Beretta A400 Xplor Light Beretta A400 Xplor User Manual - Page 24

FIELD STRIPPING WARNING: Always check that the shotgun is unloaded (empty cartridge chamber, empty receiver, empty magazine). Inspect the firearm by looking through the ejection port, the loading gate and the chamber. If it is not empty, unload it as instructed in the relevant section. Check that the hammer is decocked. WARNING: Never point the firearm at someone or at hard, flat surfaces. Always treat the shotgun as if it were loaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES.) NOTICE: It is advisable to carry out the disassembly operations over a table to catch components should they drop. BARREL • Check that the carrier stop push button is pressed all the way down. If it is not, push it all the way down (Fig. 6). • Pull the breech bolt all the way back so that it remains open (Fig. 7). • Unscrew the front cap of fore-end in an anticlockwise direction (Fig. 27). • Holding the shotgun by the barrel, pull the fore-end straight out toward the muzzle (Fig. 28). • Pull the barrel out of the stock-receiver assembly while holding the piston inside the gas cylinder (Fig. 29). NOTICE: NEVER STRIP the spring of the valve or the valve retaining nut. The valve device is self-cleaning and requires no maintenance. If necessary, contact a competent gunsmith. BREECH BOLT ASSEMBLY (Breech bolt, operating rods with sleeve, recoil spring, and piston stop.) WARNING: The breech bolt assembly need only to be disassembled in order to clean its components. • Keeping the index or middle finger of the left hand on the cocking handle, press the release button and allow the breech bolt to move forward slowly until it stops (Fig. 31). • Press the head of the breech bolt until the groove on its neck corresponds to the edge of the bolt body (Fig. 32). • Keeping the head depressed in this position, extract the cocking handle from the breech bolt, pulling forcefully (Fig. 33). • Over a flat surface, with the ejection port pointed upwards, pull forward on the breech bolt assembly, the operating rods with sleeve, the recoil spring, and the spring holder, to force the breech bolt out from the receiver (Fig. 34 and 35). ! ! ! EN ! ! 25