Home Forums Birds & Dogs Waterfowl Anyone shoot a Benelli Nova?

Let's hear it, guys! What's your opinions, experiences, etc.? Any prices on the black or camo models?<P>I'd like to purchase one of these shotguns, but don't have enough information about them to make a good decision.<P>Thank you, Bowhunter57

they were going from a range of $389 to $419 for the cammo version,it just depends how many dealers were selling them.a friend of mine bought one and he used it couple weeks ago for a dove hunt, it was really impressive after shooting a whole case, no jams or problems.he paid $399 plus tax for it back in spring. i hope this information is helpful

I have had mine for a couple of years, I really like it and have not had 1 problem with it!

I work in the hunting industry and no gun in recent memory has made the splash that the Nova did. It is without a doubt the most gun for your money. They have been out for a couple of years now and no one has had any problems with them at all that I have heard about. Anybody want to go to Mexico in December on a Duck, Goose, And Quail hunt?

I found one today for 439.00 Thinking about getting it. 12ga with 28 inch tube

Thank you for the input, gentlemen!<p>I purchased a Benelli Nova w/ 26" barrel in full camo for $411 and I love it.<p>No feed problems, great patterns with lead, it points good, is lite weight, etc.<p>Has anyone found a choke tube that works well for large steel shot for geese?<p>Good hunting, Bowhunter57

I just picked one up this morning! It is a 28" black, damage was $329. I kinda wanted a 26", but didn't feel like springing the $400 for the 26" camo one.
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<br>I was looking for a drag it through the mud, silt and saltwater waterfowling gun, and it seems like it'll fit the bill. I likely will only run 2 3/4" and 3" hulls through it, but it's nice to have the provision for 3 1/2" shells.

I think you will enjoy it. I've got the 24 inch camo version and it has never hiccupped. I actually bought it, because it was on sale for $10 less than the 26/28 inchers(which would normally have been my first choice), so, with that as an incentive, I handled and shouldered them side by side and the 24 incher felt like it balanced a bit better for me, wound up with $314 plus tax in it(Beretta had a $35 rebate on) and have seen them in your price range since. For hunting, I kind of pick it up interchangeably with my 870, which says something, as I think the 870 is the toughest repeating shotgun ever made. As far as the camo vs black goes, the camo looks kind of neat to us, but if the birds are close enough to detect that black barrel as opposed to a camo one, they have already made a serious mistake. However the camo coating probably helps with rust resistance on the barrel.
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<br>As I have posted before, I need to cut it off just a fraction, but it is not so long as to really be a problem and have just not gotten around to it yet.

Damn I blew it. Local sporting goods store had them on sale a couple weeks ago for $299. After seeing the prices you guys paid, I think I really messed up. It was some special Benelli Days thing with that Benelli sponsered trick shooter Tom Knapp there. California with it's ridiculous 10 day waiting period screwed me out a buying a gun that I would have impulse bought in a second if I could have taken it home that day.
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