I finished a three day shotgun class this last weekend at www.tacproshootingcenter.com. I brought my 870 with me which is ammo sensative with the cheapstuff. Half way through the class, my 870 started sticking fired hulls in the chamber every four to six rounds. I got fed up with it and borrowed one of my fellow class mates Benelli Nova and was hooked. I left the firing line and went up to the proshop and bought a Benelli tactical Supernova with the comfort tech stock and rifle sights and picked up where I left off. All I can say is WOW!. The stock is first rate. Shooting 2-3/4 inch sluggers is smooth as butter. The gun recoiled so nice that shot to shot recovery was faster than my heavier 870 with an R3 recoil pad. The sights need improving on but I'm sure that can be fixed. The longer 3-1/2 inch capable receiver made for easier speed loading. I would place a round in the huge hard to miss ejection port and close the action. I would then flip the gun over, push the lifter down, place two rounds on the lifter and shove them in the mag tube. I'd do this twice due to haveing only a four shot mag. Slug select drills were a breeze also. I would start off with four in the mag and one in the chamber. If I wanted a slug, I'd hit the action release and then push down the magazine bypass on the fore end and open the action. The round in the action would eject while not allowing a round from the mag to feed. I would then place a slug in the ejection port and close the action and fire. The gun was totally reliable and was very user friendly. I will admit that the Benelli is ugly compaired to the 870 but the amazing reliability and user friendly properties of the Benelli has a beauty all it's own.
Now, as for the class. I fired 50 or so rounds of 9mm, 425 rounds of birdshot, about 75 rounds of buckshot, about 40 slugs through both guns total for the weekend. I learned so much about not only gun handeling skills but streamlining my equipment to speed up speed loads from and empty gun to speeding up topping off the gun while engaging poppers during the jungle run. Bill is a great instuctor and you really have to listen to what he says because it's not just all about shooting. It's about keeping the gun running under stress. I went through the jungle run twice. The first time, I ran the gun dry and had to transition to my pistol to engage poppers until I could load the Benelli and get it going to complete the exercise. The second time, I completed the exercise without needing to go to my G19. When I was done, I was told to unload the gun. I was surprised to see all five rounds eject from the gun. I highly recommend this course for anyone wanting improve their skills with a shotgun.
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Now, as for the class. I fired 50 or so rounds of 9mm, 425 rounds of birdshot, about 75 rounds of buckshot, about 40 slugs through both guns total for the weekend. I learned so much about not only gun handeling skills but streamlining my equipment to speed up speed loads from and empty gun to speeding up topping off the gun while engaging poppers during the jungle run. Bill is a great instuctor and you really have to listen to what he says because it's not just all about shooting. It's about keeping the gun running under stress. I went through the jungle run twice. The first time, I ran the gun dry and had to transition to my pistol to engage poppers until I could load the Benelli and get it going to complete the exercise. The second time, I completed the exercise without needing to go to my G19. When I was done, I was told to unload the gun. I was surprised to see all five rounds eject from the gun. I highly recommend this course for anyone wanting improve their skills with a shotgun.
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