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shotgun. This action should cause the top lever to snap to the left slightly, locking the
breech closed.
The top lever acts on the locking bolt which is adjusted to the barrel hooks. A locking reserve is
built into the bolt, so that perfect barrel locking can be achieved over a long period of time. Do not
be surprised if the top lever is not aligned with the barrel. For this reason, it is not necessary to
confirm the locking of the gun with your thumb; allow the top lever to return of its own accord.
The angle made by the top lever with respect to the barrels axis is normal and indicates that there
is some locking reserve still available.
3. WARNING ! YOU ARE NOW HOLDING A LOADED SHOTGUN !
Keep your finger out of the trigger guard and off the trigger until you are ready to fire the gun
4. Take the shotgun off SAFE by pushing the safety forward to cover with the selector the
“S” engraved on the receiver. ( FIG.7 )
SHOOTING THE SHOTGUN
The trigger mechanism on your BETA shotgun is of the inertia type: it is the recoil energy from the
firing of the first shot which makes the second immediately available. The mechanism is controlled
by a single trigger. The safety catch on the top of the action frame tang enables you to set the
shotgun to safe and to select the right or left barrel for your first shot.
As an option, BETA shotguns exist also with a double trigger configuration. In this case the first
trigger ( in front ) will fire the right barrel. The second trigger will fire the left barrel.
SAFETY AND BARREL SELECTOR
The shotgun is ON SAFE when the catch has been moved to the rear (towards the stock, when
the letter “S” appears on the action frame tang) ( FIG. 8 ). The positioning of the safety catch to
the left or the right will have no effect on setting the shotgun to safe. It simply indicates that, when
pushing the catch forward, the right barrel or left barrel will be selected to fire the first shot.
To select the right barrel to fire the first shot, push the selector on the left ( one red point is visible)
( FIG. 9 ).
To select the left barrel, do the opposite ( catch on the right – 2 red points visible ) ( FIG.10 ).
Always keep the shotgun on safe except when about to fire.
AUTOMATIC EJECTORS
The BETA shotguns are with automatic ejectors: The spent shotshell will be ejected from the gun
when it is opened, whilst an unfired shotshell will simply be extracted to facilitate its removal.