Trouble Patterning Benelli Nova

[tyelper]

4-8 weeks,,,,,,,,i did like guys suggested and took my bead sight off of mine took a sight that snaps on vent that was about half again higher and came up with pretty good results, benelli told me today that the italians made these guns to shoot high, because of the duck hunters, they said when the gun is aimed at the belly to feet on a pass over it is suppose to cover the duck with shot,,,,,,,,

dangest thing i have heard, but they told me to get a perfect poi i needed to raise my front sights,,,
 

[tyelper]

ok somebody help me out here after reading his first couple of post he says his wad is 10-15 feet from him after he soots, now please someone correct me but shouldnt his wad be about 30 yards toward the target if he is shooting 40 yards,,,sounds to me they reason for such a wide pattern is your choke is stripping the wad from shot wad to hard  causing the pattern to open up way to early,,,,,,
 
just a thought im no guieness here!!!!

[tyelper]

sorry,,should i say taller,,not bigger

[joshb311]

josh, good luck getting ahold of the jack wagons at benelli

I'm not sure why you had issues getting in contact with someone. I called this afternoon and got right through. The woman that assisted me was extremely friendly and helpful and provided me with a return authorization number after only about three minutes on the phone. She said that I would have to return the barrel only for evaluation. She asked if I was currently in the middle of any hunting seasons and she did warn me that although Benelli typically has the shortest turnaround time in the industry, that they are currently under the heaviest backlog that they have ever seen. (Spring seasons I can only assume.) She said that it would be four weeks and I should have it back.

If all goes well, it should be back in right around opening day or shortly thereafter hopefully. I should have gotten on the ball with this sooner but overall I am pleased with the experience I have had with them so far.

[Michigander]

They told me that it would take a month to get my barrel back as well. Actually only took about two weeks. Hope its the same for you. I thought their customer service was great a well.

[the Ward]

Lucky guys!I had to send my vinci back last year before season and i didn't get it back for 5 months!And that was after calling them and gander mountain several times.To their credit they sent me a brand new one,but i would have just been happy with repairing my first one.Anyways,does your nova have the tapered rib,high in the back,low near the muzzle?My vinci has one of those and no matter how you shim it it will shoot high.I'm thinking about having a low profile rib extension made to make the rib parallel to the reciever/barrel,then that would make the poi adjustable with the stock shims again.I pm'd sumtoy about it,just waiting for a reply about it,but i did the same thing temporarily by putting a tall fiber bead on it with magnetic base,it works but i,d rather have a better solution for the long term,as this is primarily my waterfowl gun,but it will see the woods this spring!.....good luck and good hunting,ward

[joshb311]

They told me that it would take a month to get my barrel back as well. Actually only took about two weeks. Hope its the same for you. I thought their customer service was great a well.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that this will be the case for me. I stopped by the gunsmith on the way into town just to have him confirm for me. The choke threads were definitely tapped off of center. Quite a significant amount, actually. I didn't notate the exact amount, but it was definitely substantial. 

I wrapped up the barrel and dropped it at FedEx today. Knocking on wood and doing a little dance in hopes that I'll see her back before I know it.