Is this a good price on a camo Benelli M 2 12 gauge??

dreher

I have started looking around for a Benelli for my son.  I figure the first thing to do is find out what is a good price and what isn't a good price.  I'll get serious about looking in a couple of months.  Planning ahead always seems to pay off!

dreher

My mind is starting to go!!   Here is the link.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/878553442

SCOUT5

If I was going to buy a Benelli for waterfowl hunting I would consider getting one with a 3 1/2" chamber.   You can do about everything with 3" shells and most with 2 3/4"  but if he gets into it and starts goose hunting he's going to want a 3 1/2" gun.   Again, it's not something he has to have but if you're buying  an expensive new gun anyway..................  He can duck hunt with what ever you have as long it's in good shape (and of course can handle modern ammo)  and the choke is acceptable.   My point being if you are going to fork up good money you may want to add a little and get the 3 1/2" chamber.

Most guys who want a do everything shotgun are buying the Benelli or a Beretta semi-auto with a 3 1/2" chamber.   All that said I don't have one.............yet.   But I do have a Mossberg 935 with a 3 1/5 chamber.

SCOUT5

The gun new is 1200-1300 dollars.   

bambihunter

SCOUT5 said:

If I was going to buy a Benelli for waterfowl hunting I would consider getting one with a 3 1/2" chamber.   You can do about everything with 3" shells and most with 2 3/4"  but if he gets into it and starts goose hunting he's going to want a 3 1/2" gun.   Again, it's not something he has to have but if you're buying  an expensive new gun anyway..................  He can duck hunt with what ever you have as long it's in good shape (and of course can handle modern ammo)  and the choke is acceptable.   My point being if you are going to fork up good money you may want to add a little and get the 3 1/2" chamber.

^^^This, exactly this ^^^

Only opposing view is if the person wants a tacticool version then the M2 and M4 are the likely options.

I just posted this on another topic and it seemed pertinent to C&P it here as well:

I used to have a different shotgun for different seasons/targets. Back in ~1996 I heard of this foreign semi-auto shotgun that could shoot 2.75", 3" and 3.5" mags in any order, without adjustment. I drove over 3 hours just to go see and hold it. I liked it, so I started saving for it as it was expensive. I finally went back, and $995 later, I brought it home. It is/was the Benelli Super Black Eagle. After I used it some and I loved it, I slowly started selling all my other 12 gauges. The best part was, when going from season to season, there wasn't a drop in my shooting accuracy like there always was with different guns. Same gun, just switch chokes as needed. Later I also bought a rifled slug barrel and Leupold 2x7x32 Shotgun scope with QR mounts so I could use open sights if needed.

I had a .22lr/ .410 and a mint 1100LW in .410 with full barrel set. But, I hadn't owned any other 12 gauge shotguns for the next 15+ years but recently started to collect (not hunt with) other Benelli's as well (m1, M3T (folder), M4 (NP3 H2O version and regular) and Montefeltro. Now that I just collect these others, I do have a few other 12 gauge's on my list however. I want a Franchi SPAS-12 and SPAS-15, perhaps an Ithaca 37, and Winchester 1897.