Benelli Lupo 300WM

[kooz]

I recently acquired one of these rifles in 300wm in a trade deal . The gun came to me NIB , unfired . Thought that I would hate this gun and move it down the road pretty quickly.....But , the gun fits me very good , slender stock, feels good, has sort of a Win Featherweight feel to it . It is neither heavy nor lite. weighs 7lbs bare . Feels plasticy , but not in a cheap way . The recoil reduction feature works well , feels like shooting a 3006 . Very nice trigger , 2lbs at lowest setting, I adjusted mine up a bit as the lowest setting was a little lite for me . I have had it out to the range twice , first time with factory ammo , 180gr Barnes, 150gr Norma , 180gr Federal premium Swift II . All three loads under MOA , Normas would do .5 and the other two .75-.9 . Very easy to shoot off the bench , so much so that I didn't bother to screw on the suppressor that I had brought with me . Second trip to range I brought some handloads using H4831sc and 180gr Accubonds , all 5 shot groups and were between .5-.8" at 100yds . I really didn't expect much from this gun , looks a bit weird, not made in USA and is sort of plasticy.......but it fits and shoots great .

[bigbrowndog]

It was designed to be a direct competitor to the Tikka, ironic since Beretta owns both companies. They are neat rifles, that should do well but are little known.

Trapr

[woody]

As you stated they are a little odd looking and do feel cheap but I’ve heard they shoot extremely well like yours. I work at Bass Pro Shop and we can’t give them away. literally. We had them on sale marked down about $400 and the only ones we could sell were to DU for dinner guns. I think they probably are looking for the die hard Benelli shotgun guys as a market.

Now Tikka’s we sell a lot of them and the shoot just as good and feel more like “traditional” rifle if that applies? One is on my list for my next purchase for a rifle.

[cas]

Oct 1, 2023 16:53:25 GMT -5 woody said:

As you stated they are a little odd looking and do feel cheap but I’ve heard they shoot extremely well like yours. I work at Bass Pro Shop and we can’t give them away. literally. We had them on sale marked down about $400 and the only ones we could sell were to DU for dinner guns. I think they probably are looking for the die hard Benelli shotgun guys as a market.

That was my expectation. When I first saw them I thought "Man that sure is ugly! But there's a whole lot about them that I like. I won't buy one new, but if I run across one used, or someone blowing them out , maybe."