Benelli M2 - And nothing wrong with wanting a 20 gauge.

 

So many people have been giving me crap for wanting a 20

 

If I was going to buy another semi it would be the M2 in 20

Sweet gun



now if they had it in 28 😱

 

It's all about the fit and feel to you!!...the older you get the more you like 20 ga.

 

Between the two choices,the M2 is the only choice.

 

Benellis have never fit me right. The SX4 is rather clunky to me and I see a lot of complaints about it being ammo sensitive....plus the stock isn't adjustable. So; buy whichever feels better to YOU. I'm sticking with my Auto-5 Light Twenty.
If I just HAD to look at a new gun I'd probably be eyeing the New A5 Twenty, especially if they come out with a Lightning version; I already have one in 12 gauge and know it can be adjusted to fit me fine.

 

I've got an A5 already in 12 gauge. Don't really want another one

 

Ones gas, ones inertia. The sx4 is a great gun for the money that eats anything you feed it from my experience.

 

I have the SX4 in 20 Woodland camo, love it. It feeds everything except White Box WeakChesters. I would like a M2 as well in 20. The SX4 will recoil less being gas and weighing more. IMO, if for clays the SX4, if for hunting the M2.

 

My choice would be the SX4, gas guns shot softer. Nothing wrong with the Benelli but it's not a gas gun. I used to have a Browning Gold Hunter, very nice wood, speed loading feature and almost no recoil.

 

Bud, whatever 12ga model you shoot best is what you should replicate in 20 ga. The stock drop at heel and comb varies brand to brand, the grip radius, the rib varies; low, stepped, high, etc. Do you pattern your 12 gauges? Are they centered R/L? 60/40 55/45 % high/low?
I was ”raised on Remington”…1100, 870, 11-87 had 14” lop, 2.5” drop at heel, 1.5” drop at comb. Modern shimming helps me replicate the “B” guns to my instinctive/conditioned pointing. The Beretta A300/A400 adjust well for me. They are available in 20ga, however have a forward safety. Browning Maxus II works for me with #3 shim. But not available in 20ga.
To the SX4 and new style M2 20ga…I Bought Both, could not hit with either! Tried shims(none come with SX4) and both guns patterned significantly High/left, 80/20, even after my attempts to adjust them. SOLD THEM BOTH. Handled nice, cycled fine, felt good in hand, But…