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And the winning prize goes to Benelligunny! :-). Yes it turned out to be part number 67. I did take your advise and I did look at the extractor and everything looked OK. So I took it back to the gun store that I got it from and got whole the story. What happened was that when they received the Nova from the distributor they naturally took it out of the box and checked it out prior to delivering it to me. When he did this the extractor fell out on the bench. He couldn't find the item 67 roll pin that held the extractor in place so assumed that it fell out somewhere between Italy and San Diego CA :-) So he replaced it! The original must have fallen off and wedged somewhere inside the action and when I was cleaning it then it must have dislodged itself fell out. So I now have a spare roll pin part #67 :-) Thanks for the help!

True, I guess disappointing would be a better word to have used

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm at work at the moment but when I get a chance I'll take a look to see if it's #67. In any event I will probably end up taking this back to the shop and let them take a look at it. Of course it could also be any of the parts that Tucker301 mentioned! Rest assured I certainly won't shoot it until I'm happy that the gun is servicable. When done I need to take this to the local range and shoot some. It would be tragic if I take it on a hunting trip and it lets me down, especially as I'm a novice hunter. One thing concerns me is that I do store this with barrel removed butt plate down. The shotgun with it's long barrel is simply to long to easily fit in my gun safe.. so I have to. Is there anything I need to be careful of when doing this to make sure parts don't fall out? I actually have an R-870 tactical 18" that I have as a home defense weapon and I'm very happy with it. I was all fired up to get another 870 for hunting but my very experienced hunting friend convinced me that the Benelli Nova is super reliable and the best for the money option as a hunting shotgun. We're not off to a good start with bit's dropping out of it! :-( I hope this is just teething problems. Thanks!

Hi, I've just got a brand new Nova. I removed the barrel and a pin dropped out of the action. I have no idea what it is? Question: Is it worth the drive back to the gun shop (30 mins drive) or can I just easily put it back myself. The action still cycles but I haven't fired it and something dropping out is obviously not a good thing. I've attached a picture of the object. Thanks!