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My trusty old m2 started having feed problems after I tried to shoot some 3" magnum turkey loads in it.

About once every 20 shots or so it will eject the spent shell ok but the next shell will catch on the front edge of the ejection port and hold the bolt open. Of course it always happens at a critical time in a match.

I tried a new recoil spring, no help.

Can any of you Benelli gurus help please?

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I've seen several posts like yours and nobody every posts how they fixed the issue. They talk about replacing all the springs and nothing helps. I guess they either finally took it to a gunsmith or sold the gun. Here's my experience with my 25 year old Super 90 when it started having failures to load the next round on the 4th or 5th shot.

I tried replacing the recoil spring and that made it worse. I started thinking, why would it get worse? It acts like it's short stroking and slowing the bolt down. Then I thought, what does the backside of the hammer and bolt carrier look like? Mine was really rough and looked like it started to pull metal where the carrier contacts the hammer to reset the sear and the lifter lever as it cycles.

I took some 400 grit and blended the surfaces smooth, and then used the Dremel polishing wheel to give it a mirror surface. The Benelli now cycles anything I put through it; even the super cheap WM Winchester Universals.

Your experience may be different. Good luck!

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Inter web lore tells me that replacing the mag tube spring fixes all problems. If that doesn't work you need a 25% extra main spring and all will be well. There used to be a few guys on here who would recommend "other fixes", but they sure didn't know about springs. I would address all these questions to M.O.A. Precision as they are the inertia gun specialists.

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Have a carrier latch spting ordered but thought i would try to eliminate the mag spring. Removed the +2 extension from my xrail mage tube to increase the tendion but no help. Will try the carrier latch spring when it gets here.

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  • 7 years later...
On 8/22/2022 at 4:01 PM, n61546 said:

I am having the same malfunction with my M2. Did the carrier latch spring solve the problem?

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. 

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Would a 7 year old snark be a snooze? Get the lifter spring for a Super Black Eagle II. Benelli lifters don't go out of shape. If the lifter has been welded bend the tip down about 15° is so to prevent over lifting of the shell. 

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Did you ever get your M2 feed issue fixed?  Mine did the same thing a few years ago.  I was shooting at a match with a guy that worked for Benelli.   Flip the gun upside upside down, barrel pointing to your right, stock point to your left, ejection port facing forward away from you.  Place a large flat blade screw driver in the slot of the the carrier and push it straight forward/away from you.  Slightly twist/bend it.  This will hold the shell more left when the carrier lifts it keeping it from catching on the right.

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Wow, you made me cringe a bit. I also know they used to wack barrels against trees to get their slugs to hit point of aim untill someone found out it wasn't the barrels. Moral of the story is bending is never a good idea. 

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On 10/29/2022 at 10:25 AM, kurtm said:

Wow, you made me cringe a bit. I also know they used to wack barrels against trees to get their slugs to hit point of aim untill someone found out it wasn't the barrels. Moral of the story is bending is never a good idea. 

 

The key word is "slight."  There is quite a bit of difference between slightly bending a stamped piece of metal than waking a barrel against a tree.  That latter I would not recommend.

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First thing that happens by slightly bending the carrier is it spreads the back of the carrier " slightly" where it hooks on to the trigger mechanism causing the interceptor latch to become loose. (that little dog ear that sticks up on the left side of the carrier) Now the carrier doesn't lift evenly, nor smoothly and you will chase that problem with all sorts of springs, filing and more bending!

Yes I cringed "just a little", the little part is because it isn't my gun 😆

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22130.thumb.jpeg.1e7c3333d300c9fd59d33372f135c1d8.jpegHello my Greek friend, get a stiffer lifter spring from a Super Black Eagle and bevel the sharp shelf on the back of the shell cutoff lever. Sharp area. That needs to be beveled is at point of knife. It is soft and can easily be filed. 

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On 1/14/2023 at 5:06 PM, kurtm said:

22130.thumb.jpeg.1e7c3333d300c9fd59d33372f135c1d8.jpegHello my Greek friend, get a stiffer lifter spring from a Super Black Eagle and bevel the sharp shelf on the back of the shell cutoff lever. Sharp area. That needs to be beveled is at point of knife. It is soft and can easily be filed. 

Thank you so much ,for your answer my american friend! God bless you!

I will change the carrier at first. If the problem still exist , then i will do that.

I will inform all of you if the problem disappear.

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