I scrapped plans to buy a classy Czech rifle to buy this:
A Benelli MR1. I have wanted an EBR for a while but the AR platform is not my thing, the SCAR is silly expensive, and most other EBRs do nothing at all for me. Add in the fact that I like wood, steel, history, and oddities and the plastic fantastics are put on the back burner in my priorities.
When my favorite weapons maker (Beretta) decides to take a wildly successful shotgun (Benelli’s wonderful M4) and turn it into a carbine that feeds from STANAGs, my curiosity piques. When the Benelli-made version pops up at a very reasonable price, I am willing to buy the wonky thing on the spot.
Butch Cassidy
neoconhawk
You’re right, that is weird.
And cool.
Too bad it’s not in .308 (you knew I had to say it).
I may have issues with 5.56 as a general issue service round, but it does do the job and is fun to plink around with.
If Benelli makes one of these in 308, 280, or the like, I would be all over it, however.
Yeah, completely agree, but, as I said before, just had to say it.
BTW, it’s pretty slick how WP keeps track of what you’ve commented on so you don’t have to keep clicking back to the original post.