If the gun is only a month old, my general assumption is that the gun has not had time to "break in" yet. I know when I bought mine, it took roughly until the end of snow goose season before it really got smooth. One thing I have found over the last two years is that keeping a SBE II spotlessly clean all the time is not the best thing either. I used to break it down to the firing pin, magazine, and stock spring everytime I put more than a box of shells through it, and every so often (especially this Dec. when it was consistently below -10 here) it would hang up... My best friend who has the same gun hadn't cleaned his since before trap season last summer and his was truckin' along just fine. So I started cleaning it only when it got wet or really dirty/full of good prairie dust and...what a difference.

The only other thing I can recommend is replacing the stock spring with an after market one. I replaced mine with a Wolfe spring (25% stronger and 3.5 inches longer than the factory spring) and it has made a big difference as well.

Hope this helps you some,

MM

 

I would tend to agree that the gun isn't broken in quite yet. I would think because it is a 3.5" gun that it may require abit more break in time to be able to handle the whole range of 12ga. loads. That said, what kind of shells were you using? My M2 was able to shoot 7/8oz. loads from the get go, all the they way to 1 3/8oz. I bought mine in November, and since then I too have noticed that it has become much smoother compared to the first few weeks I had it.

I wouldn't worry about the recoil spring in the stock, since the gun is practically brand new. You shouldn't even have to worry about that until you've had 1000s or rds through it or after a few season.

 

Could just be the way you are holding it. I took a friend that didn't have a gun, so I let him use my sbe and it was not ejecting the hulls for him at all. I switched guns with him and it worked perfect for me. Later on he tried the sbe again and same problem.

I've heard of this before but was the first time I've ever witnessed it.

 

Friend of mine has a similar problem, but only with Hevi metal 3 1/2" shells, ??? and it's broke in.
Then of course his recoil pad thingee keeps falling off.

 

Uncle could be right on. I have seen a BIG THICK person shoot a SBE and it would not cycle. Then a smaller person shoot the same gun right next to him and it would work just fine. That can happen with inertia driven guns.

 

since it is inertia driven i would imagine that a big guy would have less jams since he would resist the recoil of the gun and more energy would go into moving the bolt. that makes sense to me, but i've never been great at physics. it is possible that one or two times i did not have the gun seated against my shoulder very well, but yesterday i definitely did. i did notice when i was loading the shell that jammed that it was having trouble falling into the action, like it was too big or something, but i did not notice anything visibly wrong with the shell.

 

What kind of shells are you shooting? The only time I have had problem ejecting shells is with hevi steel. Every other shell that I've ever shot through it cycled fine.

 

i was using kent fasteel the first three jams, federal steel the last time.

 

What length/oz. shells?

 

3" shells, 1.25 ounce shot, i think

 

What I have found with my SBEII is that if you don't have the butt pressed FIRMLY into your shoulder then the intertia system doesn't have anything to push aginst and the shell does not always eject completely.

It has happend to me a couple of times when I throw the gun up quickly and try to snap off a quick shot without firmly planting the butt into my shoulder.

To better explain you can take a regular #8 low brass shell and shoot it from the hip just holding it with 2 hands, and the butt not touching anything. 80% of the time the shell won't eject.

Sorry Bano just saw you post about that.... If that's not the case then I really don't know.. Maybe send it back.

 

What I have found with my SBEII is that if you don't have the butt pressed FIRMLY into your shoulder then the intertia system doesn't have anything to push aginst and the shell does not always eject completely.

It has happend to me a couple of times when I throw the gun up quickly and try to snap off a quick shot without firmly planting the butt into my shoulder.

To better explain you can take a regular #8 low brass shell and shoot it from the hip just holding it with 2 hands, and the butt not touching anything. 80% of the time the shell won't eject.

Sorry Bano just saw you post about that.... If that's not the case then I really don't know.. Maybe send it back.

Ive fired my M2 from the hip numerous times, never an issue on 2 3/4 trap loads or 3" loads...

 

take it apart and clean the recoil sping and tube that is in the stock!new guns require break in with hibrass before shootin light loads but that doesnt seem to be the problem here.u will need to heat the bolt holding the sping in to loosen locktite the first time.clean that assembly and u will be good to go :thumbsup: .with it being that new it shouldnt be that dirty but clean it anyway!then go shoot a box of 3 1/2 out of it that will loosen her up. :lol:

 

You do not, repeat, DO NOT need to mess with the recoil spring so soon unless there is a mechanical problem with it. Doesn't sound like it from what you described. Sounds like a break-in issue. After 10K rounds, my recoil spring has been disassembled 1 time and it wasn't even that dirty....

 

quit cleaning it

 

you guys who have had the gun longer than i have obviously should know more about it than i do, but i really dont see how not cleaning the gun will make it function better. thats completely counter-intuitive to me, can someone explain how thats even possible?

 

Most of the time when people have problems with their Benellis it is because of over cleaning, meaning they put too much oil or lube and it gumms up the action. The inertia driven systems works very welll when dirty :thumbsup:

 

I know it sounds counter intuitive, but it seams to work...go figure huh? I have gone to where I will clean it good and let 2 drips (and I mean little, individual drips) of CLP fall onto the rails of the action but only when the weather is nice. Then leave it until it gets really wet or when you can actually here dust/dirt grinding inside the action. Not cleaning it has made a noticeable difference.

 

i clean mine every time it gets wet and at regular intervals.i agree it doesnt have to be cleaned every time u hunt but u can judge when it needs cleaning and the spring i clean when it gets wet and at least once a year.the sand and grit from a river bank ill clean it after a couple days of that..

 

I only use my Benelli in the salt marsh. (I use my Beretta everywhere else)

When I get home, I pull it all apart. The trigger mech and bolt get thrown in the sink with hot water running over them for a few minutes.

The rest (Barrel, stock, reciever and foregrip) goes in the shower with me for a good solid rinse.

When it comes out, I put it all on the heat vent for the next couple of hours.

When I reassemble (Either later that night or in the morning) I first pull a bore snake through the bore and then the mag tube and reassemble with liberal quantities of Break-Free.

Now, for the record... I do this because of the salt. The routine I follow on the Beretta is simular to what other have stated above. Never had a problem with either gun because of it.

 

Could just be the way you are holding it. I took a friend that didn't have a gun, so I let him use my sbe and it was not ejecting the hulls for him at all. I switched guns with him and it worked perfect for me. Later on he tried the sbe again and same problem.

I've heard of this before but was the first time I've ever witnessed it.

since it is inertia driven i would imagine that a big guy would have less jams since he would resist the recoil of the gun and more energy would go into moving the bolt. that makes sense to me, but i've never been great at physics. it is possible that one or two times i did not have the gun seated against my shoulder very well, but yesterday i definitely did. i did notice when i was loading the shell that jammed that it was having trouble falling into the action, like it was too big or something, but i did not notice anything visibly wrong with the shell.

The gun has to move backwards thus moving the bolt forward and compressing the spring inside the bolt. The spring inside the bolt is what makes the bolt open. If the gun doesn't move at all then the bolt will not open at all.

The friend I was talking about is a short heavy set feller. I on the other hand I am 6' and 165 pounds.

Don't know what build you are but we can cure this suspicion by letting someone else shoot it. I personally don't think it is a "break in" or "cleaning" issue because you don't have break in issues with duck loads and benellis don't have to be perfectly clean but you've ruled that out when you said that you keep it clean. Also I think that a limbsaver or other good pad makes a benelli function better.

I do agree with NOT over oiling it. Especially not with rem-oil.

 

good uncle jesse,bano when u clean it are u takn the bolt apart and cleanin the inside?cleaning the inertia spring.only problems ive had have been the benelli click and when that starts happenin u need to clean the recoil spring.i replaced mine with a wolff 25% stiffer spring and it works the magnum loads with authority.and keeps the bolt locked tighter!

 

good uncle jesse,bano when u clean it are u takn the bolt apart and cleanin the inside?cleaning the inertia spring.only problems ive had have been the benelli click and when that starts happenin u need to clean the recoil spring.i replaced mine with a wolff 25% stiffer spring and it works the magnum loads with authority.and keeps the bolt locked tighter!

I have thought about that spring. WIll it still cycle light trap loads?

 

I had three failures this year with my stoeger. Before this year my stoeger was flawless. All the failures were with Blackcloud ammo. The shell would hangup as it ejected. I clean my gun after every hunt and so far I have not had any other problems.

 

dont know about light loads i havent shot any since i replaced it.it sure cycles hunting loads alot better and lockes the bolt up tighter.it dont take 5 minutes to change em out!