Thanks, that seemed to be the only method that would work for me, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
I had tried this earlier with some dummy shotshells I got from Brownells; that's the only safe way for me to check this at home, ha.
I'm sure some of you know the answer to this off the top of your heads, but what is the procedure (step 1, step 2, etc.) to load an "extra" shell onto the carrier of the older Benelli M1 guns?
My search did turn up reference of "one cut" vs. 2 on the carrier, I have an older model with one cut I believe.
Thanks!