https://www.benelli.it/en/arma/m4-ai-drone-guardian

For the first time, the 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun is used in drone defense, thanks to the use of specialized ammunition, like lead 4 in tungsten. With the introduction of the M4 A.I. Drone Guardian, equipped with Benelli Advanced Impact barrels, another leap forward is made in precision and effectiveness. This advanced ballistic solution allows interception and neutralization of airborne threats with optimal effectiveness from 0 to 50 meters, with an extended range up to 100 meters in extreme conditions, maintaining precision and impact power.

Benelli might want to post a disclaimer as Italian laws may differ from ours:

Federal Regulations Regarding Shooting Down a Drone

When discussing drone regulations in the United States, the FAA is the central authority. As per the FAA, drones are considered aircraft, and as such, they fall under the jurisdiction of federal laws concerning aircraft protection.

According to the FAA’s report on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, shooting down a drone is a federal crime under United States Code Title 18 Section 32, which describes the destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities as a felony. Violators can face fines and imprisonment up to 20 years, making it crucial to consider alternative actions rather than resorting to shooting down a drone.

It's a cool looking shotgun, and you can use it for other activities than shooting at drones

It seems my M1 Super 90 has a revived value in combat. Everything old is new again. No way to have predicted this use back in the 1990s when I bought that gun. Drone disposal is a new defense consideration.

Anyone that wants to down drones with shotties (should it ever become necessary) need only to take up skeet and keep up the skills.

As an aside, I’ll bet blinding a drones camera with a high powered laser isn’t illegal. Why not mount one on pretty much anything paired to a scope? Unlike bullets, the laser would be on target at any range. AIM for cameras and they would burn out quickly I imagine, essentially blinding them.

I'm not sure I want a to own and operate a low cost drone around my property.

With so many of them flying, I would be concerned with a mid-air collision with someone else's drone.

If anybody sends a drone over my property I'll shoot them a "moon shot" and I'll bet they leave and never come back!

I heard that the glare off a hastily bared ass would blind the drone and cause it to crash without any additional effort, but if they come out with an M2 version of the drone killer shotgun I will get one anyway.

Solution withou a probllem, IMO. If someone were inclined to shoot down a drone, any 12g with typical waterfowl loads would seem to be a good choice.

Clever marketing. There's nothing different about that shotgun other than the optical sight, I assume some sort of dot.

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Violators can face fines and imprisonment up to 20 years, making it crucial to consider alternative actions rather than resorting to shooting down a drone.

SSS.

I think my Franchi Affinity 3 would work well on drones if needed. It works great on skeet. That Benelli looks cool though.

I’d probably go with a straight stock vs that pistol, grip. Better for the high angle vectors, Not shooting ground squirrels.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
...Federal Regulations Regarding Shooting Down a Drone...

So, a baseball bat, a whip or a rock is ok, right?

The best shotty for a drone would be a clays gun set up for sporting clays or FITASC. Watch some FITASC on the net and you'll see why you wouldn't want that stupid Benelli gun, as fun as it might be for shooting bowling pins. What a crock of shit.

So an M4 with a rail and a dot. Marketing at its finest.

Ithaca Mag 10.
Enough said.

OZ

Besides, the SBE's a better choice for drones.

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Originally posted by egregore:

SSS.

Unlike most coyotes, mountain lions, wolves... drones send back video and GPS coordinates. SSS tends not to work.

So out of pure curiosity. You are saying it’s illegal to shoot my own drone down on my own property? If so what’s the point. Seems like you could make an interesting, albeit expensive shotgun game out of it.

Note: I don’t have a drone nor do I have property suitable for me to be shooting at anything. Just a curiosity on my part.

I’m no shotgunner, but it seems to me that a barrel longer than 18” would be helpful. Like a bird gun with different chokes.

I can appreciate Benelli’s marketing though.