r/canadaguns • u/GreenCactus223 • 10d ago

Buy recommendations Thoughts on Benelli Nova 20GA 26"

Hello,

Looking for a 20ga 26" shotgun for grouse and maybe even turkey. Came across this and wanted to get some thoughts on the benelli Nova. The price is right on budget.

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u/Ov3rReadKn1ght0wl 10d ago

Mine has taken a beating over the years and it works like a charm. The chamber isolation feature is super clutch as well for hunting applications. No complaints. It's definitely a buy once cry once purchase.

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u/GreenCactus223 10d ago

Tell me more about this chamber isolation feature. Is it just in case I dont want to load whats in the tube and switch to a different shell?

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u/Ov3rReadKn1ght0wl 9d ago

There's a button on the pump action that you can press down as you cycle it. What that does is activates the action without feeding a round in to the chamber letting you manually load a different shell on the quick or just leave the action open without feeding a round. Super useful.

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u/GreenCactus223 9d ago

When would I need to do this?

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u/Ov3rReadKn1ght0wl 9d ago

Say you are out hunting turkey when it's also waterfowl and deer season. You have all your tags and documents for all of these. Instead of a turkey, a deer comes along. You can now quickly cycle the action back to eject your turkey load, slide in your preferred deer shell of choice and bring the action forward again without feeding a round from the tube. That puts you in place to bag a deer quickly.

Or say you take a stumble and end up taking a core sample in your barrel. You can now open the action to isolate your magazine tube, eject your potentially fouled shell from the chamber and quickly inspect the fouling without having to worry about fully unloading the tube or risk having a shell get fouled up during inspection.

These are just some scenarios. It's a nice unique feature to the Nova line.

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u/GreenCactus223 8d ago

Ok thats cool, I like that.