Benelli M1 Tactical Questions or suggestion for good semi auto

[Redlg155]

I'm seriously considering the purchase of a Benelli M1 Tactical but have a few questions.

1. Are these in standard Cylinder choke or do they have the choke tubes?

2. Are the recievers drilled and tapped for scope mounts?

I'm looking for an all purpose shotgun that will last me a lifetime. Uses would include deer hunting and home defense.

Thanks!
Red

 

[Quintin Likely]

The Tacticals come with three tubes, modified, full, and improved cylinder and a wrench with a thread chaser on the end of it.

The models with ghost rings may have provisions for scope mounting; my rifle sighted one doesn't.

 

[Monkeyleg]

If, by "tactical," you mean the M1S90:

The box for mine is in the attic, but I seem to recall it coming with more than three choke tubes.

I have the ghost ring sights on mine. The screws for the rear sight are about 1 1/2" apart. Not a lot of distance for mounting a scope. There aren't any other provisions on the receiver for mounting, so I guess it would have to be drilled and tapped for a longer mount.

If you're going to be doing any wing shooting with it, be advised that barrels are very expensive.

Aside from that, it's a nice lightweight gun. Pricey, though. And it still doesn't feel like an 870.

 

[Redlg155]

No wing shooting, just home defense and deer hunting.

Hmmm..I may have to rethink my plans a little because I really need scope mounting capabilities.

Thanks for the info!
Good Shooting
Red

 

[Mxyzpltk]

Before you rethink about the M1, you must know that is one of the best semi-autos out there, the tactical has an 18.5" barrel, and I'm not sure if that's good enough for hunting at long distance (I'm not a hunter) but the Tactical is not the only M1 model available. Check out your local dealers and benlliusa.com web site. I'm sure there is a model that will fit both your needs, and if none of them are drilled, any good gunsmith will do the trick, I bought my m1s90 tactical used, and the previous owner had it drilled, and beacuse it had the rifle sights, with the rail on it is imposible to use them, so I went and put a red dot on it and now it's a great gun.

As long as you use high brass it will never fail on you, and the word is that after the break in it will handle any load, it also has a rep for working in the worst conditions you can imagine, mud, dirt, dust, water, ice, snow and months or years of no cleaning.

Sorry for all the propaganda for benelli, I don't work for them or anything similar, I'm just a very happy benelli owner, even knowing that there is not such a thing as a 100% reliable maching, I sleep a lot better knowing that the benelli is hanging next to my bed.

 

[Zak Smith]

It's a great shotgun. For general use, you might want one of the longer barrels, but for 3Gun/tactical type shooting the 18.5" is great. I screw in the full choke and shoot trap with it too.

-z

 

[Redlg155]

Hmmm..thinking...thinking...

So far it looks like things are swaying back towards the Benelli. I looked at the Remington 11-87, but I don't quite trust them 100 percent.

The barrels are running about 300+. That's easily the price of a new 870. Stilll, I think I can make do with the 18.5in barrel for most uses. I'll just have to look for a good smith to tap the reciever for me if I get one.

Good Shooting
Red