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I have an Invictus and King Competition chest rig. The Invictus is easy to load shells and pulls easily, but the shells can become dislodged if bumped. The King was expensive, but is an amazing chest rig, it holds the shells with great retention, but pulls super easily, I have gone prone with the king chest rig on and didn't lose any shells. The Invictus strap is easy, to get on and off, but can shift up and down if not super tight. I mounted the king to a Molle chest rig, and it takes a second to get on, but stays put while running and gunning. Hope this helps

Nice choice, I started with a 12rd king and ended up with a full set of all sizes within a year.

The invictus caddies have a very easy release, but the shells can be knocked out or repositioned fairly easily. Kings are amazing, yes, they are pricey, but you get what you pay for. The shells are held in place very securely, I have gone prone and they are still right there. The shells pull free with little force as well. Very happy with the King caddies. I started with Taccom as many did due to price, they will get the job done, but require a lot of force to release the shells. Magload is also making some pretty cool caddies that are similar to king.

My J Kenny was still going strong when I last used it with probably another 1k rounds through it since last comment. Due to personal preference I went back to a taran extended lifter, the slight difference in the 2 piece lifter was enough for me to notice when loading. I also prefer my factory m2 trigger guard over the A&S but that’s probably just me being comfortable with how I learned to load my gun. I can say with confidence the j Kenny is working as advertised with extra power spring.

Its pricey, but I can easily pull dueces or quads off of the King competition caddies, may come in handy if you do decide to quadload down the road. As mentioned above the Invictus caddies are also a great choice

Have you checked with Roth Performance?

I am not sure if the factory mag tube is the same on the Benelli M2 as the stoeger M3000, but Nordic makes and extension to fit flush on an 18.5"m2 (sizes are listed for each tube on their site). They also have rail sections and qd mounts for slings for their barrel clamps. Its not a one piece nut and tube, but i have ran one that extends far past my barrel for years without a clamp and have zero issues with durability after dumping the gun 1000's of times in barrels.

Appreciate the feedback!

Appreciate the feedback. I’m running the vg6 brake and adjustable gas. It’s pretty soft shooting as is, but you know us 3gunners, I can’t stop tinkering haha

I am currently wrapping up a .308 build primarily for 3gun. 16" barrel, mid length gas, carbine buffer,spring and tube. There are limited choices for lightweight carriers that I am aware of, and they are quite pricey compared to the ar15 stuff. Odin makes a relatively cheap adjustable buffer. Does anyone have any experience with this buffer and if so what weights worked for you? In my mind the buffer and carrier are working together so a light buffer with a normal carrier should theoretically work the same as a light carrier with a normal buffer. Or am I just a dummy and need to spend the money for a lightweight carrier for best performance.

Just picked up a 16" Faxon Gunner. Great balance to it

I tried the Girsan 312 which is a low budget M2 knock off. Ended up with an M2 after not being able to get the 312 to run reliably.

Has anyone used the Odin adjustable buffer? I just picked one up and am gonna give it a go with a full mass carrier.

I have the J kenny which had nothing but problems to begin with. After ordering and installing the extra power springs it appears to be working but i am only a few hundred rounds into it so time will tell. A few buddies that I shoot with locally have the MOA and I have never seen a malfunction.

For what its worth, I tried the Girsan 312 route and could never get it to run reliably. Ran a M3K for a while with no issues, and am now running an M2 and absolutely love it.