If I only owned 1 Benelli

[cwentzel]

Benelli's are like motorcycles. I can convince the wife to own one but not two!

I'm looking for advice to own one all around Benelli 20ga for Trap, Skeet, and Upland Hunting. It will be purely recreational. Help!

[tb33outdoors]

im with ya. just ordered a supernova. wanted an all around gun. settled for it because didnt have another 1000 to spend on the sbe. the supernova is very sim. to the sbe except its a pump. the reviews were very good on the sp. nova.

[cwentzel]

I did some more homework and connected with some shotgun enthusiasts. Based upon their collective input of deciding ONLY to own ONE Benelli, I have narrowed my choices to;

Semi Auto
20 Gauge
28" Barrel (26" was a strong 2nd)

That leaves me with choices of these Benelli models;

Sport II
Cordoba
Supersport
Cordoba PS
Supersport PS

The list of models are in this order to indicate "least expensive to most expensive". I like Synthetic over Walnut and the PS models are too expensive IMHO of course!

That narrows my list to 2: Cordoba & Supersport

One of these models is for Hunting/Clay and the other is predominately Clay. I want/need a multi purpose gun.

So my ultimate choice for "if I only owned 1 Benelli" is the Cordoba!

[truckcop]

So why didn't you consider the M2 20 ga? That would have been my choice.

[cwentzel]

The M2 does not come with a 28" barrel.

[dharmabum]

My vote is for the supersport. I shoot skeet and trap with mine weekly. 12 gauge. I see guys at out club with 29 gauge Benellis and they seem happy with them. I just prefer the 12 gauge and my lady has no beef with a 12 gauge, so there you go. My buddy says his wife loves shooting a friends 20 gauge Benelli (I think) SS.

[kneichko]

i have a 28" m2 field and love it. use it mainly for skeet and trap. 12 gauge though.

[prairiefirepointers]

IF I ONLY OWNED ONE BENELLI, I would be a sad, sad man... lol

[Ambit_Energy]

Accepting that, it's significant that Benelli recognized, when produced a gun, an equilibrium needs to be struck between innovation and proven design. The aim for Benelli ended up being to assist the robustness of their shotguns and provide a brand new operating-system-all while not reinventing the wheel.

After I heard that Benelli was building the military’s U.S. M1014 Join Service Combat Shotgun, my first thought was, “Benelli? That will convert it into a semi-automatic, wouldn’t it?” As would most who have an interest in military guns, I recognized this as significant. Since The First World War, American soldiers have, in matters of enormous-scale procurement, used one form or any other within the slide-action, or pump, shotgun. The military should have gone with Benelli’s inertia recoil system, was my second thought. Wrong. It had been the first of myriad particulars the gun ship in my experience. It doesn't only represent a totally new direction for the States military, but furthermore for Benelli itself.

[Dick Hertz]

M-2 hands down