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Old 03-14-2005, 07:06 PM   #1
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i am thinking about buying a barely shot benelli nova 12 ga. fron my cousin for turkey hunting instead of putting camo tape on my browning gold . any opinions of the benelli nova?
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Old 03-14-2005, 07:13 PM   #2
 
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never handled one, but this is what I hear:

Industructable (always a plus)
Love 'em or Hate 'em (haters usually cite the aesthetic aspects)
Light (unless you're a recoil god, a negative)

Great gun for the money..especially if its priced used. I'd look for a way to add weight...then again I've never seen the logic of buying a pump specifically for turkey.
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Old 03-14-2005, 07:32 PM   #3
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Sometimes ya get what ya pay for...
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Old 03-14-2005, 07:52 PM   #4
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Aimat, go for it!
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Old 03-14-2005, 08:33 PM   #5
 
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I love my nova, but if you plan on shooting 3 1/2 in turkey loads you MUST buy the recoil reducer and bracket or know a good chiropracter. It kicks like a mule, but the extra range and pellet count of the 3.5 is worth it. I took a hen at 60 yds with the factory full choke.

An excellent gun.

And it is indistructable.
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Old 03-15-2005, 02:29 PM   #6
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I love my nova. I shoot turkeys, geese, ducks, pheasants, crows, and many other critters. I shoot the heavy shot in 3.5 and I have shot 3.5 turkey loads. You DO NOT NEED THE REDUCER. Yeah it kicks but who feels that shot when you shoot a turkey or goose. Now patterning your shot for turkey is a different story. Will it kill you, NO, sting for a few minutes, maybe, HURT, only if your a wuss.

Great gun I own one and my Gold Hunter sits in the gun cabinet all season. Best shotgun I have owned.
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Old 03-16-2005, 07:46 AM   #7
 
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I've got one - shot it once. The foreend rattle on these things drives me crazy.
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Old 03-16-2005, 03:42 PM   #8
 
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I have got one and love it. I don't think you will ever regret getting it. is the one he has in the camo finish, I wish I had gotten the camo finish, course it is just a good reason to buy another gun
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Old 03-16-2005, 06:02 PM   #9
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The nova is a GREAT all around gun, i put over 300 hunting rounds through mine a year and keeps on a tickin, best pump out there unless you want a "pretty" one
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They are great guns, I picked up one a couple of weeks ago for $279.
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