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It just looks like a Tikka with an oddly shaped trigger guard to me. Ugly? Subjective. Pride of ownership? Subjective. Does it function as it should? Objective. Is it as accurate as "they" say it is? Objective on a case by case basis. You want pretty? Buy the nicest Weatherby you can find. You want functional? A lot of the ugliest are very functional (Dodge, Glock, KLM, Carhart, Margaret Thatcher, etc., etc.).

I'd like to try one to see what all of the fuss is about. However (hypocrite alert), I don't see myself ever crapping out north of 1000 clams for one.

It just looks like a Tikka with an oddly shaped trigger guard to me.

Yea they are identical.( forehead slap again)

Forgive me if I'm unimpressed with the accuracy of a 1600$ gun that looks like a lego when a 350$ Ruger American can do this with factory ammo. We only have to do it once right? Just like the video.

I agree the group is not as tight as what's in the video. However, there's an 1100$ difference in price like you stated.

Is the group of the lupo, 1100$ better than that of the Ruger?

I don't think so. YMMV

I agree that it’s ugly but that kind of accuracy out of the box makes me wonder if I could get past its looks. I’d like to shoulder it to see how it feels. I have a TC encore and those aren’t the best looking rifles either but I don’t think there is a rifle I like more than a TC when shouldered

Forgive me if I'm unimpressed with the accuracy of a 1600$ gun that looks like a lego when a 350$ Ruger American can do this with factory ammo. We only have to do it once right? Just like the video.

So we’re judging the precision of the rifle model based on just 3 shots fired by a self-admittedly mediocre shooter who is shooting in the wind, from a single sample of the rifle? That could easily be a lucky group, or it could be the most accurate rifle that will ever come off Benelli’s line.

Yea they are identical.( forehead slap again)

It's hideous. And lord knows what kind of incentives are passed along to write cupcake reviews... though "if you ever want samples of our products again..." seems like a pretty sure bet to start. Did I mention it's hideous?

about the Benelli Lupo but the thing shoots. I have read several reviews of this rifle and they all have said the same thing (more or less) "this rifle has some odd looks, but it shoots exceptional." Keep in mind I have no first hand experience with it, but that could change very soon.

One review that I read even said that "out of the box accuracy is the best we have ever tested." I believe that was Guns&Ammo. Watch the video below to see the grouping the lady in the video shot. So say what you want about its looks, its a very accurate rifle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbnAiZyrz4k&t=331s

Every time I see one of these new rifles with detachable magazines, I think about others I’ve seen in used gun racks with a tag that says “No Magazine”, all the WTB posts looking for one, and especially the insane prices for obsolete ones on GB. I would think long and hard about buying anything like it unless there was a big existing customer base, or extras available right now. You certainly can’t depend on makers to support products they abandon anymore.

It’s oogly, but not terribly worse than some others. I would definitely want to handle one before plunking down those bucks. Maybe it’s a very fine-handling rifle, maybe not.

Also 3 shots does not prove a rifle is entirely accurate:


That is my least accurate AR^^^^ Anyone and just about every rifle can get lucky every once in a while. I also have a video of a 30-06 that I put 4 shots into the same hole with, but don't know how to upload videos. That rifle is very old, built off of a m1917, so it's over 100 years old. We could do this all day long, if we are talking about 3 shot groups.. One of the reasons I don't use them to prove a rifle..

........................In the you tube search bar type in "Beyond the Rifle."....There are 12 episodes 1 through 12 that thoroughly and completely break down the Benelli Lupo from stem to stern and soup to nuts; features, action, bolt, barrel, chassis, stock, construction, quality control, manufacturing, magazine, design, maintenance, the why's for this and why's for that..........I was wondering what about this rifle could justify a $1699 MSRP price point. $1499 in the US. Well after seeing all 12 episodes I found that answer. That price imo is well justified.

Now I know this rifle has less of a traditional design especially with its trigger guard and stock grip design. Many on here at first glance. "Ugly" "Fuggly" "Wouldn't show up to deer or elk camp with it." "Hideous" etc and etc.....I get it! I understand. All well and good.

However, the innovations and quality control that go into this rifle are not only outstanding but do exceed most if not all rifle makers. And the more I look at it, the more appealing it becomes. If any of you are considering this rifle as I am, then I suggest a viewing on you tube "Beyond the Rifle" episodes 1 through 12.

Especially for those who may consider one, episodes 1 thru 12 really gets into the entire gutts of this rifle. My interest will be to see if there will be more chamberings other than what is being currently offered now which are the 243 Win, 6.5 Creed, 270 Win, 30-06, and 300 Win. In one of the episodes a Benelli rep or spokesman said that there will be more offerings.