It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a good semi-auto, I have always believed them to be much under-rated guns and others seem to be catching on now. Some of my dealer friends tell me they are accounting for an ever greater proportion of their mid-market sales these days! For the record and because I can’t resist a digression into firearms history, the first successful semi-automatic, was the Browning A5 (AUTO FIVE) which appeared about 1900. It used long-recoil action where the barrel and bolt stay locked together and recoil into the receiver for the length of the cartridge. Next came a modification of this - short recoil and doubtless inspired by the gas-operated rifles of WWII, gas/piston-operated shotguns soon arrived on the scene. The Remington 1100 set the standard; well-engineered and soft-recoiling, the baton was taken up by many others including Beretta with their excellent 300 series guns, which regular readers will know I greatly admire.
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Jules Whicker admires Benelli’s 828U, an over-and-under that defies convention
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Bruce Potts spends time with an over-and-under shotgun from Benelli; now there’s a turn up for the books…
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Michael Yardley tries the Benelli Montefeltro inertia action semi-automatic.
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If you own a Benelli with the ComforTech style stock it can be difficult to increase...
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Bruce Potts says ‘ciao bella’ to a very classy Italian, the Benelli M2 12g semi-auto shotgun…
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Bruce Potts tests out a new version of a Benelli classic: the stylish and practical M2 Cerakote…
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Mark Stone tries Benelli’s new stripped down M2 and finds it to be one of the best semi-autos on the market
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With his trustworthy Benelli M1 in mind, Andrew Johnson explorers the capabilities of the newer M2
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Mark Stone recently rediscovered why he should never have sold his Benelli M2. But after having tried the latest 20-gauge he reckons do you really need the 12-bore version?
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Pete Moore checks out two of Benelli smoothbores - the M2 Practical and the SuperNova pump-action
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Michael Yardley gets to grips with the Benelli Montefeltro Extra-Light semi-auto
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Bruce Potts gets his hands on a classy auto-loader from the Benelli stable
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Mark Stone takes a trip over to the dark side to try out Benelli’s new Raffaello Black…
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An unabashed fan of Benelli’s semi-auto shotguns, Mark Stone finally gets his hands on a gun that’s virtually unique - namely their Raffaello Crio 28 bore
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When it comes to recoil-operated semi-autos the best in the business is still Benelli. To prove the point, Mark Stone tried out their latest Raffaello Legacy
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Bruce Potts gets star struck when he meets the Benelli Supa Nova…
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Confirmed Benelli enthusiast Mark Stone tries the Italian manufacturer’s Super Nova for himself and discovers a pump action as hard-core as he is
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Mark Stone tries out Benelli’s Super Vinci 12g, a semi-auto that’s still to find true acceptance…
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