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Benelli Nova

Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 2006 in Ask the Experts
What is your opinion of the Benelli Nova Pump 20 Gauge, 26", 3"? I've heard they are very good and quite nice to shoot.
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone got one of these. What do you think about it?
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guy wants to sell a Benelli Nova 12 ga 2 3/4 to 3 1/2 in chamber. fully camoflaged wants $350 for it. seemed like it had an awful lot of plastic in it. how do these hold up? had box and all manuals as well as the choke tubes. i am thinking about getting this, but am leaning towards an 11-87 premier in 95% maybe a little better condition for $450.i know there is no plastic in the remington. any feedback here is appreciated.

    I'm not an expert, but i did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anybody have any pro's or con's on the Benelli Nova? I looked at one the other day and liked it. The button that clears the round in the chamber, is a great feature.
    Any thoughts are appreciated.
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    American Shooter program on TV showed Benellli's new pumb shotgun for around $300. I find it hard to believe, I've always associated Benelli with $1000+ on shotguns. I mostly shoot clay pigeons, dove, quail, and some day duck. Would this be a good shotgun, or should I just keep my old reliable Remminton 870 Magnum?
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ive read some reveiws of the gun and was just wondering , are they really as good as they say, a plastic sgotgun? and the mtal doesnt even look blued, more like painted. i dont know , what do you guys think?
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello i have a freind that brags about his nova and he always says my gun is junk, i have a mossberg 835. my question is do u have any negitive output on the nova and do u think its a good gun to use for waterfoul and geese? I think I might buy one when i got the money.
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Simple question: Do all the Benelli Nova pump action shotguns carry the Ducks Unlimited logo or would one that does be a special issue? Thanks.
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Has anyone other than myself had problems with this gun kicking shells out the bottom while hunting? It cost me several ducks last season as my second shell ended up in the blind or in the water instead of the barrel. So whats your feelings on this gun?
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my friend has a benelli nova 12 gauge shotgun that the stock broke off. i was wondering if anyone could think of a way to fix this? its broken right where a normal stock would attach. i believe there is a metal plate on the back of the receiver and i was thinking of drilling a hole in it and spot welding it to the plate in the stock. any ideas? would that work along with some gorilla glue and plastic welding? thanks
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought a Nova several years ago for work. The gun came with a smooth bore barrel and ghost ring sights. I recently started shooting skeet and purchased another barrel. I would like to remove the ghost ring sight. It appears to simply be a case of removing two screws. I attempted to remove the screws and they did not budge. In fact the tip of the screw driver broke off. Is there more here than meets the eye?
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  • Huntingnerd33Huntingnerd33 Member Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can someone tell me if these have a chrome lined bore? I'd like to get one ported but am told that it can't be done if they are chrome.

    T.I.A.
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  • jbw1776jbw1776 Member Posts: 3,056
    edited November -1
    Ugly a He!!, however, carries and shoulders great. Simple design mechanically, dependable.

    Ben
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lots of recoil with a 3&1/2 inch 12 ga shell without the recoil reducer. Very dependable. Value priced. 20 ga is a great buy.
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  • likemhotlikemhot Member Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love mine and I have the recoil reducer. I bought it last year and used it in my duck blind, goose pit and field lay out blind for geese. It has been rained on, snowed on and been through the mud. At the end of the year I cleaned it up and it looks good as new except for a few scratches. It has functioned flawlessly and I like the concept of changing a shell by holding down the button in the fore end, shucking a shell and inserting a new one. It comes in handy when duck hunting and geese decide thy want in.
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  • laxcoachlaxcoach Member Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Duckhunter
    a 3-1/2" 20 ?
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