Benelli Argo E camo APG - We are not a little repugnant to write that a rifle like the Benelli Argo is a tool for the achievement of an end: our collecting soul and the little knowledge gained in the repeated pleasant visits to the company rebel in a concordant and unified way against this term, but so much the matter lies precisely in these terms and Urbino designers have a soul (will smooth or striped be prevalent?) where class, style, innovation and even that thing called pragmatism coexist. We can well say that it is a luxury condominium given that the origins of the company spring from the land of the Montefeltro with all the beauty, yes with a capital letter, which we have managed to develop there and together there is that much Anglo-Saxon pragmatism of which the effects of running a business are known. In Italy i striped semi-autos they are used almost entirely in wild boar hunting where the ballistic performance of the system and the calibers that can be chambered in it offer fully reliable solutions, responding to precise technical and operational requirements.
In the broad proposal of the Benelli Argo the E Camo APG model has found a privileged place, specially designed for those who not only tread the very pleasant wooden boards of a roof terrace by placing the weapon carefully in one of the corners of the box to lift it with caution and attention when the fire arrives or of that lonely guy, all bristles and rind, with well-developed defenses and senses sharpened by repeated battles. Pam! Pam! A couple of shots if the first were not enough and the prey is there on the ground, the satisfaction buzzes around us like a cheering bumblebee and we are ready to put the rifle back in custody at the end of the hunted down by going to the car, strictly 4WD, which awaits us. . However, not all live in similar conditions: some, by choice or by necessity, the wild boars go to track them down together with the dogs and the treatment they reserve for themselves, their clothes, their rifle are a real battle with the territory, that whole. of stones, boulders, trees, thorns and thorns and what Mother Nature places in defense of its fauna and which opposes in every way the intruder, that is the hunter.
Benelli Argo E camo APG - The battle rifle
The shapes of this Benelli Argo E camo APG shotgun have been futuristic and have made school in the sense that the best and titled manufacturers have undertaken an aesthetic makeover of their products shortly after, following the path traced by theArgon. This way was based on ergonomics pushed to the highest levels and such as to create a symbiosis between the shapes and the user's body, favoring in every way the use and the achievement of the result. In this model, all external aspects have also been examined, those that must merge with the environment and offer the most tenacious resistance to the material insults of the external environment. The first evidence certainly lies in the stock, always made in two separate pieces of a particular synthetic material, covered with a specific film that blends perfectly with the environment: it is what the Americans call as real trees. Added to this are the details that favor the shot, and the repetition of the shot, dampening the energy of the shot: the Comfort Tech recoil pad with variable geometry and rubber inserts substantially relieves the impact on the shoulder, the replaceable Air Cell pads, three different thicknesses as for the Tecnogel nose pads, minimize the blows and vibrations induced to the cheekbone and head of the shooter. The latter also contribute to finding the right posture of the face and eye for the line of sight to which are added, with the same end, the plates to vary the fold and deviation of the stock. Finally, the grip areas rest on the aerodynamics of the small spheres with the Air Touch ™ patent thanks to which the hands do not sweat and the grip is always safe. The aims said easy aim make use of a short rib in carbon fiber from which the V of the rear sight is carved directly with the apposition of two points in translucent green fiber which are complementary to the red dot, of identical material, inserted on the adjustable front sight in drift and in elevation. Visibility is excellent in all light and background conditions.
Benelli Argo E camo APG - The mechanical parts
The castle obtained from an extruded Ergal is of the open-top type with the shape of a lying L on which a rounded lid in thick steel sheet fits. The operation with gas outlet located under the barrel sees a piston and a double impulsor that transmits the motion to the bolt carriage equipped with three rotating wings and closing mortises directly obtained in the breech of the barrel. This is only 51 cm long, mounted floating for better precision, and this measure is amply sufficient for the appropriate and necessary ballistics of the .30-06 Sprg. improves precision and durability characteristics. The single-trigger trigger package with release around 2.230 g is very accurate: note how the toughest tests devised by NATO have been overcome by lowering the trigger weight to 1500 g and then dropping the weapon on the concrete from a height of 150 cm: the shot does not start. The charger of the Benelli Argo E camo APG it is in drawn sheet metal with 4 or 5 cartridges is placed in front of the guard and a shaped button provides for the release. Note the opaque black surface of the metal parts obtained with particular thermochemical procedures that guarantee resistance to shocks, abrasions and joint assaults of humidity and shot residues: in short, the rifle needs to be cleaned, but here the trouble of seeing some is avoided. rust mark if you were not too timely and careless. The tests conducted at the Carrù shooting range where Giorgio Rosso is hosting us, have highlighted what was already imagined with results perfectly in line with expectations: more than adequate precision, ease of use in all conditions and that pleasantness to the shot that, using many cartridges, is remarks with great pleasure.
Technical sheet - Benelli Argo E camo APG
Manufacturer: Benelli Arms Spa via della stazione 50, 61029 Urbino (PU) - Tel. +39 0722 3071 - Fax +39 0722 307207 - www.benelli.it - [email protected]
Model: Argo E camo APT
Type: semi-automatic rifle with rifled barrel
CALIBRO: .30-06 Sprg. (alternatively: .308 Win.)
operation: gas intake under the barrel - short stroke piston
Castle: open in light alloy
canna: in cold hammered carbon steel with Criobarrel treatment - length 51 cm with four right-handed principles
Breech: semi-cylindrical breech sheath in hardened steel firmly connected to the barrel
Shutter: in treated and chromed steel - three fins on the head and rototranslating movement
Percussion: hammer with coil spring and floating firing pin inside the bolt
Supply: removable packet magazine of 4 cartridges (optional of 5)
Triggering device: assembly mounted in the castle - single-trigger direct type release
Extractor: nail inserted in the right wing of the shutter - orthogonal movement and internal spring
Ejector: elastic pawl in the bolt head
Line of sight: raised carbon half rib with green point-shaped rear sight - red fiber front sight on base adjustable in elevation and offset - alternatively adjustable rear sight - holes in the castle for attachment of a base for optical sights
Safety: two-position with striped button in the guard - locks the trigger
Stocking: in two pieces molded in polymer and with real tree film - Comfortech stock - pistol grip and shaped under barrel - grip fields with non-slip Air Touch effect - Tecnogel backplate (3 interchangeable) and Air Cell buttplate (3 interchangeable + plates to change the advantage and inclination)
Finishes: polished bluing of the barrel and breech sheath - anodizing of the castle - camo polymer stock real trees
Weight :: 3.450 g with 51 cm barrel (variations based on component tolerances)