{"id":61641,"date":"2016-08-04T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=61641"},"modified":"2025-11-12T05:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:21:30","slug":"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_61642\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos_Shooting.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61642\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61642\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos_Shooting.jpg\" alt=\"The Benelli Ethos gives shooters Benelli quality and refined features, and all at a reasonable price point. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos_Shooting.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos_Shooting-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos_Shooting-400x230.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos_Shooting-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Benelli Ethos gives shooters Benelli quality and refined features, and all at a reasonable price point.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/\" campaign=\"BenelliEthos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">https:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase a Benelli Ethos on GunsAmerica.com, click this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?T=benelli%20ethos\" campaign=\"BenelliEthos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?T=benelli%20ethos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can always tell how nice a gun is by the way the staff at my FFL, Chesapeake Gun &amp; Pawn, react when I walk in the door to pick it up. This time, I didn\u2019t even need to go to the store to know. When one of the girls called me to inform me it was ready for pick up, she was already gushing about how beautiful the gun was and jokingly suggesting she wasn\u2019t going to let me have it so she and the rest of the staff could take it out for a round of clays. That gun was the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/ethos-shotgun\" campaign=\"BenelliEthos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Benelli Ethos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I got more of the same when I showed up at the store. When I told the young lady behind the counter I was there to pick up the Ethos under my name, Heather Cole, another associate at the store, immediately responded about how struck she was by the shotgun\u2019s finish and styling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61648\" style=\"width: 1985px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61648\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61648\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver.png\" alt=\"The Benelli Ethos is offered with the option of an anodized receiver that brings the MSRP to $1,999.\" width=\"1975\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver.png 1975w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver-150x44.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver-400x118.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Anodized-Receiver-1024x301.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1975px) 100vw, 1975px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Benelli Ethos is offered with the option of an anodized receiver that brings the MSRP to $1,999. <em>Image courtesy Benelli.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_61649\" style=\"width: 1988px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61649\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61649\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver.png\" alt=\"The Ethos is also offered with a nickel-plated and engraved receiver, bringing the MSRP to $2,199.\" width=\"1978\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver.png 1978w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver-150x49.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver-400x131.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-12-ga-Nickel-Plated-Receiver-1024x334.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ethos is also offered with a nickel-plated and engraved receiver, bringing the MSRP to $2,199. <em>Image courtesy Benelli.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would love to take that one out to the range,\u201d the avid shooter said. \u201cIt\u2019s just gorgeous. I bet it handles great.\u201d I promised when I got done with reviewing it for this article, I would bring the shotgun back and allow her and anyone else there interested to shoot it. Oh, and Heather, it does handle as great as it looks.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who appreciates performance, for anyone who appreciates beauty, for anyone who appreciates quality, for anyone who appreciates value, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/brand\/benelli\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\">Benelli<\/a> has done what many companies have attempted but just couldn\u2019t quite achieve\u2014they \u2018ve figured out how to bring truly high-end features to a firearm the average man or woman can afford. And that my friend, is no small feat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61661\" style=\"width: 148px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/full-width-vgrip-2-e1470323622263.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61661\" class=\" wp-image-61661\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/full-width-vgrip-2-e1470323622263-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ethos barrels feature the Crio System that freezes the barrels to -300\u00b0 F to relieve the stresses from hammer forging.\" width=\"138\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/full-width-vgrip-2-e1470323622263-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/full-width-vgrip-2-e1470323622263-75x150.jpg 75w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/full-width-vgrip-2-e1470323622263.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethos barrels and chokes feature the Crio System that freezes them to -300\u00b0 F to relieve the stresses from hammer forging and increase pattern density. <em>Image courtesy Benelli.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>SPECS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chambering:<\/strong> 12 ga., 3-inch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barrel:<\/strong> 28 inches<\/li>\n<li><strong>OA Length:<\/strong> 49\u00bd inches<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 6\u00bd pounds<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stock:<\/strong> AA-grade engraved satin walnut<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sights:<\/strong> Red bar fiber-optic front, metal bead mid-sight<\/li>\n<li><strong>Action:<\/strong> Semi-auto<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> Engraved nickel-plated receiver, cryogenically treated blued barrel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity:<\/strong> 4+1<\/li>\n<li><strong>MSRP: $2,199 ($1,999 with anodized receiver)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Art Meets Function<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ethos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=what+is+meaning+of+ethos&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8#q=ethos+definition\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\">means<\/a> \u201cthe characteristic spirit of a culture, era, community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.\u201d And when Benelli introduced the Ethos, they definitely captured in it the boldest culmination of their many years of refined gun design and technological advancements. This shotgun is the sum total of today\u2019s top firearms engineering aspirations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61651\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61651\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61651\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail.jpg\" alt=\"The Benelli Ethos employs the company's Inertia Driven System of operation that provides shooters with a clean-running and ultra-reliable action.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail-400x205.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ETHOS-Engraved-ReceiverDetail-1024x524.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Benelli Ethos employs the company&#8217;s Inertia Driven System of operation that provides shooters with a clean-running and ultra-reliable action. <em>Image courtesy Benelli.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the action, which mimics the simplicity and smooth-operation of the company\u2019s redefining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/vinci-shotgun\" campaign=\"BenelliEthosVinci\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Vinci<\/a> and utilizes Benelli\u2019s long-proven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/inertia-driven-system\" campaign=\"BenelliEthosInertia\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Inertia Driven<\/a> System. Again, simplicity in design as well as function are key to the Inertia Driven System, which is made up of only three key parts: The bolt body, the inertia spring and a rotating bolt head. Fewer parts usually equals less mass, which also translates into a quicker return to battery for a lightning-fast operating system. It doesn\u2019t require heavy, tight springs common to recoil-operated systems, nor a need to cycle gas, smoke and burnt powder back into the gun for cycling like gas-operated systems do. The result is a cleaner-shooting, rapid-cycling shotgun no matter how many shots are fired.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61643\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61643\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61643\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The recoil-operated system of the Ethos does not feature heavy and tight springs, making for an easy to cycle action.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Action-Closed.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The recoil-operated system of the Ethos does not feature heavy and tight springs, making for an easy to cycle action.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The system offers additional benefits as well. With no heavy springs, gas cylinder or action-bar linkage needed beneath the forend, the shotgun is lighter than a typical 12 gauge, tipping the scales at a mere 6\u00bd pounds, and balances like a custom clays gun to boot. The forend is also slimmer than what is common to most <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=12-gauge-sized%20shotguns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\">12-gauge-sized shotguns<\/a> for a more comfortable fit and surer grip in the hand. Think nimble 20-gauge weight and handling able to deliver a 12-gauge-sized payload and downrange patterning, and you get the gist of it.<\/p>\n<p>It is also capable of cycling some of the lightest field loads and hardest hitting magnum loads without switching a thing. In running more than 100 rounds through the action and barrel, I didn\u2019t have a single shot hang-up or hesitate.<\/p>\n<p>Every aspect of the Ethos is designed to improve performance. Barrels and choke tubes are treated with Benelli\u2019s patented Crio System, a method for cryogenically freezing barrels at -300 degrees Fahrenheit during the manufacturing phase. Freezing relieves stresses placed on the steel that can be caused during the hammer-forging process. The result creates a smoother, more uniform surface for reduced friction on shot and wads traveling down the barrel. Like the barrel, shot patterns are more uniform as they leave the muzzle for a more even spread across the target and often translates into tighter patterns as well depending on the choke used. The Ethos comes with five choke tubes\u2014cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, improved modified and full.<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61650\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-Drop-Lever-Trigger-Guard.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61650\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61650\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-Drop-Lever-Trigger-Guard-400x262.png\" alt=\"The controls of the shotgun are simple and straightforward. Note the dramatically shaped trigger guard.\" width=\"400\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-Drop-Lever-Trigger-Guard-400x262.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-Drop-Lever-Trigger-Guard-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ethos-Drop-Lever-Trigger-Guard.png 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The controls of the shotgun are simple and straightforward. Note the dramatically shaped trigger guard. <em>Image courtesy Benelli.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half]<\/p>\n<p>[one_half_last]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61644\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anti-Seize-Mag-Cap.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61644\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61644\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anti-Seize-Mag-Cap-375x300.png\" alt=\"The Ethos sports an anti-seize mag cap, knurled for easy gripping and outfitted with a special integral bushing to prevent it from binding. \" width=\"375\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anti-Seize-Mag-Cap-375x300.png 375w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anti-Seize-Mag-Cap-150x120.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anti-Seize-Mag-Cap.png 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ethos sports an anti-seize mag cap, knurled for easy gripping and outfitted with a special integral bushing to prevent it from binding. <em>Image courtesy Benelli.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>The gun assembles securely using an anti-seize mag cap, knurled for easy gripping and outfitted with a special integral bushing to prevent it from binding. It screws easily onto a single threaded rod instead of needing to be screwed onto a tube like most shotguns. Disassembling the gun is easy by simply unscrewing the cap and sliding it and the narrow forend free of the receiver. The barrel then slides right out. Again, there are no gaskets, seals, springs or anything else you need to worry about falling free when you separate the barrel from the receiver.<\/p>\n<p>The oversized trigger guard protects a gold colored trigger and provides ample room for shooting with gloves. The long angled front side of the guard slopes gently toward the cartridge drop lever where shells are fed into the magazine for easy reloading, even when keeping your eyes on targets out in the field.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61658\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61658\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61658\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The Ethos stock features the Progressive Comfort recoil reduction system. It employs interlocking rubberized buffers of varying elasticity inside the stock. \" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stock.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ethos stock features the Progressive Comfort recoil reduction system. It employs interlocking rubberized buffers of varying elasticity inside the stock.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A lighter gun, while nice for swinging on target and toting in the field, can also translate into a bigger punch on the shoulder end of recoil generated by firing heavy 12-gauge shells (and for some shooters, any 12-gauge shell). Weight tends to dampen vibration as there is more mass for it to travel through. But Benelli engineers considered that and have come up with what feels like a game-changing solution. In addition to a soft, rubberized comb that mitigates vibrations traveling up through the stock to the cheek, the rear of the Ethos stock features the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/progressive-comfort\" campaign=\"BenelliEthosProgressiveComfort\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Progressive Comfort<\/a> recoil reduction system. The system employs interlocking rubberized buffers of varying elasticity inside the rear of the wood. When a shot is fired and the recoil travels toward the shoulder, depending on the load fired, the vibration is radically dampened. During test firing at targets, I don\u2019t actually recall noticing any recoil, even when firing hard-thumping Winchester Blind Side waterfowl loads while wearing just a t-shirt. Maybe I was too caught up on how simply beautiful the gun performed and looked.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Functional Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Coming into the shooting game as a hunter first, the firearm, to me, has always been more of a means to an end\u2026a highly effective tool used to help me achieve my goal. But if it works well and looks nice doing the job, all the better. And this gun looks nice; real nice. In fact, it\u2019s reminiscent of a fine custom-made or configured shotgun, something the folks in Benelli\u2019s Performance Shop know a thing or two about.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61655\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61655\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61655\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The Ethos features an interchangeable fiber optic sight system with three colors (red, green and yellow). It requires no tools to switch.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Red-Bar-Front-Sight.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ethos features an interchangeable fiber optic sight system with three colors (red, green and yellow). It requires no tools to switch.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My test gun, like all Ethos variants, came with a beautifully satin finished AA-grade walnut stock and forend. AA-grade woods are high quality woods, typically with 50 percent of figure. Figure is the amount of grain design consistent throughout the surface of the wood. The wood was smooth, almost silky, to the touch and boasted textured checkering at the pistol grip and along the bottom of the forend, which also had a contoured rib running lengthwise for improved grip.<\/p>\n<p>The barrel with its raised vent rib was luxuriously blued for a flawless shiny black finish and served as a sharp accent to the nickel-plated receiver, complete with a refined engraved surface and mirror-finished bolt. The recoil pads integrated into the stock are black and pair nicely with the attractive grain in the walnut.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the fit of the various components of the shotgun, there were no gaps between the stock and the receiver nor loose play in the forend when attached to the receiver and barrel. The barrel locks firmly into the receiver with zero space between the abutted steel and again, not even the slightest hint of wiggle, which can occur in the sometimes imperfect joining of a barrel made to be removed from its receiver for cleaning or packing into a hard gun case. It was truly the most beautiful shotgun I\u2019ve fired since shooting sister company Beretta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beretta.com\/en-us\/dt11\/\" campaign=\"BenelliEthosBerettaDT11\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">DT11<\/a> upon its introduction four years ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61645\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61645\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61645\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes-400x274.jpg\" alt=\"The Ethos comes with five choke tubes\u2014cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, improved modified and full.\" width=\"400\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes-400x274.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Choke-Tubes.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ethos comes with five choke tubes total\u2014cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, improved modified and full.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I guess I\u2019ve always been a sucker for beautiful things \u2026 even when I can\u2019t afford them. Of course, unlike the over\/under DT11, which retails for upward of $11,000, the Ethos, despite its custom-grade construction and features, at $2,199. Don\u2019t mind foregoing the nickel-plated receiver for an anodized one? Then you can slip in at right under the $2K mark for a cool $1,999. When you figure a Vinci or Super Black Eagle II will set you back around $1,500 to $1,600, a gun of this quality and Benelli\u2019s impeccable pedigree for just a few hundred dollars more is phenomenal value.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethos is available in seven variations. The 12-gauge nickel-plated receiver with a 28-inch or 26-inch barrel, a 12-gauge anodized receiver with the same barrel lengths (all 12-gauge models are chambered to accommodate 3-inch and 2\u00be-inch shells), a 20-gauge model with nickel-plated or anodized receivers and the option of 28-inch or 26-inch barrels and new for this year, an incredibly nimble (and light at 5.3 pounds) 28-gauge model with an engraved nickel-plated receiver and 26-inch barrel.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>At the Farm<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I grew up hunting with shotguns, though at the time it was mostly for small game\u2014rabbits and squirrels\u2014and whitetail deer and the occasional duck. That soon grew to include turkeys. In all of these environments where thick woods and southeastern cutovers dominate, briars and devil\u2019s walking sticks are a constant threat to a shotgun\u2019s finish; especially the stock. Quite often, I hunted with good, but still somewhat worn shotguns. An extra scratch simply gave them character.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61653\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61653\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61653\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The author found the Ethos to be easy to operate and a pleasure to shoot.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Loading.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author found the Ethos to be easy to operate and a pleasure to shoot.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ethos has enough character and while I have no doubt it would perform admirably in thick cover hunting situations, there is no way I would carry this thing anywhere near a tangle of briars. That would just be disrespectful. Where this gun is designed to flourish is on the clays course, the skeet or trap range and the open or crop-filled fields where pheasants, quail or even dove are apt to fly by. Give it a shot on some ducks and geese too, but whether journeying by boat or simply setting up in a cold, muddy blind, take a good soft-sided (and padded) case to protect that finish.<\/p>\n<p>I tried shots through several of the different choke tubes before settling on an improved modified to provide an apples-to-apples comparison of various loads to see how they patterned. I went with a 25-yard range, which seemed like a good average range for many shots I\u2019ve encountered with feathered game over the years.<\/p>\n<p>[one_third]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-04-at-11.40.02-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61669\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-04-at-11.40.02-AM-278x300.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-04 at 11.40.02 AM\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-04-at-11.40.02-AM-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-04-at-11.40.02-AM-139x150.png 139w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-04-at-11.40.02-AM.png 731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a>[\/one_third]<\/p>\n<p>[two_third_last]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61660\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Benelli Ethos Test Loads\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Test-Loads.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>[\/two_third_last]<\/p>\n<p>To test the Ethos, I fired 12-gauge, 2\u00be-inch Winchester Super Speed Game Loads with 7\/8 ounces of No. 7\u00bd shot, Federal Premium Target Loads (12-gauge, 2\u00be-inch as well) filled with 1 ounce of No. 7\u00bd shot and, to try the opposite end of the recoil and shot size spectrum, Winchester Blind Side waterfowl loads. The 3-inch hulls were packed with 1 3\/8 ounces of hexahedron BB-sized shot. See the chart below for results:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61652\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"benelli-ethos-custom-grade-12-gauge-affordable-price\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61652\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61652\" title=\"Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. Full Review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The author found that the 12-gauge Ethos was light enough recoiling that young shooters could use it.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Light-Recoiling-for-Small-Shooters.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author found that the 12-gauge Ethos was light enough recoiling that young shooters could use it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the Ethos, Benelli has built a shotgun that combines the best of Old World craftsmanship with a lengthy list of modern innovations and technology, a combination we would typically suggest was reserved for the wealthier shooters, hunters and collectors among us. However, with a price point hovering right at the $2,000-mark, it\u2019s a gun that remains within the very real grasp of even the most working-class sportsman\u2019s paycheck, even if it might take two or three of those checks to make the gun a part of his collection. Take a look. I am sure you will be as impressed with it as I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benelli has done with the Ethos what many companies have attempted but just couldn\u2019t quite achieve\u2014they \u2018ve figured out how to bring truly high-end features to a firearm the average man or woman can afford. And that my friend, is no small feat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":61651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1220,7,748,1222,18,694,4321,1217,864,1229,46,38,1],"tags":[165,528,132,102,108,116,610],"featured":[],"hunt365":[4089],"class_list":{"0":"post-61641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-huntgear","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-doug-howlett","10":"category-firearms","11":"category-hunting","12":"category-gun-reviews","13":"category-guns","14":"category-hunt365","15":"category-semi-auto-shotguns","16":"category-shotgun-firearms","17":"category-shotguns-hunting","18":"category-gun-reviews-shotguns","19":"category-uncategorized","20":"tag-12-ga","21":"tag-benelli","22":"tag-buzz","23":"tag-feature-articles","24":"tag-guns","25":"tag-hunting-2","26":"tag-reviews-shotguns","27":"hunt365-hunting"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benelli Ethos: Custom-Grade 12 Gauge at an Affordable Price. 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