Benelli Montefeltro Shotgun

[bababoris]

Hello. My wife and I bought our first shotgun. Our local range has a new skeet and trap range and we want to take advantage of it.
I know a bit about ARs and handguns but this is my first shotgun. I plan on reading the manual for this firearm but was also looking for some new owner advice around maintenance, any prep for first time use, etc. TIA!


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[madjack956]

Ive had one since the 90's. its a great shotgun. I really dont have any advice other than a gun that beautiful deserves to be clean.

The manual will serve you well.

Congratulations!

[geedavell]

Swab it with a patch and have fun with it !

[repomanNWP]

Just shoot it and have fun; it's got the Inertial drive system, torture tests fire 10,000 rounds through that system without cleaning (not that I recommend that!!). I have an Ethos, and an M2 (same design), and they are fantastic, I do tend to clean mine per owners manual instructions after 1000 rounds or so. Trigger will smooth up after a few thousand rounds, not that it matters that much on a shotgun.

[fecalguns]

Your biggest heartache will be taking out a second on your home to cover ammo cost. Enjoy your new shotgun.

[Jet Setter]

Congrats. Simple maintenance. Just clean it, oil it, and shoot the heck out of it.

[bababoris]

Thank you all! Sounds like we made a good choice. To be honest i did zero research and we relied on a really nice sales guy at our local Scheels. Sounds like he knew what he was talking about. Will provide some range feedback next week.


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[JagerDog]

Pretty bulletproof shotguns. One of the few they use in the Argentine dove shoots which may see 2500 rounds per day. I've got the 20g model.

[bababoris]

Pretty bulletproof shotguns. One of the few they use in the Argentine dove shoots which may see 2500 rounds per day. I've got the 20g model.

[JagerDog]

That’s what we got since we were hoping for something lighter and less recoil for my wife.


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With stout loads, she'll buck a little, but with modest loads it's pretty comfy.

Remember, lighter (with no other changes) = more recoil.

[leadstorm]

As already said above: great shotgun.

One little quirk to watch out for is if you set the gun down a bit sharply on its butt while loaded, then it may come out of battery. It happened to me as I was sitting down waiting for dove the first season I had it. If you know about it, it's no big deal - you just either set it down gently to avoid the issue or hit the bolt handle forward sharply to put it back in battery.

[bug_eyedmonster]

My wife started with the same shotgun in trap. After a few local shoots, she wanted to move up to a 12 gauge, then she wanted to move to an over/under. Best of luck to your and your wife, hope you both enjoy it.

Jerry

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[newbutold]

Good call. 20ga Beretta is my favorite skeet gun.