{"id":72361,"date":"2017-04-07T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=72361"},"modified":"2017-04-07T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T20:59:32","slug":"making-best-even-better-benellis-new-super-black-eagle-3-full-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/making-best-even-better-benellis-new-super-black-eagle-3-full-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Best Even Better: Benelli\u2019s New Super Black Eagle 3 \u2013 Full Review."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twenty-six years after the introduction of the original Super Black Eagle by Benelli made waves among waterfowlers and shotgun fans in general, the company continues to set the standard for auto-loading shotguns with its third variant of the inertia-driven scattergun. When first introduced in 1992, the prevalent thought among waterfowlers was that pump-action shotguns were the only way to go. In conditions where freezing water, mud or the corrosive action of salt water could wreak havoc on the potential operation of an auto-loading action, the manual operation of the pump-gun was simply more reliable, since human hands could force the ejection of a shell after firing and there were fewer intricate (and presumably delicate) parts.<\/p>\n

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The new Super Black Eagle 3 from Benelli takes everything that makes the SBE great and makes it even better. Image courtesy of manufacturer.<\/p><\/div>\n

Chambered for the increasingly popular 3\u00bd-inch magnum shotshells of the time and operating near flawlessly in countless harsh environments with every size shell you could throw at it, the Super Black Eagle came to reshape the pump-action versus auto-loading argument for waterfowl guns. Today, while pump actions still hold a rightful place among many waterfowlers, more blinds, boats and pits now shelter hunters clutching fast-cycling semi-autos, Benelli or otherwise. This is certainly the case wherever I have traveled and hunted.<\/p>\n

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In recognition that this shotgun will be used in frigid conditions, it features an oversized bolt handle, oversized bolt release, oversized safety button and larger trigger guard for gloved hands. Image courtesy of manufacturer.<\/p><\/div>\n

Make no mistake, however, the Benelli\u2019s Super Black Eagle remains at the pinnacle and indeed, there are still quite a few of those first variants still in use on ducks, geese, turkey, dove and even deer. More so in use is the Super Black Eagle II, which came along some years later with a level of design refinements over the original that only built on the line\u2019s legacy. Now, in 2017, the famed Italian gunmaker, brings us the Super Black Eagle 3<\/a> (now denoted with an Arabic numeral rather than the Roman one) with another level of refinements designed to make this shotgun even more utilitarian than it already was\u2014particularly for waterfowlers, if you can imagine that.<\/p>\n

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