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Ramjet,
The year before last I put in over 60 days in the field with my bennelli, and over 30 days last season hunting in everything from corn to river bottoms. Our river pit is buried in sand, so naturally I am constantly cleaning sand out of my gun. Never had a single problem with it cycling. In the corn field, I deal with 20 mph winds blowing fine black dirt into my gun, and again, never once has it failed to cycle. I don't think the sand in Texas is any worse than the sand in Nebraska (trust me I lived in TX for four years). All of the other waterfowlers I have hunted with over the last five years ALL use Benelli's, and as I stated earlier in this thread, only one of them had problems with his because he was too lazy to clean the damned thing, and used shitty old ammo. ANY gun will malfunction if you don't do your part to properly maintain it. Novas are the only ones I have seen have problems. Hats off to any of you guys that shoot Mossbergs, they are decent guns. But they aren't even in the same league as a Benelli. They are pretty durable though. Good enough from police and military use. I own and shoot a Benelli and that is what I have seen.
The year before last I put in over 60 days in the field with my bennelli, and over 30 days last season hunting in everything from corn to river bottoms. Our river pit is buried in sand, so naturally I am constantly cleaning sand out of my gun. Never had a single problem with it cycling. In the corn field, I deal with 20 mph winds blowing fine black dirt into my gun, and again, never once has it failed to cycle. I don't think the sand in Texas is any worse than the sand in Nebraska (trust me I lived in TX for four years). All of the other waterfowlers I have hunted with over the last five years ALL use Benelli's, and as I stated earlier in this thread, only one of them had problems with his because he was too lazy to clean the damned thing, and used shitty old ammo. ANY gun will malfunction if you don't do your part to properly maintain it. Novas are the only ones I have seen have problems. Hats off to any of you guys that shoot Mossbergs, they are decent guns. But they aren't even in the same league as a Benelli. They are pretty durable though. Good enough from police and military use. I own and shoot a Benelli and that is what I have seen.