Benelli M3 Tube Extension (help requested)

[sbjmg]

I just bought a Benelli M3 and would like to get a tube extension (+2 I believe). The shotgun I purchased is either a 18" or 18.5".

What options do I have? The only one I have seen was $100 (sure cycle) without shipping costs...

Thanks

[Black Majik]

dave metal works makes some also.

[Quiet]

Remember, going over 5 round capacity on your Benelli, triggers 922r parts compliance.

[sbjmg]

Remember, going over 5 round capacity on your Benelli, triggers 922r parts compliance.

Are you sure, I thought that past with the dawn of the AWB. Plus if I get an American made (non-imported) extension tube should I not be in the clear?

[ar15barrels]

Are you sure, I thought that past with the dawn of the AWB. Plus if I get an American made (non-imported) extension tube should I not be in the clear?

922(r) is a completely separate issue from the federal AW ban.
You need to get rid of a couple more foreign parts, even after changing to a USA made magazine extension tube.
By the way, the magazine extension tube does not count for or against you.
It's the tube that screws into the receiver that they count.

The easy ones to change are the magazine follower and a surefire forend.

[RedDawn]

Firearms imported and sold in the US are done so under "sporting purpose" exemptions of the import ban. Modifying such firearms, in this case adding a tube extension, negates their "sporting purpose" exemption. Unless your Benelli was made here in the US, you will not have enough US made parts in your shotgun to be 922r compliant.

[sbjmg]

You guys are making me real sad....

I have seen multiple Benelli M1's and M3's with extensions on gunbroker listed in CA and deliverable to CA what is the deal?

Does it depend on if my shotgun is pre ban or post ban, imported by HK or not?

[MAX100]

I wouldn't worry about it. Look at how many illegal FNH SLP shotguns that were allowed into the USA and are still being sold. They are not 922r compliant. The ATF did finally stop their importation. No guns were seized. The ATF doesn't really care about tube extension on imported shotguns. You can go to any 3 gun matches and find imported shotguns with tube extensions on them. The ATF knows about them.



GC

[aplinker]

I wouldn't worry about it. Look at how many illegal FNH SLP shotguns that were allowed into the USA and are still being sold. They are not 922r compliant. The ATF did finally stop their importation. No guns were seized. The ATF doesn't really care about tube extension on imported shotguns. You can go to many 3 gun matches and find imported shotguns with tube extensions on them. The ATF knows about them.



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Including the Benelli exhibition team and that they sold extensions until recently, for the Benelli M4, M3, M3, but only stopped due to other reasons.

I'm pretty confident this is a non-issue. If you're paranoid or conservative, get the complaince parts.

[sbjmg]

Thanks ucla,

what is the cheapest/easiest parts I would have to buy/replace?



Plus should I go with DaveMetalWorks or SureCycle?


Thanks everyone.

[ar15barrels]

I have seen multiple Benelli M1's and M3's with extensions on gunbroker listed in CA and deliverable to CA what is the deal?

They are just illegal and people don't realize it.
922(r) is not that heavily enforced, but it IS the law.
It seems to be applied more to importers and distributers much more so than to individuals.
Choose your battles.

Dave is now making replacement magazine tube that screw directly into the receiver and replace the original magazine tube.
Between that and a follower, you are making progress.

[eviioiive]

im selling a dmw nut in the classsifieds, all you would need to find is the extension tube...

[sbjmg]

the nut you are selling is for the m3? what happened to the tube?

[redcliff]

My H&K marked Bennelli M3 Super 90 came with a pistol grip and extended tube from the factory. Perhaps mine was a pre 922r model? I bought it new a long time ago but don't remember when. Sucks getting old except for the fun toys that were available when i was young

[ar15barrels]

My H&K marked Bennelli M3 Super 90 came with a pistol grip and extended tube from the factory. Perhaps mine was a pre 922r model? I bought it new a long time ago but don't remember when. Sucks getting old except for the fun toys that were available when i was young

No, the early guns were allowed to be imported that way.
Then the batf decided to change which parts would be counted and they were no longer imported that way.
This change in enforcement is the cause of all confusion regarding benellis.