Pretoria78
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Just got one today. Very nice autoloading shotgun. Anyone else have one?
Benelli Ethos
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- Feb 4, 2013
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We looked at one a couple of weeks ago at Bass Pro. My wife has it on her list. 
Had they been better swimmers, I'd have two M1s (Super 90) to tell you about.
Alas, they are crab food somewhere in the Chesapeake.
While they weren't great swimmers, they were awesome and ABSOLUTELY reliable shooters. Nothing cycled like them. They were wicked fast. They shot straight and true. Racked up lots of dts, deer and ducks and a couple geese.
I miss them. Shoulda paid for those damned swimming lessons...
Hope the Ethos can swim. Look forward to your report.
Alas, they are crab food somewhere in the Chesapeake.
While they weren't great swimmers, they were awesome and ABSOLUTELY reliable shooters. Nothing cycled like them. They were wicked fast. They shot straight and true. Racked up lots of dts, deer and ducks and a couple geese.
I miss them. Shoulda paid for those damned swimming lessons...
Hope the Ethos can swim. Look forward to your report.
fabsroman
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I just hope he keeps it in a case that can swim. I know I do. Case is supposed to "swim" even with my Benelli SBE in it.
So many Benellis, so little money. Right now, I am looking at the Super Vinci, Vinci Super Sport, Performance Shop Super Sport, and M4. I need to rob a bank or the kids' college funds.
I've looked at the Ethos online, but would have to look a lot harder to see how it is different than the Cordoba, M2, Vinci, etc.
Augie
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They look to be a nice shotgun, if I did not already have a Fabarm that I'm happy with I would be looking at one.
Augie
Ultimate Member
We looked at one a couple of weeks ago at Bass Pro. My wife has it on her list.
Pinecone, if you are looking for a gun for your wife you may want to look at the new Syren line from Guerini/Fabarm. Not just bling, they are designed to fit a women. Come in both Semi's and O/U's.
http://syrenusa.com/shotguns-for-women/
Pretoria78
URX Fan
Not sure if mine can swim, but I'm more of a clay shooter than hunter, so it'll see lots of use at Bull Run / Metro trap clubs, and that's about it.
fabsroman
Ultimate Member
I looked at it last night, and it appears to have the same action as the SBE, Cordoba, Super Sport, etc. Think I would choose the Vinci Super Sport over it just because the gun is so much easier to take down and clean. The one area that causes me trouble with the SBE is the buffer tube. Powder residue accumulates in that tube and slows down the action. Then again, powder used in clays loads usually burns a lot better than the slower burning powder used in waterfowl loads. I took apart the buffer tube on my 391 this summer after thousands of shells have gone through it, and there was very little powder residue in the tube.
Would probably still opt for the Vinci, but that Ethos will be extremely reliable and smooth, just like my SBE has been for the past 16 years.
Would probably still opt for the Vinci, but that Ethos will be extremely reliable and smooth, just like my SBE has been for the past 16 years.
- Feb 4, 2013
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She just likes the feel of the Ethos.
And we know how to fit shotguns to women. She has been shooting a Browning 325 fit to her for some 20 years.
Maverick0313
Retired and loving it
fabsroman
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Let us know how it shoots!
It's a Benelli. It is going to shoot real good and for a good long time too. lol
Augie
Ultimate Member
Bring this back to the top with an observation, got to shoot my brothers Benelli sporting gun today. Broke the birds and handled vey well, the one thing I noticed was it had considerably more recoil than my Fabarm with the same loads, guess thats the difference between recoil operated and gas operated.
Pretoria78
URX Fan
It's getting broken in on Saturday.
fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Any chance you know the actual weight of the guns? Either of them have recoil dampening devices on them? It might not just be a difference between inertia driven versus gas operated. A gun can have more perceived recoil just by changing the geometry of the gun. A poorly fitting gun can kick like a mule.
Take a look at the Ethos, it has quite a nice (from the reviews) dampening device on it.
Augie
Ultimate Member
The Fabarm weighs more and does come with recoil reduction built in, 1 oz loads have literally zero recoil. That is some of the difference I'm sure.
However he also has a Beretta A400 Sporting that weighs close to the same as the Benelli that also recoils less and the A400 has no recoil reduction device.
fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Augie,
You sure that the A400 did not have a recoil reduction device in the stock? From what I have been reading, a lot of them do.
http://www.beretta.com/en-us/a400-xplor-unico/
http://www.beretta.com/en-us/a400-xcel/
Those are the two that I have looked at and am mainly interested in and both of them have a hydraulic shock absorber in the stock.
With that said, Benelli should have something like it too. I put a mercury recoil reducer in the stock of my SBE. My Beretta 391 Teknys came with the recoil reducer in the stock.
Bottom line, if the felt recoil from the Benelli is more than the Fabarm or the Beretta, then Benelli needs to do something.
Augie
Ultimate Member
His Beretta is the one without the Kick Off, you can get them either way, problem with ones that have Kick Off is it limits length of pull adjustments.
He likes his Benelli and does well with it, just noticed that it has more recoil than his other auto's.
He likes his Benelli and does well with it, just noticed that it has more recoil than his other auto's.
fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Which Benelli is he shooting? I have been debating between the Performance Shop Super Sport that is like my SBE in action and the Vinci Super Sport, which is a different action.
The thing that sucks about guns is that a test drive is extremely rare.
Augie
Ultimate Member
http://www.benelliusa.com/legacy-sport-and-sport-ii-shotguns
This is the one, basically a SS with a wood stock, he did not like the carbon fiber look. I liked the way it handled and I crushed the birds with it. I'm kind of looking for a low rib sporting semi-auto to compare with my high rib Fabarm, will probably look at one of the new low rib Fabarm's also, maybe a Beretta but I don't like the blue receiver or the extra grain fake wood.
This is the one, basically a SS with a wood stock, he did not like the carbon fiber look. I liked the way it handled and I crushed the birds with it. I'm kind of looking for a low rib sporting semi-auto to compare with my high rib Fabarm, will probably look at one of the new low rib Fabarm's also, maybe a Beretta but I don't like the blue receiver or the extra grain fake wood.
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