Originally Posted by horse1
Originally Posted by Etoh
The Beretta has to be a lot stiffer
The reciprocating mass (wt) of the Beretta bolt/carrier is significantly greater, requiring more lbs of force to overcome the inertia. Its slamming shut doesn't really mean it closes better.

the spring lbs of force between the two is about the same if viewed as unit of weight bolt/lbs of force of spring


When the weather gets cold, the Berettas cycle better and it's due to the stiffer RRS. The Benellis just plain get too slow to cycle. I was catching my stride with a shotgun as CRP was in its infancy in my native ND and I've never left. I've seen nearly every manner of shotgun fail. Beretta fails less.


This is exactly what happens to our duck hunting group this year. We hunted for two days in 15 to 18 degree temperatures, pushing our equipment and ourselves to the max. All three Berettas ran great. The Benellis shot pretty well too, but they certainly had more issues. Their actions got slow and feeding became somewhat of a problem. This is the second time that that we have seen this.