chaim
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OK, I finally got around to buying another shotgun to replace the Mossberg 500 I sold just over 2 years ago. I was thinking about a Remington 870 or Mossberg 500 but if I could find one at a price that seemed ok I also planned to consider a Mossberg 590 or Benelli.
Well, I bought a Benelli Nova. It was set up how I wanted it- short smooth-bore barrel (it is a 24" barrel I think but it seems about as short and handy as the ~20" Mossbergs and Remingtons) and rifle sights (it has ghost rings). It only has a 4 shot mag, but 4+1 in the chamber of 12ga buck or heavy bird shot should be enough for most HD situations (and I do have my 9 round .45LC Winchester 94 loaded for HD most of the time)- still, I might get an extended mag (I think I can get extentions in anything from 1 to 3 more rounds). I am also thinking about getting the Tritium night sight inserts for the ghost ring sights. I'm not sure about the recoil reduction device- probably not really needed but it would make it a little easier to shoot.
I picked it up at 8PM so I couldn't try it out, but I plan to get to the range tomorrow. The pump action feels very smooth and solid and the gun feels well made. Everyplace my hands are supposed to be on the gun, it feels like it was made for my hands. I hope it shoots well- I do remember my first shots with the Mossy when I felt like I was in heaven. I loved it, and I was mad I waited so long to buy a shotgun- I'm not sure why I've waited so long to replace it.
I am excited about having another shotgun finally. Really the only drawback is that I bought this particular model without much research (I knew that Benelli generally was high end and relatively expensive and I was mainly looking for the Mossy 500 or Rem 870 or the Mossy 590 at the high end). I paid $335 which turns out to be full MSRP (the slug model MSRP is $500 but the smooth-bore is $335). Oh well, I'm happy enough to be back in shotguns that this isn't really bothering me. Now I guess I should start looking into an 870 and a Mossy 590 to go with it, maybe a nice O/U...
Well, I bought a Benelli Nova. It was set up how I wanted it- short smooth-bore barrel (it is a 24" barrel I think but it seems about as short and handy as the ~20" Mossbergs and Remingtons) and rifle sights (it has ghost rings). It only has a 4 shot mag, but 4+1 in the chamber of 12ga buck or heavy bird shot should be enough for most HD situations (and I do have my 9 round .45LC Winchester 94 loaded for HD most of the time)- still, I might get an extended mag (I think I can get extentions in anything from 1 to 3 more rounds). I am also thinking about getting the Tritium night sight inserts for the ghost ring sights. I'm not sure about the recoil reduction device- probably not really needed but it would make it a little easier to shoot.
I picked it up at 8PM so I couldn't try it out, but I plan to get to the range tomorrow. The pump action feels very smooth and solid and the gun feels well made. Everyplace my hands are supposed to be on the gun, it feels like it was made for my hands. I hope it shoots well- I do remember my first shots with the Mossy when I felt like I was in heaven. I loved it, and I was mad I waited so long to buy a shotgun- I'm not sure why I've waited so long to replace it.
I am excited about having another shotgun finally. Really the only drawback is that I bought this particular model without much research (I knew that Benelli generally was high end and relatively expensive and I was mainly looking for the Mossy 500 or Rem 870 or the Mossy 590 at the high end). I paid $335 which turns out to be full MSRP (the slug model MSRP is $500 but the smooth-bore is $335). Oh well, I'm happy enough to be back in shotguns that this isn't really bothering me. Now I guess I should start looking into an 870 and a Mossy 590 to go with it, maybe a nice O/U...
. I don't know if it was shipped this way, or if the dealer tried to be helpful by removing the limiter before they put it on their shelf and they took out the wrong part. This is really disappointing. Does anyone out there know what I can expect from Benelli customer service to try to get the missing follower? I've already emailed them and I'm about to call asking for a follower so I can actually shoot it.
. It was in the mag tube as it should have been all along. The instructions for taking out the limiter made it sound like the follower should have fallen right out and with the spring out and not providing pressure on it I didn't see it from the chamber end either. Apparently it went partway up the tube, but stopped somewhere inside. I noticed that it actually was there where it belonged (I saw it from the chamber end of the assembled gun) when I was just kind of handling and "playing with" the gun today (I was dry firing it). I'll be taking it out shooting later today if I have time, otherwise I'll finally be trying it out tomorrow. Hopefully it will work fine, whatever held on to the follower in the mag hopefully won't cause it to jam up when loading or shooting (I doubt it).