The Benelli Montefeltro Silver Shotgun – What Makes It A Majestic Weapon

To start with, the Benelli Montefeltro can be said to be a well-designed work of art because right from the first look of it till the time one lays their hands on it and pulls the trigger the Montefeltro shotgun exudes class and functionality. The gun has a great balance on hands as it has got no parts in the stock or fixed on the magazine tube. The guns operating system can be categorized into 3 broad parts namely, the inertia spring, the bolt body and the rotating bolt head. This ‘inertia driven shotgun' records a faster performance because there is significantly lesser number of moving parts in it.

The rotating bolt head is attached to the main part of the Benelli Montefeltro with a short but a stiff spring. There is a compact vault kind of a design which is made of tight steel-to-steel and the lugs get tighter when a shot is fired. The bolt-head which remains fitted into the barrel's keyways has a resemblance to the bolt action rifle. This thing remains static when a shot is fired.

What makes the Montefeltro silver shotgun an apt machine for newbies is its light weight. The gun weighs only a meager 5.6 pounds and has got no springs, no heavy gas cylinder beneath its forend and no action bar linkage. These features make the gun perform quite inevitably.

The gun has a smooth function as well. When the bolt body's mass accelerates quickly, the spring that is connected to it gets compressed. Eventually when it is reaches the highest point of tension, the bolt head gets unlocked and it drives back. Finally when the Montefeltro Silver shotgun return spring which is at the buttstock tube, gets compressed and places the bolt into the battery.

The Benelli Montefeltroruns 2-3/4 inch loads to 3 inch full powered shells which makes it quite versatile and robust as well. Made of 26 inch hammer forged barrel and a Fleurs de Lys proofed chrome lined steel this gun has two major advantages. The first advantage is that it gives the gun strength to handle steel shots and magnum loads and secondly there's commendable accuracy due to the accurately concentric dimensions of the inner barrel.

Now coming to the excellent functionality and accuracy of this Montefeltro silver shotgun, it must be said that one can easily and smoothly acquire targets with the help of the gun's sights. There is a mid-bead and a ‘red bar front' that is mounted to the barrel rib. There is also a cross-bolt safety feature in the Benelli Montefeltro silver shotgun which is located behind the trigger. This engages pretty quietly and also very easily into action. The gun comes with a 5 year manufacturer's warranty that gives a great value for money. Overall the Benelli Montefeltro silver shotgun can be said to be a well-designed, accurate, reliable and light-weight shotgun that will not disappoint a shooting enthusiast. These are some of the features of this classy shotgun which makes it a perfect fit to a gun lovers arsenal.