JeffWard Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I've got a line on a cheap Benelli M1 Super 90 RS (Rifled Slug). It has the rifled slug barrel, not the tactical barrel. 18.5", standard length tube, rifle sights, NEW under $700. Benelli barrels are expensive... I don't hunt with a shotgun. Am I better off just buying the Tactical for $900-1000? Will this run fine with birdshot loads, and be BETTER with slugs at 50-100? Will the ifling spread the pattern too much? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert41 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I saw Scheel's has those but with an 18 inch smooth bore with rifle sights. Are you sure it's a rifled barrel? Their price was about $650 if I remember right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggerJJ Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 With a rifled barrel your pattern with birdshot will be about 6 feet wide at 10 yards... but your slugs should be accurate! jj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=VILLAMOR=- Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) With a rifled barrel your pattern with birdshot will be about 6 feet wide at 10 yards... but your slugs should be accurate! jj One of our local guys showed up at a small 3-gun match with a newly-acquired shotgun and could not knock down a popper from 10 yards away. It turned out that he had a rifled barrel. I hope this M1 is really cheap as you will need a smooth bore barrel if you want to shoot 3-gun. Another thing to note is that with the 18" barrell, the max you'll be able to load in the tube is either 4 or 6 shells depending on the set-up. You'll be doing a lot of reloads to be able to compete. If you put in an extension tube, it'll be longer than the 18" barrel. Edited October 15, 2010 by -=VILLAMOR=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLG8R Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 With a rifled barrel your pattern with birdshot will be about 6 feet wide at 10 yards... but your slugs should be accurate! jj One of our local guys showed up at a small 3-gun match with a newly-acquired shotgun and could not knock down a popper from 10 yards away. It turned out that he had a rifled barrel. I hope this M1 is really cheap as you will need a smooth bore barrel if you want to shoot 3-gun. Another thing to note is that with the 18" barrell, the max you'll be able to load in the tube is either 4 or 6 shells depending on the set-up. You'll be doing a lot of reloads to be able to compete. If you put in an extension tube, it'll be longer than the 18" barrel. IMHO, having a tube longer than the barrel is not a problem. Like many others, i have run an 18inch barrel with a +5 extension and have not noticed any ill effect. the tube does get a ton of powder residue, but no damage from the shot or slugs...Rifled barrel no que bueno for 3-gun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Tischauser Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) You don't want the tactical with it's ghost ring sites or the slug barrel. It seems that the best way to get a deal on a Benelli is to buy somebodys backup gun on the Enos classifieds. I just bought a 26" Benelli M2 barrel off gun broker for $230. The 26" isn't my ideal barrel length but neoth us my 24" that shoots off if POA Edited October 16, 2010 by jtischauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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