Bought a SBE 3 that patterns about 12" high!
I tried several different brands of shells (WLB, #4, #5, #6, 3rd Degree) same results
Open to suggestions?
try a few of the stock chokes or other chokes with junk shells at 50 to 60 feet. See if all do the same that will take the choke out then we figure what next to check.
Now I did have a customer that had on that was the same and he mailed it back to them.
Benelli is known for not shooting poa. Will probably need a sight of some sort.
It should have came with a shim kit. Try a different one that may bring poi down some
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I know 3 people that have got that gun in all 3 saw it shots high and they have shimed it to and it didn't help what one guy did was put a bigger sight on the end and it help sum
Shims will only help it align, as in "target acquisition" faster or more natural for wing shooting!
Shims are basically just a tilt between the stock and the receiver.
No matter how the shims are if you get steady and looks down the barrel properly to the head it is what it is, unless a choke is throwing it off
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Only thing you can do is put a scope on it or send it back to Benelli,Good luck
They're set up as bird guns, meaning they shoot a European, flush type pattern for going away shots or head on for driven bird shots. The gun isn't broken, its how they shoot and the bead on a bird gun isn't a sight. Also, mshims won't change poi much if at all. They adjust fit to the shooter. I don't even see the bead when I'm wing shooting and you aren't supposed to. For turkey, get some adjustable sights, optics, or learn to hold low. You have one of the best guns made. Anyone who sends a benelli back for doin what its supposed to simply doesn't know the gun.
Quote from: 243kid on October 05, 2017, 09:47:54 PM
Bought a SBE 3 that patterns about 12" high!
I tried several different brands of shells (WLB, #4, #5, #6, 3rd Degree) same results
Open to suggestions?
Sent my sbe3 to benelli in October and got it back yesterday and now instead of shooting 12 to 14 inches high it is 2 to 4 inches high.My sbe2 is shooting 6 to 8 inches high but I had installed a Leupold turkey plex scope on it and man that is sweet.good luck with yours
Quote from: jimmy w on January 26, 2018, 11:46:47 AM
Quote from: 243kid on October 05, 2017, 09:47:54 PM
Bought a SBE 3 that patterns about 12" high!
I tried several different brands of shells (WLB, #4, #5, #6, 3rd Degree) same results
Open to suggestions?
Sent my sbe3 to benelli in October and got it back yesterday and now instead of shooting 12 to 14 inches high it is 2 to 4 inches high.My sbe2 is shooting 6 to 8 inches high but I had installed a Leupold turkey plex scope on it and man that is sweet.good luck with yours
Did Benelli say what they did to fix it? Curious as to what they did, as I have read a few places that some guys were having issues with them shooting abnormally high.
Quote from: the Ward on January 26, 2018, 06:19:49 PM
Quote from: jimmy w on January 26, 2018, 11:46:47 AM
Quote from: 243kid on October 05, 2017, 09:47:54 PM
Bought a SBE 3 that patterns about 12" high!
I tried several different brands of shells (WLB, #4, #5, #6, 3rd Degree) same results
Open to suggestions?
Sent my sbe3 to benelli in October and got it back yesterday and now instead of shooting 12 to 14 inches high it is 2 to 4 inches high.My sbe2 is shooting 6 to 8 inches high but I had installed a Leupold turkey plex scope on it and man that is sweet.good luck with yours
Did Benelli say what they did to fix it? Curious as to what they did, as I have read a few places that some guys were having issues with them shooting abnormally high.
Yes the guy Ted that I talked too said they were design to shoot high but not as much as I told him.Said for me to send it in for checking and when I got it back the work order in box said adjusted barrel.
If I was going to only turkey hunt with any gun I would put a adjustable sight on it.(just what I like to do)
***I also bought a new model A5 Browning that is so sweet of a gun BUT it also shoots a little off,Little to left and low about 3 inches!
When I bought my SBE 2 several years ago it shot high. I missed a turkey the day after I bought it. I took it back got a different SBE 2 and I'll be darned if it didn't shoot higher than the first one. That's when I went to red dot sights and haven't looked back. Interesting because my SBE 1 shoots dead on POA.
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When you send it back, what exactly are they doing to your gun? Patterned mine today and it shot about a foot high.
Buddy of mine had the same problem with his SBE3. He added shims and it fixed it.
Quote from: Davis87 on February 11, 2018, 08:45:03 PM
When you send it back, what exactly are they doing to your gun? Patterned mine today and it shot about a foot high.
I have heard they bend the barrel. Not what I want from a new, expensive gun. I have a buddy up in Louisville that had same problem with new sbe3.
They are made to be shot at rising birds, POI above the bead. I did shim mine and it works great for waterfowl, pheasants, dove, etc.
I would figure you would need something adjustable for turkeys.
Quote from: DrDirtNap on January 30, 2018, 03:25:55 PM
When I bought my SBE 2 several years ago it shot high. I missed a turkey the day after I bought it. I took it back got a different SBE 2 and I'll be darned if it didn't shoot higher than the first one. That's when I went to red dot sights and haven't looked back. Interesting because my SBE 1 shoots dead on POA.
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Same here. My SBE 1 is dead one and my SV is high. I use the SBE I for ducks so the red dot is going on the SV.
What is an SV?
had the same issue with mine but changed the shims and added a
HEVI13 Turkey Choke from Hevishot and the problem was solved
If shims are fixing y'alls POA/POI issues, you never was lined up and shooting correctly. Shims only adjust the quick draw alignment of ones eye down the barrel. They do nothing to change the POI if looking down the barrel correctly.
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Quote from: sasquatch1 on October 21, 2018, 11:34:50 AM
If shims are fixing y'alls POA/POI issues, you never was lined up and shooting correctly. Shims only adjust the quick draw alignment of ones eye down the barrel. They do nothing to change the POI if looking down the barrel correctly.
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Agree...
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In other forums the (DIY) fix is to look at the collar on the magazine tube. If the gun shoots high, and the collar isn't turned down to the end of the threads, heat the collar to loosen the loc-tite and turn it towards the bottom threads.
YMMV, but I would look exercise your Google-fu to investigate.
If you are aligning the beads and aiming, it will shoot high, that is the function of a raised rib. Shims will change the poi as your eye is the rear sight. If you change the shim and still line up the beads and aim, your poi will not change as you are moving your head and eye back to where it was before the shim change to align the beads. If you are pointing the gun in wingshooting and keep your head down on the stock and focus on the target and not the beads, the shims will change your poi. Benellis are known to shoot high due to the ramped rib. My own Vinci will shoot high if I aim using the beads. I have several choke and load combos I tested that shoot pretty much dead on and slightly high at 40 yards with an easy hit fiber optic bead and the "B" shim. I went and used a couple red dots for several seasons and now using a low power scope on it for turkey. For waterfowl I have been using the "A" shim and it shoots lights out. My son just purchased an sbe3, and will report back when we get a chance to pattern it. He is out goose hunting with it this morning and I am waiting to hear how it went.