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I'm unable to answer why Benelli would design a shotgun to function like this however I kept a 121 M1 in my vehicle for many years and I considered this unusual operation to be a safety feature. Why? Because if some varmint got his hands on my loaded Benelli 121 M1 he's highly unlikely to figure out how to make it go BANG before I ruin his whole day. Ammo was in the mag and on the stock, however it's not obvious how to make it run. There was an aftermarket button extension that turned the BC release into what was called a "Benelli button." A flick of the Benelli button would release a round out of the magazine onto the elevator, not slow at all yet a deterrent for anyone unfamiliar the operation of the 121 M1. No longer a concern for most folks since Benelli quit making the 121 M1 over 35 years ago and no longer supports the 121 M1. I loved my 121 M1 shotguns but I now consider the 121 M1 a relic and no longer own any.

It worked! I followed the Benelli gunsmiths advice and it worked perfectly. Only let the red loctite cure for about 6 hours but it was enough. Apparently the stock bolt was set in the recoil tube spring cap by blue loctite. Didn’t know that blue loctite was strong enough to require breaking the bond that strongly. Anyway, after finally removing the stock bolt from the recoil spring cap, I just loosened the red loctite by placing the end of the recoil tube over my stove burner for about 7 minutes. That was enough heat to break the loctite and allow me to unscrew the recoil tube spring cap from the recoil tube. After that I needed to scrape the residual red loctite from the threads of the recoil tube and brush out with a bronze barrel brush. With all the parts finally out and brushed and wiped clean, I now applied Vibratite to both the stock bolt and recoil spring cap and let dry for the recommended 30 minutes. Then reassembled everything. Hope that this will be a good fix and that my stock (walnut aftermarket) won’t come loose after shooting 50-100 shells of high brass buck or slugs. What an ordeal! Thanks again to the Benelli gunsmiths!

I would very strongly advise against the use of gasoline as a solvent for gun cleaning purposes. There are other solvents available that are not nearly as hazardous to one's health (fire, inhalation), e.g. something made specifically for gun cleaning purposes such as Gun Scrubber.