11-87 or Benelli SBE II????
#41
Typical Buck
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: central florida
Yall can keep all the high dollar semi autos, ive shot everything from competition clays to hogs deer and yotes with my 870, never jammed once and if i run out a shells i can turn it around and use it for a bludgeon, paddle my boat when i run out of gas, pry fallen logs out of the road and still run a hundred through it.
#44
IDK about the SBE, but I held a cordoba in my hands the other day, its officially now my dream duck gun. It pointed and felt like it was made for me personally, nice an light too! only 1700 clams away...ouch!
#46
the ability to cycle 2 and 3/4 shells is very important to me.. I just wanted to make sure that the SBE II will do that. I love the remington but the benelli just points better and is much lighter w/less recoil. I love the balance of the SBE II and would prefer to own one but the price is becoming an obstacle and if it doesn't cycle the low brass shells then I would be happy to go w/ a gas operated gun such as the 11-87 or the browning gold. In your experience i know the SBE I won't cycle low brass but i have heard the SBE II will. Just curious for your input
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#47
Fork Horn
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: ne oklahoma
Wait just a second now. For those too young to know, the Remington 1100 ruled the skeet fields for years. The 11-87 is a minor mechanical adjustment. For every Benelli semi auto I have seen in the field or skeet range I have seen many 1100's. And I have had both 12 and 20 gauge Benelli's. There all right, made "over there" and over priced. The only advantage over the Rem's, is weight. Incidently, don't lay the Benelli down in a cultivated field with the bolt back, or you will spend precious time stripping it down to get the dirt from the bolt lugs openings in the bbl. They're OK, I wont bad mouth them, BUT, I like the 1100-87. Some people cannot seem to make the adjustment to the light weight of the Benelli. Also, for those who either don't know or have forgotten, Beretta came out with the Benelli system prior to Benelli's name, with an inexpensive shotgun with Beretta's name. I had one and cannot remember the model # due to a senior moment. I sold it.
#49
Spike
Joined: Sep 2012
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I have always been a Remington shotgun kind of guy... Grew up with the 8-70 20 gauge youth model then upgraded to the 11-87, so it's only natural I would buy the versamax when I chose to upgrade. Instead I bought the super black eagle 2 because it was lighter, slimmer, has lighter recoil, and the sbe 2 is supposedly the fastest cycling shotgun on market. After two weeks of moderate hunting the gun did NOT live up to expectations... The MAX 4 cammo started wearing off after a couple days of road hunting... I wasn't even using it very hard... During this time the butt stock recoil pad fell off. The last beef I have with my $1500 shotgun is that the slide has to be perfectly in place for weapon to fire. This has cost me ducks four different times in the last two weeks, I live in Alaska and run into bears all the time while duck hunting, I want my shotgun working 100% of the time. The gun is unreliable and very cheaply made for the money I wouldn't suggest it for anyone... Not happy...should have stuck with Remington...


