Benelli M1

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About the Benelli

Benelli brothers, owners of the Benelli motorcycle company, embarked on a new journey when they formed Benelli Armi S.p.A. company in 1967. The brothers were passionate hunters as well as fine engineers and with the help of Bruno Civolani, they developed an extraordinary hunting shotgun that used a simple inertia driven mechanism in place of a conventional gas-operated system. This mechanism turned out to be a revolutionary design, as it permitted the user to fire 5 rounds in less than a second, making it the fastest reloading action the world had ever seen. The company was acquired by the Beretta company in 1983. In 2002 they entered the rifle market which demanded the highest levels of mechanical precision and reliability. By the year 2007, 40 years after the company founding, they have already sold more than 2 million shotguns.

Benelli M1 Shotgun Review

Benelli M1 was the first of Benelli’s “Super 90” series of semi-auto shotguns. M2, M3 and M4 followed the M1 in the “Super 90” series. M1 was developed in the mid-1980s and is still used by the police, law enforcement, military, hunters and sportsmen for skeet and trap shooting. It repeats by means of the recoil from a previously fired shot, which is a popular Benelli system developed in the mid-1980s. The barrels available for this shotgun are 53, 61, 66 and 71 cm (21, 24, 26 and 28 in) long. The receiver is made of aluminium.

Benelli M1

(Source: https://www.hobbi.gr/en/benelli-m1-super-90-50th-anniversary-p-22819.html)

Benelli M1 shotguns do not come with pre-drilled mounting holes on the receiver. A gunsmith has to drill the holes onto the receiver to mount an optical device on these shotguns. The most popular optical devices on these shotguns are red dot sights.

The receiver radius of this shotgun is 18.5 mm.

Our recommendation for mounts

We would recommend the users to first install a Picatinny rail and then equip that rail with a mount of choice.

Help us build our riflescope mounts database

If you happen to own this or any other rifle, we would appreciate it if you could help us expand our database by sending us some photos of the rifle receiver (the bare mounting surface of the rifle without the mounts installed). For your help, our company offers a fair return in terms of practical rewards.

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