User Manual

Upon shooting, the hammer spring forces the
cartridge drop lever upwards to disengage it from
the carrier latch which, pulled by the carrier
latch spring, rotates clockwise to allow a cartridge
to exit from the magazine.
As the cartridge falls into position on the carrier,
it presses against the carrier latch, which rotates
in the opposite direction to prevent a second car-
tridge from exiting.
When the bolt is operated the carrier rises auto-
matically to position the cartridge for introduc-
tion in the chamber.
In the meantime, the hammer spring, which was
compressed during cocking, has freed the car-
tridge drop lever to return to its rest position.
In this way, the carrier latch is obliged to hold the
remaining cartridges in the magazine until the
next shot is fired.
The end of the cartridge drop lever which pro-
trudes from the receiver is marked with a red
point.
When the red point is visible, the hammer is
cocked and the gun is ready to fire; otherwise the
hammer is not cocked.
Like all Benelli automatic shotguns, the fully
automatic operation of the new shotguns
depends on its recoil.
This eliminates the drawbacks of the systems
with barrel recoil (barrel vibration during firing,
need to brake the system and regulate it when
firing powerful ammunition etc.) and those of the
gas operated type (need to clean gas outlets, loss
of power due to acceleration of the shot charge
and adverse effect on the longitudinal conform-
ation of the wad and possible malfunctions
under adverse climatic conditions), producing a
modern, highly reliable gun.
The new semi-automatic shotguns work with a
vast range of shells.
The inertia system requires, in any case, shells
that generate enough kinetic energy (recoil) to
fully cycle the action.
The vast experience of our ballistic laboratory
and extensive field testing have allowed us to
establish exactly the right parameters needed to
ensure the correct functioning of your shotgun.
In particular, we have determined 200 kgm as
the minimum kinetic energy required from a 12
gauge cartridge (measured at 1 m from the
muzzle of a manometric barrel).
WARNING: at the minimum kinetic energy stat-
ed above, correct functioning is only guaranteed
for a shotgun with a MAXIMUM total weight of
3.150 kg.
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KEY TO ARROW COLOURS
colour description
red stripping sequence
green assembly sequence
blue location
yellow action