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Crio® Barrels

Cryogenic physics has revealed that strange things happen when matter is taken to temperatures of -300° F; gases become liquids and solids, ceramics become conductors of electricity and steel is changed at the molecular level.

When a Benelli barrel is cryogenically treated, all of the stresses caused by hammer forging are relieved and the surface of the bore takes on a more even-grained, slicker surface that offers less resistance to wads and shot charges.

With a smoother and more uniform surface, Benelli Crio® Barrels not only pattern better, they stay cleaner longer.

Shot Pattern Comparison

With high-speed cameras, Benelli engineers caught shot strings in flight. Crio® Barrels and Chokes threw patterns with substantially denser and more uniform shot patterns.

Denser patterns with 13.2% more pellets on target

Crio Barrrels
Crio® Chokes

(A) Crio® Chokes Chrome Plated (B) Crio® Chokes Matte Black (C) Special-Purpose Crio® Chokes Matte Black (D) Extended Crio® Chokes Chrome Plated (E) Extended Crio® Ported Chokes Chrome Plated

Crio® Chokes

Crio® Chokes are the second part of the Benelli Crio® System. Extra-long choke tubes, with a more gradual constriction, coupled with the slick surface created by the cryogenic treatment, puts more pellets on target. The Benelli Crio® System improves patterns by as much as 13.2% and yields denser, more uniform shot patterns.

The specially-designed, longer choke tubes of the Crio® System allows for more gradual constriction of the shot charge, which reduces pellet deformation. Frozen to -300° F, Crio® Chokes have a more evenly grained and slicker surface that provides less resistance to the shot charge as it passes down the bore. When coupled with a Crio® Barrel, the result is as much as 13.2% more pellets on target.

Crio® Choke Tubes by type
Style Gauge Standard Choke Sizes Skeet Sizes Special Purpose
12 20 I
Full		 II
Improved Modified		 III
Modified		 IIII
Improved Cylinder		 IIIII
Cylinder		 Skeet I Skeet II Turkey Pass Decoys
A • • • • • • •
B • • • • • • •
C • • • •
D • • • • • •
E • • • • • •
Crio® Choke Tubes Availability by Model
Model (A,B) Crio® Chokes (C) Extended Crio® Chokes (D) Extended Crio® Ported Chokes (E) Special-Purpose Crio® Chokes
Vinci* • • • •
Super Vinci* • • • •
Cordoba* • • • •
Legacy* • • • •
M2 12-Gauge • • • •
M2 20-Gauge* •
M2 Tactical • • • •
Montefeltro* • • • •
Sport II* • • • •
Super Black Eagle II • • • •
SuperSport* • • • •
Ultra Light • • • •

*Based on 2011 Production Models