Well this weekend I had a chance to gun a few boxes of ammo through a Super Sport and compare it to my M-1.
My M-1 is built up for IPSC shooting, 21 inch VR Barrel, 10 round mag tube and a limbsaver recoil pad. No Dead Mules or mercury in the stock.
The Super Sport was bone stock. 28 inch with porting.
Both weigh about the same.
My main concern was recoil and if the M2 stock really did suck up all that recoil that Benelli says it does.
Both guns ran every type of ammo I had with me, everything from skeet to low recoil slug and 00 buck. I first tried some handicap/IPSC (1.125 oz @ 1,300 fps) ammo. It kicked, but not too bad. Not like a pump gun, but not like a 28 gauge as I had hoped. Same ammo through M1. Kicked about the same as the Super Sport.
Then some skeet (1oz @1,200 fps) ammo. Much less recoil than the handicap ammo. Could shoot this stuff all day long. Felt the same in my M-1.
I then tried some low recoil slug and 00 buck. The Super Sport shot the slugs to point of aim at 50 and 100 yards. Hitting a 12 inch plate at these ranges sitting was easy. The mod choke kept all 9 pellets inside an IPSC target A and C zone at 25 yards. My M-1 does the same.
We took off the stock to see if it could be stuck on an M-1. It can, but it would require some dremeling to the stock where the trigger group meets the stock. And the shape where the stock meets the receiver, just the bottom .25 inch or so, is a little different.
All in all, I dont think the M2 series is the gun its hyped up to be for recoil sensitive sissies like me. It does seem to take a little out of the initial sting/thump of a Benellis recoil, but its no 40-50%. I was hoping the recoil would be something around a Remington 1100, soft and pushy. The porting did help a bit with muzzle rise, but not recoil. At 25 yards my M-1 climbs about 12-18 inches offhand. The Super Sport maybe only climbed 8-12 inches. If anything, keeping the muzzle down adds to the straight back recoil. I took a set of Briley Spectrum choke tubes just to check the patterning of the guns to keep it apples to apples. They did not work. Their new Cryo tubes are a little narrower and much longer. The stock looking like carbon fiber looks cool to some, others hate it. Its just a dip on coating BTW. The best thing is the soft cheek piece. My cheek was not sore from shooting about 250 rounds over an afternoon.
I did shoot some skeet and trap with them. Both are light and mount (I shoot low gun) swing easy. All birds broke. Most broke due to being shot, the rest when the hit the ground. I would have shot a round or two of 5-Stand, but it was getting late.
I dont think Benelli will be getting another $1,500 from me.
My M-1 is built up for IPSC shooting, 21 inch VR Barrel, 10 round mag tube and a limbsaver recoil pad. No Dead Mules or mercury in the stock.
The Super Sport was bone stock. 28 inch with porting.
Both weigh about the same.
My main concern was recoil and if the M2 stock really did suck up all that recoil that Benelli says it does.
Both guns ran every type of ammo I had with me, everything from skeet to low recoil slug and 00 buck. I first tried some handicap/IPSC (1.125 oz @ 1,300 fps) ammo. It kicked, but not too bad. Not like a pump gun, but not like a 28 gauge as I had hoped. Same ammo through M1. Kicked about the same as the Super Sport.
Then some skeet (1oz @1,200 fps) ammo. Much less recoil than the handicap ammo. Could shoot this stuff all day long. Felt the same in my M-1.
I then tried some low recoil slug and 00 buck. The Super Sport shot the slugs to point of aim at 50 and 100 yards. Hitting a 12 inch plate at these ranges sitting was easy. The mod choke kept all 9 pellets inside an IPSC target A and C zone at 25 yards. My M-1 does the same.
We took off the stock to see if it could be stuck on an M-1. It can, but it would require some dremeling to the stock where the trigger group meets the stock. And the shape where the stock meets the receiver, just the bottom .25 inch or so, is a little different.
All in all, I dont think the M2 series is the gun its hyped up to be for recoil sensitive sissies like me. It does seem to take a little out of the initial sting/thump of a Benellis recoil, but its no 40-50%. I was hoping the recoil would be something around a Remington 1100, soft and pushy. The porting did help a bit with muzzle rise, but not recoil. At 25 yards my M-1 climbs about 12-18 inches offhand. The Super Sport maybe only climbed 8-12 inches. If anything, keeping the muzzle down adds to the straight back recoil. I took a set of Briley Spectrum choke tubes just to check the patterning of the guns to keep it apples to apples. They did not work. Their new Cryo tubes are a little narrower and much longer. The stock looking like carbon fiber looks cool to some, others hate it. Its just a dip on coating BTW. The best thing is the soft cheek piece. My cheek was not sore from shooting about 250 rounds over an afternoon.
I did shoot some skeet and trap with them. Both are light and mount (I shoot low gun) swing easy. All birds broke. Most broke due to being shot, the rest when the hit the ground. I would have shot a round or two of 5-Stand, but it was getting late.
I dont think Benelli will be getting another $1,500 from me.
hope you can get a refund or something hehe