EDITOR’S VERDICT

If you are a wildfowler you will love this gun. Everything about it is designed for the sport, and I particularly liked the mattblack finish on the barrel because water ran off it like fat in a non-stick frying pan. At almost £2,000, it is expensive for a semiauto, but this gun is superbly engineered and you can see why a Benelli is considered the ultimate semi-auto. I would say it’s money well spent as this gun would be a companion on the marsh for many years.