Benelli SBE 2

[virgil]

I bought my Benelli SBE 2 from Cabelas, lightly used two years ago. I love the gun for ducks, but I have a problem with it not ejecting the first shell. It doesn't always happen, but far too often I get what a few of my buddies refer to as a 'stove pipe'. The rear end of the shell gets caught in the action and needs to be removed by hand- sort of defeats the purpose of the semi-auto. Anyone else have this problem or a suggestion about how to fix it? I've broken the gun down and given a thorough cleaning a few times without any improvement.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Do some Google searches about it. I have read on other forums in the past about issues with the SBE2s, but dont recall what exactly the deal was.

[Lawdwaz]

Give Benelli a call. I'd think they would help you with it.

I have a couple Benelli's, a SBE and a 20 ga Montefeltro. Had them both for about 11 years and couldn't be happier with them.

Amazingly simple and well made guns.

[virgil]

Thanks for the advice. I did google it and was not happy to find that this seems to be a fairly common problem. I'll call Benelli.