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Still, the firearm and camo skin are solid, and I have no problem tossing this thing in the back of truck, banging it around a duck boat, or weathering snow with it in a cold 20-degree shooting blind. The lines, to me, are functional without the pretext of being classy or sexy. I won’t even dare to call this a sleek, nimble, wieldy, or svelte gun. There’s nothing very small or compact about the Nova. But the darn thing has grown on me, and I keep it as my go-to or backup shotgun for range trips and hunts. I did notice a bit of an added recoil with some of my extended chokes, but it’s not unpleasant.Īt first glance, I kind of thought this gun looked a bit like a long-nosed pig of a shotgun. Even the slightly heavier trigger pull lends itself to shooting with a gloved hand. Recoil is manageable, and follow-up shots are quick. Though, when limited to three shots, I opted as often as ammo would allow to load 3.5-inch shells. For capacity-limited hunts that require no more than three shells in the gun, I found the Benelli Nova plug offered just the right margins to run 2+1 for shells ranging from 2 3/4, 3, and 3.5 inches. The gun holds 4+1 for 2 3/4 and 3-inch shells and 3+1 for those who want to buck it up to 3.5-inch shells.
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I’ve added some additional specs for my personal Nova below: Rearward safeties are very common, but I am a sucker for forward or tang safeties from an ergonomics perspective and considering I often shoot with gloved hands. A feature that is much to my particular liking is the safety located at the front of the trigger guard.