I have a Benelli with an absolutely horrible trigger. It's not unreasonably heavy, but has a truly astonishing amount of creep that is also gritty. The stock 1301 trigger humiliates it, and my only other shotgun at this point is a 1301 with the Briley trigger pack (for 922(r) compliance, not because it needed a nicer trigger). I could probably get rid of the grit, but I don't care to mess with creep myself.
It's a substantially different gun than the 1301, for different purposes, so "sell it and buy another 1301" isn't really applicable. The 1301 with the duck barrel on it is 14 ounces heavier than this Benelli. The Benelli is for carrying a lot and shooting a little.
Briley has a trigger pack for the Benelli, so that's an option, but it's kinda spendy. Would just as soon have the stock stuff cleaned up if that's an option, since 922(r) isn't going to be an issue for this gun.
Just wondering if anyone has experience with various smiths and their work on Benelli autoloader triggers.