Benelli lupo

[Dbecker6415]

Just curious on everyone’s experiences with the benelli lupo? Handled one a few weeks back and it sure felt great but haven’t heard a ton of feedback on them?

 

[Long84]

I picked one up in .300 Win Mag recently. Haven't gotten to shoot it much, just enough to get it on paper. Deer season runs out here in a couple of weeks. I'll be able put it through the wringer then.

 

[reynolds243]

Just curious on everyone’s experiences with the benelli lupo? Handled one a few weeks back and it sure felt great but haven’t heard a ton of feedback on them?

I recently wrote a review and opinion on mine on another site so Ill just post it below. I personally have loved the one I have in 6.5PRC. Fits me really well and shoots amazing. Has some flaws like all guns but Ive enjoyed shooting it as much as any rifle I have owned thus far (have owned a lot of them lol). Has shot a lot of factory options sub moa with .35 as my best and .87 as my worst so far. Im no sharpshooter to be clear, just enjoy shooting and have shot rifles for fun and hunting practices for 35years.
NOTE - I do shoot it suppressed though

Fit and Finish

I REALLY like the feel of the gun personally. It fits me REALLY well on the shoulder and I love the thinner forend that has slots your fingers just fall into. The gun is built on a chassi system so its more of a 2 piece stock with the barrel bedded to an alloy receiver which helps with accuracy and isn't impacted by elements. The stock itself is still a polymer stock so it has some flex to it but not as much as cheaper made ones and it being 2 different pieces adds to the stiffness. The recoil pad and benelli designed recoil system in the butt stock is really nice and seems to work really well, granted Im shooting it on a PRC suppressed so its not likes it a lot of recoil to start with.

Comes with shims to customize the fit to you, as well as it uses the same cheek mount inserts that their shotguns use so you can change them out to get more or less cheek rise pretty easy. I swapped mine to the MID rise comb.

One thing i DONT like is it has integrated sling mounts in the plastic. For a gun this price just seems they cheaped out vs putting steel studs in it or quick release mounts. Not a deal breaker but just one thing I found silly on their part

Bolt/Safety and Trigger

Bolt and 60 degree throw are very smooth. Not as glass like compared to my Bergara but it slides with ease with no slop or play in it. Easy to remove bolt and put back in with side release button. Its kinda hard to explain though, it feels great and smooth but for example if you open the bolt and point the gun up the bolt doesnt just slide down without a touch to get it moving, but when actually working it dry or after firing it feels really good.

Trigger on the gun is adjustable and I absolutely love it. Has good feel to it and zero creep, mine breaks easy around 2.5lbs. I catch myself here and there while shooting almost having the gun go off to soon because the trigger is so clean and light

Safety is a 2 stage tang safety but is raised so you can easily feel it and slide it up or down. Has a audible click in moving it as well. I prefer tang safeties and really like the raised part of it vs the sliding plastic ones I have on others.

Accuracy

Man this may be the best shooting rifle I have owned to date. Topped it with a Burris Veracity PH 3-15x44 and it just shoots lights out. Ran 140g Accubonds, 140g Remington Speer Impact, 143g Norma Bondstrikes down it so far and all 3 shot sub MOA groups with ease (all factory loads). Gun FOR SURE shoots better than I can shoot consistently at this point.