ASH556
01-09-2015, 01:38 PM
So I guess I've become too addicted to 3gun and so I just swapped my 18.5" rifle sighted barrel on my Benelli M1 for a 21" vent rib. Nordic +5 tube, Nordic clamp, Nordic bolt handle, Extended bolt release, Hiviz sight. I had a Surefire forend on the gun, but am going to go back to the factory one for better hand placement/reload speed.
I realize I could tear the gun back down after every match, re-install the Surefire forend, and load it back up with Fed LE1321B until the next match, where I'd unload it, tear it back down, and build it up again with the stock handguard. Honestly, this seems like a royal PITA and also I don't like loading/unloading an HD gun that much. Seems to me like they should be tested, loaded, and left alone until needed (assuming you're still training on the platform with another similar weapon). Maybe cycle the ammo out once a year, but that's about it.
1) Ideally I think I'd like to buy a 14" Benelli M1 SBS, throw the Surefire forend on it and load it up and leave it. Unfortunately, that's quite a chunk of change that I don't really have to spend. I'd have to see if they'd let me lay it away and progressively pay while waiting on the stamp.
2) I could just buy another used non-NFA M1, but those aren't exactly cheap either. Looks like Gunbroker could get me one for about $650.
3) I've been thinking about just picking up an old used 870 Wingmaster. We have a couple at the shop and they're pretty plentiful. Chop the vent rib barrel down to 18.5" and throw on a Hiviz FO bead. Maybe change out the stock for a Hogue youth or something. I guess I'd have to sell my Benelli Surefire forend and pick up one for a Remmy instead.
I've got 100+ rounds of LE 1321B and about 50+ FED DP slugs, so the ammo is good to go. I just need to get a gun, load it, and leave it.
Thoughts? Is one of the 3 above options a horrible idea? One better, way more worth it, than the others?
I realize I could tear the gun back down after every match, re-install the Surefire forend, and load it back up with Fed LE1321B until the next match, where I'd unload it, tear it back down, and build it up again with the stock handguard. Honestly, this seems like a royal PITA and also I don't like loading/unloading an HD gun that much. Seems to me like they should be tested, loaded, and left alone until needed (assuming you're still training on the platform with another similar weapon). Maybe cycle the ammo out once a year, but that's about it.
1) Ideally I think I'd like to buy a 14" Benelli M1 SBS, throw the Surefire forend on it and load it up and leave it. Unfortunately, that's quite a chunk of change that I don't really have to spend. I'd have to see if they'd let me lay it away and progressively pay while waiting on the stamp.
2) I could just buy another used non-NFA M1, but those aren't exactly cheap either. Looks like Gunbroker could get me one for about $650.
3) I've been thinking about just picking up an old used 870 Wingmaster. We have a couple at the shop and they're pretty plentiful. Chop the vent rib barrel down to 18.5" and throw on a Hiviz FO bead. Maybe change out the stock for a Hogue youth or something. I guess I'd have to sell my Benelli Surefire forend and pick up one for a Remmy instead.
I've got 100+ rounds of LE 1321B and about 50+ FED DP slugs, so the ammo is good to go. I just need to get a gun, load it, and leave it.
Thoughts? Is one of the 3 above options a horrible idea? One better, way more worth it, than the others?