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I don't get the love for the Benelli. Doesn't an inertia gun require the butt be against something to operate correctly? The beretta is a gas gun and you could shoot it one handed and it would cycle.

[BehindBlueI's]

Interesting info. The only self loader I have is a Ted Williams 12g. Very soft shooting gun. No idea if it's gas or inertia.

[ASH556]

I don't get the love for the Benelli. Doesn't an inertia gun require the butt be against something to operate correctly? The beretta is a gas gun and you could shoot it one handed and it would cycle.

...As long as the gas system remains unobstructed. It's a trade off of odds playing. Which do you see as a more likely scenario:

1. The need to fire a shotgun one-handed.
2. The need for the shotgun to work for an extended period of time with no maintenance to the gas system.

[vaspence]

[QUOTE=UNK;550236]I don't get the love for the Benelli. Doesn't an inertia gun require the butt be against something to operate correctly? The beretta is a gas gun and you could shoot it one handed and it would cycle.[/QUOTE

Simply stated, the Benelli semiauto has the three most important things for a shotgun. Boom. Boom. and Boom.

[blues]

Simply stated, the Benelli semiauto has the three most important things for a shotgun. Boom. Boom. and Boom.

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...As long as the gas system remains unobstructed. It's a trade off of odds playing. Which do you see as a more likely scenario:

1. The need to fire a shotgun one-handed.
2. The need for the shotgun to work for an extended period of time with no maintenance to the gas system.

My point is not that I would fire one handed. Seems to me that the ability to shoot from any position, including non shouldered, would be an advantage. An AR is a gas operated system and I don't hear the same comments about them. I've shot tens of thousands of rounds through 1110's which is gas operated with no problems. What kind of maintenance to the gas system are you talking about?

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Interesting info. The only self loader I have is a Ted Williams 12g. Very soft shooting gun. No idea if it's gas or inertia.

I think that is a Winchester 1400 which is gas operated. If you look down the barrel and see a spot that won't clean out probably where the band from the barrel mounts onto the magazine tube thats a gas operated gun.

[Hambo]

My point is not that I would fire one handed. Seems to me that the ability to shoot from any position, including non shouldered, would be an advantage.

To nitpick, you can fire any of them in any position. The question is whether the action will cycle. The next question is whether that will ever matter.

[ASH556]

My point is not that I would fire one handed. Seems to me that the ability to shoot from any position, including non shouldered, would be an advantage. An AR is a gas operated system and I don't hear the same comments about them. I've shot tens of thousands of rounds through 1110's which is gas operated with no problems. What kind of maintenance to the gas system are you talking about?

Apples and oranges comparing a gas shotgun to an AR. Centralizing on the word "gas" to compare the two is like comparing a 1984 Ford Escort to a 2017 Corvette and calling them both "cars." Yes, you can soft-shoulder a Benelli. You can also limp wrist a Glock. Does that mean they are unreliable? No. You just need to understand how to operate them correctly. When evaluating a shotgun, there are more crucial factors to consider than whether or not it will run if fired one-handed (btw, it will if you hold it stiff enough). At the end of the day, a Benelli has a reputation for "just working" whether bird hunting, 3gunning, or gunfighting. If your mission is to prove why that's not a worthwhile reputation for Benelli, have fun on your quest.

ETA: on the 1100 thing, I'm happy yours has worked. I've seen first hand literally dozens that wouldn't run due to either a fouled gas port or failed o-ring.

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To nitpick, you can fire any of them in any position. The question is whether the action will cycle. The next question is whether that will ever matter.

You are correct Sir. My point was that the action will cycle from any position on a gas gun. I have heard but have had no personal experience that the inertia actions will not cycle unless there is something to recoil against. My other point is to ask, how likely is it for the gas system to get blocked.

In addition I understand but also have no personal comparison that the gas gun is a softer recoiling gun. I have fired 500 rounds in one day through an 1100 albeit trap loads and that was all I wanted.