Hi all, I realize not many Benelli fans out there. Do I have to remove scope to change barrels? I saw on youtube changing barrels in 2 mins. He removed scope with QD scope mounts but was it necessary?

I had one in 270 WSM. And no, you need not remove the scope to remove the barrel.

Thanks szihn. Changed barrels in couple minutes as advertised. Tommorow going to shoot and see how much off after barrel change.

I have one in 30-06 yes you can change barrels scope is mounted to the reciever. The whole thing comes apart easily without tools even removing the parts in the bolt. The one I have with the first ammo I tried shoots a group i covered with a quarter at 100 yards. Mine hasn't been shot much. It is my wifes deer rifle. Doesn't kick much. Has a decent trigger. I like it.

Too bad they don't make a 10 rd clip for 300 WSM. They have them for 30-06. That pencil barrel must get pretty hot after 10 rounds in quick fire play. Any experience with the 10 rd clip Hogwild7?

-35 today here in northern Alberta so not leaving the fire today. LOL

I had one in 30-06. It was not a good gun.

How not?

Details.

DF

Nope, you don’t have to remove the scope to change barrels. I’m a big fan of the Benelli R1! The updated version is very well made and can hang with bolt deer rifles in terms of accuracy. You have to hang a good scope on it though. They will trash a lesser scope in very short order.

My son and I both have R1's in 30-06, Great Guns! Good accuracy, moderate recoil, never a malfunction between the two rifles in 3000+ rounds mix of factory/hand loads.

David

Good to hear this. Got a 1 inch group using the 208 grain bullets. The 165 weren't that accurate. All reloads. I never buy ammo in 40+ years. Of course we can't compare accuracy to a bolt rifle but, for fast follow up shots, unbeatable.

I only have what came with it.extra magazines were backordered when I bought the rifle.

Prices of new R 1s in 30-06 ?

Under 1k generally and I have found them in the 850 to 950 range

Thanks.
Sources for new ones ?

Reason I ask is a local dealer told me there were none.

1. The gun would not return to zero if you disassembled it to clean it and reassembled.
2. The gun would change zero depending on how much torque you used to tighten the forearm.
3. The sling swivel on the one I owned was attached to the nut that held the forearm and the nut moved when you carried the gun

go ahead and buy it, and report back to us, maybe I will buy another one as well as its great fun to own a precision instrument that is engineered to enable the user to produce variable tension on its major harmonic structure. If you always wondered why they did not displace the BAR and you don't see that many of them, see above. For those that have them go to the AR Forum there is a 2 10 shot group Challenge there, post up your groups. Its human nature to shoot 40 cartridges and when we find 3 that land in a 1 inch group swell with pride, take a photo and post it as a MOA all day long rifle. NO your not going to shoot 10 rounds at a deer, however if you fire those 2 10 round groups you will learn something about your skill and your rifles accuracy.

Jimmy

Sounds like you had one of the very early production models, they changed the rifle shortly after it was introduced and corrected those problems.

I can disassemble and reassemble and POI returns every time (I've always thought this was a silly complaint regardless - My rifles only get a full cleaning, break down at the end of the season - something you can't do with a BAR). The revised attachment system bottoms out the nut, nothing to guess at, tighten it till it stops every time.

Forearm tension has zero effect on POI, again only has to be removed for full cleaning anyway....

Sling swivel on the forearm doesn't loosen the forearm nut at all, swivels completely independently, again corrected by the redesign.

Accuracy discussions are a little silly. No one is saying this is a match rifle (neither is a BAR), it is not as accurate as my bolt action rifles. Way more than accurate enough to make shots in the kill zone out to 500+ yards (not a guess, routinely shoot my rifles at this range, no problems). I'll take the Benelli over the BAR (or a Remington or an AR10 variant) all day every day if I want to carry an autoloader.

Sorry you had a bad experience with yours.

David

I know of a wood stocked one with great wood. PM me if interested

I believe you had an earlier model, they addressed that issue.

Many thanks for the info.

My only issue with the updated version was that they were tough on scopes. My rifle did change poi a slight amount of when disassembled but then again, a lot of bolt actions change poi of impact when you completely disassemble them. I’m not sure why you would disassemble the rifle after it was sighted ..... time to go hunting at that point.

Very well made as I said, and very good hunting accuracy in the one I owned. 1 moa for 4 shots . That’s excellent for a light weight auto loader with light contoured barrel.

One note, there was a break in period. Accuracy kept improving on mine the more it was shot it. Doubtful I was alone in that regard.

Things worked out well the.308 is as new

Many thanks again for the info.

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Things worked out well the.308 is as new

Many thanks again for the info.

Good deal ..