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Fifty years of experience has landed me firmly in the Benelli camp if talking semi-auto’s. M1’s, M2’s for the black synthetics, or for some wood which I like, the Montefeltro or Ultralight. But then, I’m not a dedicated turkey hunter though I’ve taken many with a whole range of guns.

Their actions work on the inertia system rather than gas, resulting in a much simpler, lighter, and easier to clean gun though for the same reason recoil is a touch heavier. High quality.

One thing I wouldn’t suggest is a 3.5” gun. It makes for a heavier gun and depending on make, recoil can be brutal; with great 3” ammo I can’t see the application where it’s worth it.

I don't have 50 years!

But I am with you 100%. If you can't kill it with 3" you need more practice.

There is a reason they use Benellis in South America for doves. They literally shoot hundreds of thousands of rounds through those shotguns and they keep on going.

I have the SBE II and I use the 3 1/2 for turkeys and geese. A Super 90 would last you a lifetime without a hitch and I would endorse both George and MCR’s recommendation with no doubt you wouldn’t be disappointed...

You failed to comprehend the part about "For turkeys". There's a point here about which you're ignorant. No, I'm not going to tell you.

You failed to comprehend the part about "For turkeys". There's a point here about which you're ignorant. No, I'm not going to tell you.

With the exception of someone who has deficiency of normal visual skills, the necessity of some type of optics on a shotgun for Turkeys is a point about which "you're ignorant". Good shooters knock things out of the air, yet a fat turkey on the ground needs an optic?

In addition to which no semi auto shotgun outruns a Benelli. Does a Benelli know it is being shot at a Turkey instead of reliably functioning on a clay? And no, I'm not going to tell you. Their downside is they kick more than a gas gun of equivalent weight. Especially noticeable when you get into the big 3 and 3.5's. However, all semi's will eventually click, along with SxS, O/U's, S.S, etc. None are immune. Something else about which "you're ignorant".

If reliability is the goal then get a good pump shotgun. But eventually it will click. But unlike the Semi's, it will most likely be caused by the primer and not the shotguns mechanicals hiccuping.

Addition: Deficient primers or primers seated too deep are often the cause of "click".

This has always baffled me too...

Please, don’t start using them on Grouse. The population may never be able to recover. You guys are already good enough to be knocking their heads off with open sight pistols. 👍

Oh yeah right because shotguns know what they are killing, right gotcha. Show I guess Benelli's are not Turkey friendly. Honestly you can't make this crap up.

Never used a sight or a scope to kill a turkey. I shoot them just as I shoot Geese in the face. Except the geese are flying and the turkey is strutting around. Battue you got A400 you can sell me so I can kill turkeys? Evidently my Benelli's are no good. I am going to have to sell them. Man I sure will miss them, we have had a great run together. And yes Benelli's kick a little.

Heck you kill them with old style recurves and sticks. For sure you don't need a red dot sight on a shotgun. Hell, I'll give you the A400....As soon as I get my barrels back from Giacomo. Right now I can't get the O/U to even click....

What Barrels are you getting for the Perazzi???? If you were really my friend you would keep the A400 and give me that Perazzi!

I have to wonder about the A400, I mean Anthony went to an Over and Under! What the hell????

The reason being he was training to make the Olympic Bunker trap team. He went so far as to put in his own complete Olympic bunker trap on the M&M grounds. Pretty cool in that we all can shot it when down there. He came real close to making the team, but something happened and he missed one of the qualifiers or he would have made it. Something along those lines anyway.

Ain’t no “bennelli click” going on in the sbe3

And I tried to make it do it.

Mid rib separated on two different ones, so they are getting re-attached. The barrels kind of bounce around a little right now. Anyway, Perazzi has a problem with them and they are unwilling to even consider doing anything. They say you shot them too hot. Well, you can shoot a Browning and Beretta till the wood gets hot and their mid-rib stays attached. I'll be going back to my Kraut heritage. I'm done with the Diego's.

Yes I knew that Battue but didn't know that's why he switched over. Makes sense. I have shot a few rounds on his Bunker Trap. I think you and I shot a round on it together a few years back. Maybe the US Open????? That was when I punched into AA. Thank god I haven't been shooting, I can at least hang in A.

Did I see Duffy is shooting a K-Gun?

They have the Open there again this year....I'm signed up....Let me know if you can make it....If you can, I will see if Lois can make some squad adjustments....

Yes, he is shooting the LW Parcours, and doing well with it. The "boy" is in the Veteran class these days. My how time goes on by.

I’ve had a Berretta A400 12 too. Very good looking gun; good shooting gun. But, again, for me and the miles we walk for pheasants, it’s just too heavy when compared with the simpler, lighter Benelli guns. So why carry the extra weight?

As they say, your “mileage” may vary.

Oh, an additional point not insignificant to me. I’m a lefty. The Beretta A400’s safety is reversible but complicated and requires a Bereatta-certified ‘Smith to do it. Benelli’s safeties are stupid-simple to reverse (Benelli must have my profile).

Why don’t I buy a true lefty even if I can reverse the safety? Resale. Love those Ben’s.