M4 H2O

[M14 Junkie]

Just jailed a Benelli M4 H2O today. I was very surprised at how handy, balanced, and small it felt, maneuvering it around and shouldering it, compared to my 590A1 which feels somewhat unwieldily.

They threw in a choke for shooting slugs in the deal. Anyway, I'm stoked!

[jdoezha]

Sweet pickup Junkie!!

[bigbearbear]

Nice! What's that "choke for shooting slugs"? A more open choke perhaps?

[M14 Junkie]

I dunno, according to the dealer I bought it from, he said that the choke that comes installed from the factory is for buckshot, and if you are going to use more than a few slugs, there is a separate one for them. Or else you stand a chance of screwing up the other one if you start shooting a lot of slugs.

[kilrain]

Please post some pictures when you get it. I love me some nickled(or hard chrome or whatever they call it) long guns.

And if you don't mind........what did you pay and where did you find it?

[anti]

Nice! What's that "choke for shooting slugs"? A more open choke perhaps?

Good question... I was going to say a rifled choke but then again, I highly doubt the M4 has a rifled barrel... so...

[M14 Junkie]

Please post some pictures when you get it. I love me some nickled(or hard chrome or whatever they call it) long guns.

And if you don't mind........what did you pay and where did you find it?

What I have read is that it is a teflon impregnated nickel finish that adds lubricity to the metal.

Even the trigger group an bolt group, as well as the inside of the receiver, magazine and barrel is finished with it.

It was 2399 with a ten percent discount so 2159 before tax & dros. They only had one and told me that they ordered it 3 years ago.

[kilrain]

What I have read is that it is a teflon impregnated nickel finish that adds lubricity to the metal.

Even the trigger group an bolt group, as well as the inside of the receiver, magazine and barrel is finished with it.

It was 2399 with a ten percent discount so 2159 before tax & dros. They only had one and told me that they ordered it 3 years ago.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing the info. "Teflon impregnated nickel finish" sounds like NP3 from Robar, which it may very well be, or it may Benelli's version of it.

Be sure and post those photos when you can. Thanks!

[bigbearbear]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing the info. "Teflon impregnated nickel finish" sounds like NP3 from Robar, which it may very well be, or it may Benelli's version of it.

It is, see Robar's facebook post with a link to youtube video: https://www.facebook.com/RobarGuns/p...62235303786729

[Rosereader]

That's a sweet pickup. I was also thinking rifled choke tube for slugs, but maybe the choke it comes with is just too tight.

[kilrain]

It is, see Robar's facebook post with a link to youtube video: https://www.facebook.com/RobarGuns/p...62235303786729

Thanks for posting that. If I was smart I would have looked myself but apparently my google-fu is failing me as of late.

[M14 Junkie]

Kilrain, if you are interested in one of these, there are a few of them on gun broker.

I was actually gonna go that route when, while visiting relatives in the SF Bay Area, I called a LGS and they had one, so I jumped on it.

[kilrain]

Kilrain, if you are interested in one of these, there are a few of them on gun broker.

I was actually gonna go that route when, while visiting relatives in the SF Bay Area, I called a LGS and they had one, so I jumped on it.

Oh I'm interested.........but my bank account, not so interested......

I have a Vang 870 Marine Magnum, a Mossberg 590 Mariner and a Winchester 1300 Stainless Police and would love to add that M4 to my collection. I'll just have to start saving or selling to get the funds.

[hermosabeach]

I had never heard of that version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU6C4uKMkeA

[thorium]

Sure is pretty. I just got a regular M4, little jealous. I have a "marinecote" Mossberg 590A1. I live near the ocean where wood rots very fast so might as well.

I wonder if in the case of the M4 the add'l finish makes a difference? I'm thinking the "Marines" would have tested the original finish for "Marine" duty, and wouldn't have accepted it if it didn't last in marine environments. But that extra coating probably means it will be crazy durable... like 314 years with 83 hurricanes thrown in, and the action will probably be smoother.