Benelli has been making the 828U for a few years. They announced a left hand opening gun last year and they are finally in the country. I ordered one for a customer and was pleased to find that they open easily and although the architecture is a bit unusual, it is supposed to be a technical innovation in several design aspects. The 28" guns are supposed to weight 6.5 pounds. This specimen weighed 6 lb 2 oz. Not bad for a 3" 12 GA. The drop and cast are adjustable. Drop is adjustable from 42mm to 65mm. The manual says cast is adjustable up to 6mm either way. The customer needed more, so I put two 6mm shims together and got it lined up perfectly for him. Other than the Blaser F3, I don't know of another production gun with left hand opening as an option. I wouldn't mind a 20GA in one of these. Probably they will add one in the future.
