FN SLP vs. Benelli M1 & M2

Young Guns · Mar 24, 2011

awesome thread. can all these mods be done on an FN SLP? i haven't been to a match yet but i can already tell i will love it once i am able to to. i know i'm going to get hooked and will need to buy a shotgun and would prefer an FN.

Chambers · Mar 24, 2011

Yeah, but it won't run like a Benelli.

redneck1861 · Mar 24, 2011

Young Guns said:
awesome thread. can all these mods be done on an FN SLP? i haven't been to a match yet but i can already tell i will love it once i am able to to. i know i'm going to get hooked and will need to buy a shotgun and would prefer an FN.

Come out to the rifle match this Sunday. You can shoot that FS2000.

Young Guns · Mar 24, 2011

Redneck1861 said:
Come out to the rifle match this Sunday. You can shoot that FS2000.

I would love to, but I have to work Sunday. :angry:

Young Guns · Mar 24, 2011

Chambers said:
Yeah, but it won't run like a Benelli.

alright buddy, you are talking to a genuine "FN Fan Boy" here. i guarantee after some practice and range time i could be as good with an FN as you are with the Benelli! ....and the competition begins.....

Wormydog1724 · Mar 24, 2011

I've got an FN SLP MK1 for sale. Message me

Chambers · Mar 24, 2011

Big talk for a guy who hasn't shot a match!

Oh look, another shooter selling his FN to buy a Benelli.

That makes 3 that I know of in the last 2 months.

Young Guns · Mar 24, 2011

Chambers said:
Big talk for a guy who hasn't shot a match!

Oh look, another shooter selling his FN to buy a Benelli. That makes 3 that I know of in the last 2 months.

Not big talk, just having some fun!

Seriously though, what's Benelli got that FN doesn't? Are they that much better for 3 gun, or just better in general?

Chambers · Mar 24, 2011

I won't go into it much since we have beat this topic to death already. The Benelli is simpler, lighter, and PROVEN. Read some of the threads already posted. Why seek an alternative that is supposedly as "as good as" when you can have the original?

You will end up getting whatever you want. Just don't be mad when I say I told you so.

Young Guns · Mar 24, 2011

Chambers said:
I won't go into it much since we have beat this topic to death already. The Benelli is simpler, lighter, and PROVEN. Read some of the threads already posted. Why seek an alternative that is supposedly as "as good as" when you can have the original?

You will end up getting whatever you want. Just don't be mad when I say I told you so.

thanks man, i'll look into the older threads and check it out. appreciate the info and heads up.

jtischauser · Mar 24, 2011

Young Guns said:
Not big talk, just having some fun!

Seriously though, what's Benelli got that FN doesn't? Are they that much better for 3 gun, or just better in general?

A local pro that has over 130,000 rounds thru his M1.

Wormydog1724 · Mar 24, 2011

Don't talk down the SLP too much Chambers! Let me sell mine first!

Chambers · Mar 24, 2011

Wormydog1724 said:
Don't talk down the SLP too much Chambers! Let me sell mine first!

Dude you'll sell it in 10 seconds on OSgAy!!

Wormydog1724 · Mar 24, 2011

Chambers said:
Dude you'll sell it in 10 seconds on OSgAy!!

I know! :lol:

I really want to get an M2 on its way first. It's just sitting by my bedside like a rejected step child until then.

McGuire · Dec 22, 2011

Everyone I have met so far on this forum bar a few bashes FN, I might point out that they are the largest military contractor for firearms, and the inovator of many of the best and newest designs out there. I like benellis, nothing wrong with them, but its seems to be a Ford/Chevy Argument. To each his own I guess but I dont see a reason to bash other manufacturers becasue you dont prefer them.

technetium-99m · Dec 22, 2011

The SLP's are nowhere near the Benellis as far as practical shotgunning goes. My M1 has had exactly one malfunction in the 1000 rounds I have shot through it. My SLP would not make it through a 30 round shotgun stage without barfing. A buddy and I took 2 of them the FNH a few years ago. Mine went down first with his puking on day 2. They were a good deal when you could get them for $700 or so, now they sell in the $900 range. FNH may make military weapons, but those shotguns are a distant second to Benellis.

WillR · Dec 22, 2011

A few years back we went on a guided goose hunt. We dug coffin blinds. I think there were 12 guns. The ground was sandy and it was dry and windy enough to be dirty. Out of those 12 guns two were benellis. One pump. Nine various other auto guns were all turned into single shot machines by the grit. The benellis just kept running. Pretty impressive.

Wormydog1724 · Dec 22, 2011

I have a FN SLP MK1. Wanna buy it? I sure do want a Benelli M2 with A.I. Full meal deal.

Mitch Rapp · Dec 22, 2011

McGuire said:
Everyone I have met so far on this forum bar a few bashes FN, I might point out that they are the largest military contractor for firearms, and the inovator of many of the best and newest designs out there. I like benellis, nothing wrong with them, but its seems to be a Ford/Chevy Argument. To each his own I guess but I dont see a reason to bash other manufacturers becasue you dont prefer them.

Is this a point for or against FNs? I mean, most military contracts are decided by bureaucrats rather than by war fighters.....

Matt1911 · Dec 22, 2011

McGuire said:
Everyone I have met so far on this forum bar a few bashes FN, I might point out that they are the largest military contractor for firearms, and the inovator of many of the best and newest designs out there. I like benellis, nothing wrong with them, but its seems to be a Ford/Chevy Argument. To each his own I guess but I dont see a reason to bash other manufacturers becasue you dont prefer them.

Nobody's really bashing FN, they're just saying that the SLP isn't up to par with Benelli's.