
Remington 11-87 SP - One Functioned flawlessly with no problems. The other lost an extractor after about four years of use.
In conclusion, I will not be investing in a Benelli after witnessing what happened on this hunt. They kick like a mule and constanly hang up. The mostly steel Rem's may be heavy but they work. Incidentally, the Remington that did lose an extractor was a guide gun and has probably had 10K shells through it. The light weight of the Benelli is nice but not worth it in my opinion.
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"When guns are outlawed;I will be an outlaw."
[This message has been edited by Will Beararms (edited January 09, 2000).]
The following is an accounting of the performance levels of the hardware employed. The shells used were the Winchester Dry Lok #2 Steel Shot with a little Remington and Bizmuth mixed in. The weather stayed around 30F in the morning climbing to the upper 40's around 12:00 PM. One day it rained heavily soaking the guns as we were hunting in flooded timber with chest waders on. All rounds were 3" Magnum 12 gauge.
Benelli Super Black Eagle - (Less than a year old on one of them)Frequent jams and hang-ups. Several Ducks were missed due to this. Truly unacceptable for a $1,000 shotgun. One lost it's extractor (five yr. old gun with 5,000 rounds through it).
Benelli M90 - Hung up numerous times, brand new
Remington 11-87 SP - One Functioned flawlessly with no problems. The other lost an extractor after about four years of use.
In conclusion, I will not be investing in a Benelli after witnessing what happened on this hunt. They kick like a mule and constanly hang up. The mostly steel Rem's may be heavy but they work. Incidentally, the Remington that did lose an extractor was a guide gun and has probably had 10K shells through it. The light weight of the Benelli is nice but not worth it in my opinion.
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"When guns are outlawed;I will be an outlaw."
[This message has been edited by Will Beararms (edited January 09, 2000).]