Plastic Trigger Group on Benelli

ksdjfdss · February 20, 2012, 05:54 PM

After owning several Benelli shotguns; I am still caught on the plastic trigger group trigger guard and other plastic components. Thoughts other than just "its light"?

Virginian · February 20, 2012, 07:49 PM

Anything Benelli does is innovative and fantastic. If Remington does the exact same thing, it is cheap. So sayeth the Italian Shotgun Mafia.

Jo6pak · February 20, 2012, 07:58 PM

I think we should try to remoce ourselves from the belief that "palstic" equals "cheap." This is not the same plastic that toys ar made form.

These polymers are less expensive to produce; and usually just as durable, if not more durable than there metal counterparts.

Plastic is not a four letter word.

asm3686 · February 20, 2012, 10:21 PM

id have to agree most people hear plastic and they automatically think cheap. there is nothing about my supernova that feels cheap. it felt more solid than a good ole 870 IMO

arizona98tj · February 20, 2012, 10:57 PM

Yeah....those pesky little plastic shotgun shells with their little plastic shot cups.

johnbt · February 21, 2012, 09:37 AM

Plastic hulls and wads = litter, a blight on the landscape.

I like polymer trigger guards because wet hands won't stick to them like they do to frozen metal.

Dave McC · February 21, 2012, 02:30 PM

Plastic is a legitimate material. Some are stronger than equivalent pieces of steel.

A decade or so ago here I did a survey on plastic parts. The question was if anyone had a plastic part break on a shotgun, including those TGs.

Outside of Mossberg 500 safety buttons and the mag feed throats on Winchester 1200s, nope.

February 20, 2012, 05:54 PM	#1
ksdjfdss Junior Member Join Date: February 20, 2012 Posts: 3	Plastic Trigger Group on Benelli After owning several Benelli shotguns; I am still caught on the plastic trigger group trigger guard and other plastic components. Thoughts other than just "its light"?

February 20, 2012, 07:58 PM	#3
Jo6pak Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2010 Location: West Coast...of WI Posts: 1,663	I think we should try to remoce ourselves from the belief that "palstic" equals "cheap." This is not the same plastic that toys ar made form. These polymers are less expensive to produce; and usually just as durable, if not more durable than there metal counterparts. Plastic is not a four letter word. __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF contributor.

February 20, 2012, 10:57 PM	#5
arizona98tj Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 980	Yeah....those pesky little plastic shotgun shells with their little plastic shot cups. __________________ stu-offroad.com Largest Jeep TJ project site on the web! (now with guns)

February 20, 2012, 07:49 PM	#2
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	Anything Benelli does is innovative and fantastic. If Remington does the exact same thing, it is cheap. So sayeth the Italian Shotgun Mafia.

February 20, 2012, 10:21 PM	#4
asm3686 Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Carterville IL Posts: 115	id have to agree most people hear plastic and they automatically think cheap. there is nothing about my supernova that feels cheap. it felt more solid than a good ole 870 IMO

February 21, 2012, 09:37 AM	#6
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	Plastic hulls and wads = litter, a blight on the landscape. I like polymer trigger guards because wet hands won't stick to them like they do to frozen metal.

February 21, 2012, 02:30 PM	#7
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Plastic is a legitimate material. Some are stronger than equivalent pieces of steel. A decade or so ago here I did a survey on plastic parts. The question was if anyone had a plastic part break on a shotgun, including those TGs. Outside of Mossberg 500 safety buttons and the mag feed throats on Winchester 1200s, nope.