Benelli SBE3 Compact Lede

New for 2024: Benelli SBE3 Compact Shotguns

For 2024, Benelli has expanded into the third generation Super Black Eagle (SBE) series with the SBE3 Compact.

Benelli Enhances SBE3 BE.S.T. Lineup with 28-Gauge Models

For 2023, Benelli has broadened the SBE 3 line by adding two new models in 28-gauge.

2022 Shotgun of the Year: Benelli SBE3 20-Gauge

The Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 20-Gauge is our 2022 Shotgun of the Year. 

Benelli Debuts New Super Black Eagle 3 Color Options

Benelli USA has added several color options to its Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 lineup, including new Cerakote and camo combinations for their 28-inch barrel shotguns with 12- and 20-gauge three-inch chambers.

New for 2022: Benelli SBE3 28-Gauge, 3-Inch

For 2022, Benelli raises the bar in the growing sub-gauge movement with the release of the 28-gauge Super Black Eagle 3, featuring a 3-inch chamber.

Hardware: Benelli SBE3 20-Gauge

The 20-gauge Super Black Eagle 3 offers hunters an ultra-lightweight gun for upland bird hunting that can also be used for turkeys and ducks without unduly punishing the shooter.

Guns and Gear for Snow Goose Hunting

Here are a few things to put into a snow goose rig to make it worthy of protecting the tundra.

Aleutians of Grandeur

In most areas they call them hurricane-force winds. On the edge of the Alaska Peninsula, sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and the Bearing Sea, 50-70 mph gusts are just part of another ducky day.

Hardware: Benelli Super Black Eagle 3

All things considered, the Benelli SBE 3 is a well-planned evolution of not just the SBE platform, but semi-automatic shotguns in general. The dominance of the pump gun is over, never to return.

Top New Shotguns for 2017

In no particular order, here are our picks for the best new shotguns of 2017.

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