When people talk about new products or new product models, one thing that you never hear is, “It’s just too good.” At least not in a literal meaning.
After all, what does that really mean? It’s too good compared to what? What is it too good for? Does that mean that it’s high class and snooty and won’t go on a date with me (I love guns, but I’ll stick with dating my wife, thank you)? Does that mean that it looks down on certain kinds of activities that it could be used for?
It’s just a strange way to describe something, especially a gun.
But that’s exactly what one reviewer, Colion Noir, said about Benelli’s M2-G1 shotgun.
Now, to be very clear, the M2-G1 isn’t the M2 with a few cosmetic add-ons. It is a different animal. To give you some details, Mitchell Graf writes,
The Benelli M2-G1 brings a new rear piston-operated gas system to a hard-use tactical shotgun. I fed it cheap birdshot, rusty water-damaged shells, suppressed strings, and rapid fire, and several hundred rounds later it still had not malfunctioned.
That short paragraph gives a really strong endorsement of this shotgun. That’s not to say that it’s “perfect,” though (I’m not sure that any gun could ever be absolutely “perfect” in every way for every situation). For example, Graf has these things that he didn’t like about the M2-G1:
Pistol grip angle [on the pistol grip model] is steeper than I prefer, collapsible stock geometry changes cheek weld between positions, the supplied modified choke is not my first choice for a defensive shotgun expected to fire slugs, and a forward sling position can punish the support hand depending on grip placement.
But Graf also said these positive things about this shotgun:
Zero malfunctions over several hundred rounds, reliable with bargain and water-damaged ammunition, clean-running R.P.O. gas system, flat recoil impulse, excellent heat management, fast oversized controls, useful M-LOK mounting space, steel QD sockets, smooth loading geometry, and comfortable suppressed shooting.
Is this shotgun the right one for you? That obviously depends on what you’re looking for in a shotgun (and if you have the street price of $1,700-$1,800, depending on the options that you get, for this gun).
But if you need a little more information and want to see the M2-G1 during some range time, you can watch Colion Noir’s video about it below, where he also explains why he thinks that the M2-G1 may be “too good” (spoiler: It’s because it shoots so well and in many ways so similarly to the Benelli M4 that he has trouble deciding which he prefers).
