This is the Radikal SAX 2 I picked up from Classic. This is a Turkish clone of the Benelli M4. Several companies out of Turkey make these. Reviews online seem to be pretty favorable, but overall seems to be the luck of the draw. Apparently I got a good one!


The fit and finish is good. The one I saw in a LGS had a small gap where you could see a crack of daylight where the stock mates up to the receiver. This one does not have that, and the bluing is very even and dark. The scratch on the mag tube is from me taking it down for an initial cleaning before hitting the range. It's always a good idea to clean and inspect any new firearm, and this was no exception. The pistons in the gas plug were covered in grease, and the Benelli manual stresses several times that the gas system does not get lubrication.
I did replace one of the O Rings that was torn with a Benelli OEM ring. I found them for $6.99 online and picked up 3. I probably didn't need to do this, as one fellow ran his without O rings just to see what would happen, and it cycled everything fine.
I finally got to the range with this yesterday, and ran approximately 50 00buck, 10 slugs, 75+ field loads, and 15-20 random shotgun shells I bought at the flea market that included 3" magnum slugs, low recoil 00buck, high brass #5 shot, and everything in between.
Out of 150+ random shotgun shells, there were 0 malfunctions! My only issue was that this thing was shipped to me missing the windage adjustment screw from the rear sight, so I put a cheap BSA reflex sight on there, and the 12gauge killed it in short order. From then on I was just point shooting and didn't get to sight in or bother experimenting with different chokes. I'll do that when I get the sights straightened out and/or optic put on there.

So far I am super happy with this purchase, and it may be my new favorite gun! It is a BLAST to shoot, and it didn't miss a beat even with the low brass Federal field loads from WalMart. I even "ghost loaded" it a few times, and mag dumped 7 rounds as fast I could, and it just kept running.
My next step is to keep riding Classics customer service to get me that windage adjustment screw. I can buy one online for $20+shipping, but you shouldn't have to shop for parts for a brand new gun. I will also put a dot on there at some point, I'm looking at microdots like the Burris Fastfire III.
There are several factories putting these out, such as TriStar, Charles Daly, Panzer, Toros and I'm sure some that I missed. I just lucked into getting this one from Radikal, as it seems some of the others have canted sights and don't run low brass very well. If missing the windage adjustment screw is the only downside, I'll be a happy camper!
The LGS has the Toros version for $799, but I got this one from Classic for $599. It was right at $700 with shipping, tax and FFL fee.