Benelli super sport story
I've been shooting sporting clays with a Stevens sxs made by Baikal for a few years. About 5 months ago, my pastor introduced me to the skeet game. We shoot weekly as a way to keep my mind off the cancer fight I'm in currently. So my wife who lives in Manning while I continue to work and get my cancer treatment up here in Chantilly, Va. decided all by herself I needed a new shotgun to shoot skeet. She has bought me a shotgun and rifle before when we lived in North Dakota. Unbeknownst to me, my wife decided the new shotgun to purchase for me would be a Benelli super sport. Needless to say when my daughter transported the shotgun up here for my wife, I was shocked and surprised. Well putting that gun in my hands is like giving a 16 year old boy a brand new corvette; the tool is better than the skills of the operator. Yesterday, the pastor and I were shooting skeet at Isaac Walton with a couple gentlemen who we didn't know. One of the guys was shooting a Krieghoff K80, and he proceeded to go 25/25 in the first round, needless to say I did not shoot well. On the second round at station 3, one of the K-80 gentlemen asked I minded if he shot my Benelli, I handed the shotgun and let him fire away. Well that started a storm, the other 4 gentlemen with in the group asked if they could shoot a station with the Benelli, and I obliged. After we finished both rounds, the gentlemen shooting the Krieghoff walked up and asked if could hold the shotgun again before I cleaned and broke it down. I was no hurry so I said sure. Well, after he held it, he took a picture of the gun which piqued my interest. I asked him why he was taking the picture to which he replied with well I am going to purchase one for myself. My country self couldnt hold my tongue, and I blurted out, you're shooting a 10K shotgun why do you want a Benelli. His answer shocked me. You can never have enough fine shooting shotguns.
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