Looks like a decent gun Brian. Just checked it out on the Benelli website. Had to chuckle when I saw Tim Bradley's face & endorsement slideshow by. Tim also endorses Beretta products. Conflict of interest? Guess not if yer as good as he is. The things that boy can do with a shotgun boggle the mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F6Ixc6MQ1QYeah I'd imagine y'oughta be able to find a place to practice with that thing somewhere not too far away? We have a couple state run facilities somewhat close by. Most notably 'Cecil Webb Preserve' north of Ft. Myers. 'Bout a 45 min drive. It is a 'pay & display' park/range that is
unsupervised so you're on yer own out there. The shooters have to agree when to "go cold", "check your targets", "go hot", etc. This never used to be a problem to coordinate but lately it seems more & more stupid people are showing up. Not to mention those that speak a different language.
I do most all of my shooting at the Knights Trail facility here close to home. Can't beat it. If for nothing else the sheer # of different range targets. Well that & it's extremely well supervised. These range officers (mostly older retired cops) are on the ball and they don't take no crap. When the range goes cold it goes cold. No ifs ands or buts.
Funny story about Knights Trail is a family of presumably deaf armadillos reside nearby. You'll be blasting away and here comes a *Censored* armadillo meandering across the range. Range doesn't go cold but the head honcho in the booth'll get on the horn and say, "Please do not shoot the Armadillo(s)". And people seem to understand. Heh heh heh. No BS!
Good luck with the new gun Brian.
