now i love benelli and own one of their shotguns (sbe2) ive never shot the r1, but i must say my BAR in .30-06 shoots like a dream, mine shoots about 2in groups at 150yd which for a semi is pretty good, and has little recoil till you get upwards of 180gr the only beef i have about it is its weight, its heavier than all of my guns minus my .22-250 varmint rifle