CJW Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I didn't see any other posts on this, so I hope I am not being duplicative. Apparently Benelli is coming out with a dedicated 3-Gun version of the M2, and several guys in my squad at Summit Point this past weekend were trying out a prototype or pre-release version of it. I am not sure how they came by it, and I didn't get to shoot it, but here's what it looked like. It's an M2, obviously, with a 3-gun logo in white on the right side of the receiver. It has an over-sized safety button (looks kind of like the DMW button), an Arredondo (or similar) bolt release lever, a gold-tone lightened bolt (don't know if it is set up to ghost load), a +5 (I think) mag tube extension (probably a Nordic), and since the barrel was flush with the tube I guess that makes it a 21" vent rib. I did not get a close enough look to see the sight configuration. However it was choked out of the box, it was a flush fit choke, not extended. I did not see the loading port, so I don't know if the carrier is modified at all. The guys who shot it seemed pretty happy with it. Anyway, since it was news to me, I thought I'd share... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gng4life Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks for the info... One other guy on here talked about something big coming out soon, I wonder if this is what he was talking about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Did it look something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Price and availability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Tischauser Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) Come on Kurt don't leave us hanging like that. What does it come with and what does it still need? Edited July 11, 2011 by Jesse Tischauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninemmbill Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) We need the real low down on this one. Edited July 11, 2011 by ninemmbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suesstech Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 What Jesse said. C'mom Kurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JQ- Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 looks Ti Nitride to me...looks "slick"...now fess up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladewurk Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I heard Salient was doing the Benelli Factory Custom Gunwork? Looks like it could be Salient work to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJW Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) Did it look something like this? That's would be it---and apparently I was wrong about the tube/barrel being flush. So is that a longer than +5 extension, or a shorter than 21" barrel??? As for other folks' questions---I didn't even know this thing was a gleam in a Benelli marketer's eye until I saw somebody in my squad holding one Saturday, so I have no clue what price and availability would be... Edited July 11, 2011 by CJW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdm74 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Well if this is the "new" thing, from the other thread. Im sure it will be way high in price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wi shooter Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I called Benelli today,looking for availablity dates, and they supposedly know nothing about it! I've been looking for a 21" M2, and just wanted to know if its worth waiting for, or will I just end up with both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint-M Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Could probably save money having it done yourself unless there is a tuning package included, but that thing looks awesome. The Salient gold finishes are growing on me every time I see them. CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Did it look something like this? I was going to look at Trapr's ....but thin he does not have one Whats up with That? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 It is a 21" barrel. The tube varries from shooter to shooter, but I use Nordic Components and it is more than a plus 5. The shotgun is perfect and needs nothing unless you don't like the sight that is on it. The bolt closeing tab (like the one pictured on this gun) is also a Red Neck Tactical part, and not available for general retail. It is a Benelli Custom Shop gun and I doubt they would be considered cheap, and are not anything like what was talked about in "the other thread". Right now I only know of 25 of them so the one you saw had to be someone from Benelli, or one of the Benelli team shooters. Jamie, since Trapr has been in Europe I doubt you could have seen anything of his, he gets back tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJW Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Right now I only know of 25 of them so the one you saw had to be someone from Benelli, or one of the Benelli team shooters. Well, I didn't see anyone in Team Benelli colors, and the shotgun didn't have the Team Benelli logo on it, but the guys who were shooting it did suggest that the person who brought it was connected with Benelli USA. All things considered, Summit Point is one of the better 3-Gun matches located anywhere near the Benelli factory in Maryland, so that might have something to do with seeing it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Can't be a factory gun as the benelli enginer told kurk it was impossible for a benelli to run with a lightened bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninemmbill Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Can't be a factory gun as the benelli enginer told kurk it was impossible for a benelli to run with a lightened bolt. :roflol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Stock M2 slow motion bolt bouncing... M2 Slo-Mo I'd like to see a slow-motion video of a lightened M2 bolt if anyone has one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Benny, that was the factory engineers in Italy, I don't think the U.S. guys even knew we were doing this to their guns...The Italians also told me "you Americans just shoot them too much, that is why they break" when I mentioned that if they made the shell cut off lever pin solid they wouldn't break as much....(this was before they went to a multi-roll roll pin for this aplication.) This was in 2003, last year the Italian factory guys e-mailed me and asked about buying some lightened bolts...things sometimes take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinT Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Stock M2 slow motion bolt bouncing... M2 Slo-Mo I'd like to see a slow-motion video of a lightened M2 bolt if anyone has one. That one's got an RNT bolt release device as well...hm...starting to see a conspiracy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Now where would a Swiss Shooter get an RNT bolt closing tab??? He must be conected at the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysracer Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 That is puurty... I've been thinking of getting a M2 to compare with my M1. Damn, where is my bailout check to pay for all of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modenar1 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 That looks great. Just wondering how much is it going to cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 ok, so I'm completely clueless when it comes to shotguns for 3-gun but why make a 21" barrel length gun & then have an ext tube which extends past the barrel? Why not just go with the 24" length barrel? Is the 21" length so important for some reason in 3-gun that you do this configuration? what am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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