Benelli didn't slap a commemorative finish on existing inventory and call it a day. For the Super Black Eagle 3 250th Anniversary Edition, the company invested genuine craftsmanship into what amounts to a once-in-a-century milestone, delivering a limited run that bridges proven field performance with heirloom-grade presentation. The 250-gun run splits evenly between 12-gauge and 20-gauge 3-inch chambers, each shotgun fitted with hand-selected AA-grade walnut that telegraphs finish quality from first sight. The receiver carries deep, detailed engraving work anchored by gold inlay accents, the artwork pulling from the American flag, passages from the Declaration of Independence, and a custom interpretation of the U.S. seal featuring the bald eagle, olive branches, and arrows. It's restrained enough to function as a legit waterfowl tool, ornate enough to warrant a display case. Every gun gets its own sequential serial number, a detail that matters if this piece ever enters the secondary market. The SBE 3 platform carries Benelli's proven inertia-driven action and barrel technology, so you're not trading performance for aesthetics. The gun will cycle steel shot, bismuth, and tungsten just as the standard model would. That means 125 shooters will own a 20-gauge that handles recoil with the signature SBE 3 balance, while 125 will have the 12-gauge's conventional energy management. Availability flows through select authorized dealers only, no internet direct-to-consumer operations, no secondary wholesalers. That gatekeeping seems quite intentional, keeping the run tight and the distribution controlled. For collectors, the gauge split adds strategic value, since matching pairs will command a premium eventually. For shooters, owning a 250-gun run in either bore affords legitimacy that you won't get from a "commemorative" model that shipped in ten thousand copies. At this point, we could not find any kind of pricing. For more details, including the even more limited “Republic Edition” (above), check out: https://www.benelliusa.com/community/super-black-eagle-3-250th-anniversary-limited-edition