AustinT

The old magpul DVDs have a method I like and have used for a long time. Drop to your knees, lean forward, catch yourself with your support hand, and then kick your feet out. You can do it all in one fluid motion. edit: here ya go https://youtu.be/qzS-e6fFsyM?t=201

That looks like lifter/carrier problems to me. Would try the carrier spring (#9 from here). If not, the lifter/carrier may need to be reshaped by someone that knows what they're doing. Don't be scared to replace the mag tube spring because of Uncle Kurt's snark above. If the shell doesn't come out of the mag tube hard enough, it won't be positioned on the lifter correctly, and that's bad news. Mag tube spring is an easy first step unless you have a certified Benelli Gun Plumber around.

All of the ones recommended in this thread are good. Pick one and go with it. I have a 18" Criterion hybrid that turned out really well. Search their barrel installation guide on youtube and follow it. Lack of zero shift in your barrel is also important and much of that comes from the installation.

The SLP went extinct for good reason. It belongs below the Stoeger, and it sounds like the Franchi belongs above the Stoeger.

Looks like exactly what you needed to do, and a nicer job than we usually see in the states!

I used both Taccom and Invictus quad load caddies to good effect. My favorite style of the taccoms is now represented by the 8S4Q, I didn't like the others much. Haven't tried the Geminis but if work like the King's Competition caddies they're probably good.

My first auto shotgun was a benelli SBE (3.5”). I learned to quad load on it - later I switched to an M1 and M2 (both 3”). I tried the SBE again after many years thinking it might be faster to quad load, but I found it didn’t make a difference. That extra space is all back at the back where your thumb is, and your thumb just doesn’t really care about or notice it.

I’m about to purchase a PHLster spotlight for 43X & TLR6 - I have a g48 & tlr6 that PHLster says will fit. Bawidamann has a similar setup callled the Gotham, I believe.

It will depend on what you actually want (do you want an M2, or do you like the idea of the M1 just fine?), but the M1 lacks nothing competitively when comparing to the M2. If you’d like to keep it, send it to Hayes or Triangle or Roth and have them cut it for a quad load port.

Between those 3, I would definitely get the 28” M1. Local guys are having trouble with the Breda, and the VM has longevity issues. You’re gonna put a 12 rd tube on the 28” anyway, so it’s not going to really make a difference.

I’ve been having trouble with a wandering zero for years. This time, when I rebarreled, I lapped the front face of the receiver with the brownells tool and loctited in with sleeve retaining compound. No more wandering zero. I also switched to a Criterion barrel. Now which of those was it that fixed it? No idea, but I’ll definitely be lapping and using sleeve compound from now on, and I haven’t found a reason to use anything but criterion.

If it's local, and used, and works, and is cheap, I'd say go for it, with the knowledge that you may upgrade in the future.

Any of the major shops are good to go. TTI, Hayes, Triangle, etc.

To your squadmates, it's better to be a fast resetter than a fast shooter!

Yes, that’s good advice. I’ve shot a lot of things with 2x and 4x on my 6x scope. 6x won’t usually show up until 300 yds, when I need the reticle to be correct.