Benelli Silver Featherweight vs. Ethos

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Looking at grabbing either one of these guns in a 20 gauge. The Silver Featherweight would come in a 24" bbl and the ethos in a 26". Curious any thoughts from people who have shot or handled both?
 
I’ve handled an ethos is 12 ga. I prefer the SBE3 in 20 ga. Ethos is nice if you want wood, but I thought the SBE 3 balanced and shouldered better for me.
 
I should clarify I would be using this gun for upland (mainly pheasants) with a little bit of trap shooting
 
I am biased as I own both 12 and 20 ga Silver Featherweights. I went to South Dakota with my 20 and decided the late season birds need more ounces of shot to down them. And sometimes, you need three shots to down the bird. The guns are very light and their recoils from 3 inch shot are mild when using an aftermarket recoil butt pad such as the ones from Falcon Strike.
 
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westksbowhunter said:
I would get the Montefeltro Ultra Light over the silver or the ethos. More modern technology and a much slimmer feel.
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I have one of these and it kicks hard. I am going to try and figure out a way to put a better recoil pad on it but try to keep the LOP the same or close to the same.
 
Roy B said:
I have one of these and it kicks hard. I am going to try and figure out a way to put a better recoil pad on it but try to keep the LOP the same or close to the same.
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Do you have the new version of the Ultra Light or the old one? Is yours a 20 or a 12?
 
I'm thinking it may be the older version but I'm not completely sure. It's a 12 gauge and it kicks hard. I love the light weight but hate the recoil.
 
Roy B said:
I'm thinking it may be the older version but I'm not completely sure. It's a 12 gauge and it kicks hard. I love the light weight but hate the recoil.
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Well if you have not bought it within the last 2 years then it's the older version. The thread is about a 20 gauge so of course a 12 will have some thump. A 20 gauge auto is going to be soft shooting. All my 20 gauge auto Benelli's are like BB guns with any shells.
 
westksbowhunter said:
Well if you have not bought it within the last 2 years then it's the older version. The thread is about a 20 gauge so of course a 12 will have some thump. A 20 gauge auto is going to be soft shooting. All my 20 gauge auto Benelli's are like BB guns with any shells.
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Yeah I have a franchi affinity 20 and it is a pleasure to carry and shoot.
 
I’ve been looking at the featherweight 20 for a while but ended up going with a citori feather lightning 20 last year been shooting it great and loving it. But I stopped by a local gun store yesterday and they happen to have the featherweight 20 in stock to check out. It’s a sporty looking gun and liked the way it felt. Planning on going back tomorrow to get it. I think it’ll be a nice gun for sure.
 
I have the older generation Benelli Ultralights in both 20 and 12. Both are light and I like to carry them but I don’t like looking for empties they spew all over. I shot them both pretty well and when shooting “normal” loads I didn’t think they recoiled any worse than anything else.
I did shoot a couple 3” heavy loads through the 12 ga once that pushed me pretty hard. If I remember correctly, the BUL’s only had 24” barrels but were about the same overall lenght as a 27” SxS so it wasn’t terribly short.
 
airmedic1 said:
I have the older generation Benelli Ultralights in both 20 and 12. Both are light and I like to carry them but I don’t like looking for empties they spew all over. I shot them both pretty well and when shooting “normal” loads I didn’t think they recoiled any worse than anything else.
I did shoot a couple 3” heavy loads through the 12 ga once that pushed me pretty hard. If I remember correctly, the BUL’s only had 24” barrels but were about the same overall lenght as a 27” SxS so it wasn’t terribly short.
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24 on the 20 gauge and 26 on the 12 gauge. The new generation UL feels much slimmer than the old UL.
 
I'm familiar with most of the aforementioned benelli's. I really like the montefeltro silver featherweight in 12 ga but find the 20/24" too light and whippy for me. I carry the 12 for pheasant only hunts. I also have a montefeltro silver 20/26. The montefeltro silver's are my favorite looking with the silver receiver and gold inlay.I started this season using a ethos field 20/26 for quail and mixed bag hunts. It was fine but I found myself desiring a higher rib. Mid season I made a switch and I got a ethos supersport 20/28 and absolutely love it. I've been shooting it really good and balance, swing, and rib height is more accommodating to me. It is ported but that doesn't bother me. That may be a deal breaker for some
 
uplandokie said:
I'm familiar with most of the aforementioned benelli's. I really like the montefeltro silver featherweight in 12 ga but find the 20/24" too light and whippy for me. I carry the 12 for pheasant only hunts. I also have a montefeltro silver 20/26. The montefeltro silver's are my favorite looking with the silver receiver and gold inlay.I started this season using a ethos field 20/26 for quail and mixed bag hunts. It was fine but I found myself desiring a higher rib. Mid season I made a switch and I got a ethos supersport 20/28 and absolutely love it. I've been shooting it really good and balance, swing, and rib height is more accommodating to me. It is ported but that doesn't bother me. That may be a deal breaker for some
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The Monte silver featherweight is different from the Monte Ultra Light. The silver isn't offered in a 24 inch barrel anymore. Those were the old models.
 
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