Quetico Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I own an SBEI 12 gauge and a Monte 20 gauge and have difficulty unloading shells from the magazine on both. I have to press the cartridge retaining lever so hard that my finger hurts, and even then I have to futz with it to get it to release shells in the mag. Does anyone else have trouble with this? The manuals show a guy simply reaching in the carrier cavity and pushing with his index finger on the lever. I have to pinch the lever against the receiver using my index finger and thumb and it still doesn't want to release the shell. What am I missing here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Pushing the shell into the mag helps relieve some of the tension, but it's still a difficult way to unload. I simply press the release on the trigger guard and cycle the bolt to unload them one by one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Same here, Tuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudhen Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 The lever trick is not so great. It works most of the time, but not always. My fat fingers do not help... Unload by cycling like the boys above mention. mudhen - CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch-M Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I press the release & cycle each shell through the chamber too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetico Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 Thanks for the replies guys. I thought maybe there was a trick to it, or that I was doing something wrong. I think I'll resort to cycling the live shells out also. You'd think Benelli could design the lever mechanism a little better, or at least let you know in the manual that the lever method is a little "rough". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 The manual does explain that the cartridge replacement procedure can be repeated in order to unload the gun. "gun can be unloaded by repeating the operation, as described under point B, this section above, of the chapter: ”Cartridge replacement”." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sport Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Yea, pressing the release is the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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