Author Topic: Anybody own or shoot the new Benelli R1 in .300 mag  (Read 822 times)

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Offline DSchmeck

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Anybody own or shoot the new Benelli R1 in .300 mag
« on: November 10, 2003, 03:17:42 PM »
Saw the new Benelli in a couple of sporting goods stores.  Shoulders real nice and is nice and light.  I think I need one.  Anybody have any experience with this rifle?

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Anybody own or shoot the new Benelli R1 in
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2003, 12:46:18 PM »
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Well, two weeks ago I was looking over a BAR right next to the Benelli semi-auto display in our local gun shop. A particularly grizzled old gent came in with his son and extolled the firearm's virtues quite impressively. He then bought the kid one on the spot and said "Merry Christmas". So, I picked one up and it sure does shoulder nicely. It is expensive enough that I would want to know it offered some performance advantage over the less expensive Browning before I layed out the shekels for the Benelli. The nice surprise was that there is a version with iron sights. How about you buying one and providing us with a report?