Manual

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When unloading the chamber always point
the gun in safe direction and insert the sa-
fety catch on.
Unloading
To unload the shotgun:
1) Engage the safety catch and pull the
cocking lever to open the bolt (fig. 15).
The cartridge in the chamber is extrac-
ted and ejected.
2) Gently release the cocking lever to clo-
se the breech block (fig. 12).
3) Reverse the gun, and, thrusting the car-
rier down, press the cartridge retaining
lever from the front with the right hand
index finger (fig. 20).
4) The cartridges will be released one by
one into your hand (fig. 21); the carrier
latch must be pressed for each released
cartridge.
Important
Gun can be unloaded by repeated oper-
ations as described at point B, previous pa-
ragraph.
When unloading the chamber always point
the gun in safe direction and insert the sa-
fety catch on.
Stripping the gun for cleaning
and maintenance
Before attempting any work on your Be-
nelli make sure that the chamber and the
magazine of your shotgun are unloaded.
See the instructions on loading and unload-
ing on pages 23-24.
Proceed as follows:
1) Open the bolt by pulling back the bolt
lever (fig. 15) until the bolt is locked
open.
If the bolt doesn’t lock open, push the
cartridge drop lever in the direction
shown by the arrow (fig. 4) and repeat
the previous step.
2) Unscrew the fore-end cap (fig. 10) and
pull the fore-end forward along the tu-
bular magazine.
3) While resting the shotgun against your
hip and holding it with your left hand
so that the cover cannot move relative
to the receiver (fig. 22), with your right
hand pull the breech-barrel assembly
off the receiver (fig. 23).
4) Tear off the arming bolt (fig. 24).
5) Separate the cover from the receiver,
pulling it forward from the bolt assem-
bly (fig. 25).
6) While holding the bolt assembly with
your left hand (fig. 26) so as to counter-
balance the thrust of the recoil spring,
push the carrier release button (fig. 12)
and ease the bolt forward until the re-
coil spring no longer pushes it forward
(fig. 27).
7) Pull the bolt assembly out of the recei-
ver, sliding it along its guides (fig. 28).
8) Remove the firing pin retaining pin
from the bolt assembly, while holding
the firing pin and firing pin spring in
place (fig. 29).
9) Remove the firing pin and firing pin
spring from the bolt (fig. 30).
10) Remove the locking head pin from the
bolt (fig. 31).
11) Remove the bolt locking head from
the bolt (fig. 32).
12) Remove the inertia spring from its seat
in the bolt (fig. 33).
13) Extract the trigger group stop plug
from the stock-receiver unit, thrusting
it from right or left with the point of
the same firing pin or punch (fig. 34).
14) Press the carrier release with the left-
hand and pull the trigger guard assem-
bly out of the receiver with the right
hand (fig. 35).
The shotgun is now completely stripped. All
the parts that require routine maintenance
and cleaning are disassembled (fig. 36).