Denser patterns with 13.2% more pellets on target

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.

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.

(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.