Benelli M4 Super 90

History

On May 4, 1998, the U.S. Army Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ issued Solicitation #DAAE30-98-R-0401 requesting submission for a new 12 gauge, semi-automatic combat shotgun for the US Armed Services. In response to the request, Benelli Armi S.P.A. of Urbino, Italy designed and built the Benelli M4 Super 90 Combat Shotgun. On the 4th of August, 1998, five samples of the M4 were delivered to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland for testing. After an intense testing, the Benelli M4 beat the competition. In early 1999, the U. S. Army ARDEC awarded the M1014 Joint Service Combat Shotgun contract to Beretta USA Inc. for importation of the Benelli M4 Combat Shotgun. The first units (count of 20,000) were delivered to the U. S. Marine Corps in 1999.

Spec’s:

• Barrel Length: 18.5in
• Stock: Synthetic
• Mag Capcity: 4+1(1 in the chamber)
• Choke: C
• Sights: Ghost-Ring
• Overall Length: 40in
• Weight: 7.8lb
• Caliber: 12 gauge
• Action: Gas actuated Semi-automatic
• Effective Range: 40 to 50 meters with “00″

Review:

Well the first shot gun I shot was an OLD M870 shot gun before I deployed the guns had not been shot for a long time we busted them out of creates and dusted them off and got ready to shoot them WOW for being old they held up pretty good some were just too old and fell apart some butt stock fell off but aside from that they shot great only drawback was they had one hell of a kick with “00″ and no buffer so we all came home with bruises on our shoulders and one with a busted nose !(no it was not me). Later we got some new Benelli Super’s so we decided to test them out and man what a gun. It’s a true tactical shot gun! The shot gun was an auto pump so no need to manually cycles the weapon just lock and load and you good the weapon had an adjustable stock with a buffer built in and a pistol grip so no one came home with any busted noses or bruises this time. the sights were awesome big and clear so made for easy shooting also had a rail on top so we could equip one of our M68 Aimpoint Optics to it for reflex shooting not that you REALLY need it with a shotgun shooting “00″ but when using the Slugs it made it easy to knock down the targets! Clean up was simple wipe down lube and go. Can’t wait to get one MSRP for this gun is about $1,700 so not a cheep toy

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