Personally I don't 'hate' Benelli shotguns. I actually like them. My wife owns a 1st edition M1014 she bought it from where I work (before I started working there) she handled it and liked it and got it for a steal. I own a Super Black Eagle which I use for deer and turkey hunting (I only use 3.5" shells in it). I used a M1 Super 90 for 3gun for quite sometime I got it used and it took a lot to get it to run right for 3gun. I ended up having to use a Wolff reduced power action/recoil spring and a Benelli Montefeltro inertia spring in the bolt to get it to run. I'm now using a FN SLP Mk 1.
As a whole I think Benelli shotguns are very highly overrated.
Many are finicky on the power level of the ammo and most have the same recoil as pump shotguns. Most Benellis won't cycle low-brass ammo. In 12ga most will run with 3 dram or more powerful ammo just fine. My M1 required expensive Winchester 3 dram loads where as my FN will run on the econo priced ($23/per 100 rounds) Federal low-brass all day long and recoils about like a 7.62x39mm AK. The FN gets a little dirtier since it's gas operated but it doesn't take long to clean. Cleaning takes about 10min.
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