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Posted: 9/10/2010 7:11:22 AM EDT
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Can someone here help me out and give me the lowdown on these? In the market for a good auto for hunting,without spending an arm and leg.
How durable/reliable are they? i would only be using it occasionally for the South Georgia dove season. |
| I seem to have a good one. Several hundred rounds with no problrems at all. Keep it oiled and it runs like a top. There are some bad reports on the m2000. Mostly the older ones. The newer models are much better. If you get one make sure it's a current model. Take a look here: http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18 |
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I seem to have a good one. Several hundred rounds with no problrems at all. Keep it oiled and it runs like a top. There are some bad reports on the m2000. Mostly the older ones. The newer models are much better. If you get one make sure it's a current model. Take a look here: http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18 The Stoeger forum linked above was enough to keep me away when I was looking a few months ago. |
| I bought an M2000 in black with an 18.5" barrel about 3 months ago. I have put over 300 rounds through it with zero problems. With the length I bought probably only good for home defense and zombies. I read all the bad reviews after I purchased and I was really nervous it would not run. I have run birdshot, buckshot and slugs; it will eat anything I put in it. I wish it had a larger capacity than 4+1. It also has more recoil than I was expecting for a semi-auto shotgun. |
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I bought an M2000 in black with an 18.5" barrel about 3 months ago. I have put over 300 rounds through it with zero problems. With the length I bought probably only good for home defense and zombies. I read all the bad reviews after I purchased and I was really nervous it would not run. I have run birdshot, buckshot and slugs; it will eat anything I put in it. I wish it had a larger capacity than 4+1. It also has more recoil than I was expecting for a semi-auto shotgun. These guys make a mag extension for the Stoeger. |
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From what I have read, they have the same inertia drive as the Benelli. I currently shoot a Benelli, and as one other poster said, the recoil is actually pretty stout. Not as bad as say a pump or single shot, but deffinitly wrose then a gas driven. I have shot my Benelli right after a saiga 12 (gas driven) and there is a difference. You get a "double hit" on your shoulder. It happens very quickly and you only really notice it if you shoot another Non-Benelli right before or after.
I have not shot a stoeger M2000 series shotgun, But I have held and fondled them in the store. They deffinitly are not up to par, quality wise as a Benelli, but they arent bad IMO. They should be very reliable, as it is bassically a Benelli in a less expensive shell with a less "high end" company name on it. Good luck with your purchase and as always, pics are required after buying 
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