Benelli guarantees that a 3 dram 1-1/8 ounce load (heavy field)will cycle their SBEII. Anything lighter and you are on your own. And this will go right out the window if you install a mercury recoil reducer in the stock or do any other modifications to the gun to reduce recoil. The SBEII requires recoil in order for it to work.

I have trouble shot several SBEII's and almost every time one wouldn't cycle I found out they were using light target loads and/or had modified their gun in some way to reduce recoil.

If you want a gun that will work on the target line then don't get a SBEII and expect it to perform like askeet gun cause it likely won't.