User Manual

LOAD CHECK

At various points in this manual, you will be requested to inspect the ejection

port, the loading gate, and the cartridge chamber of your Beretta semi-automatic

1301 Tactical to ensure that it is unloaded. This should become second nature

to you, as should the following precautions:

• Neverassumethatthegunisunloaded.

• Neverpointorpushtheguntowardyourselforanotherperson.

• Alwaysinspecttheejectionport,theloadinggateandthecartridgechamber

to make sure they are empty. The cartridge chamber is the portion of the

barrel into which the cartridge is inserted.

• Pullback the breech boltto lock it into the open position and engage the

safety before handing the shotgun to another person.

• Nevertakefromorgivetheshotguntoanotherpersonunlessthebreechbolt

has been opened and the ejection port, loading gate and cartridge chamber

have been inspected to ensure they are completely empty.

Inspect the ejection port, the loading gate and cartridge chamber as indicated

below:

CAUTION: Keep your ﬁnger off the trigger and keep the barrel pointed in a safe

direction.

• Check that the carrier stop push button is pressed all the way down.

Otherwise, push it down (Fig. 1).

• Usethecockinghandletoretractthebreechboltuntilitlocksintotheopen

position (Fig. 2).

• Engagethemanualsafetybypressingthesafetybuttontohidetheredring

(Fig. 3).

• Inspect the rearm by looking through the ejection port, the feeding gate

and the cartridge chamber. They must be empty. Check that there are no

cartridges in the magazine tube. If there are, unload the ﬁrearm as indicated

in“Howtounloadtheshotgun”.

• Pressthebreechboltreleasebuttonandgentlyguidethebreechbolttothe

locked position (Fig. 4).

• Disengagethesafety(Fig. 5) (red ring visible) and hold the breech bolt back 2

cm, pull the trigger, to decock the hammer.

CAUTION: When the safety button shows the red ring, the SAFETY IS

DISENGAGED, so the ﬁrearm is ready for use. When the red ring is not visible

on the safety button, the SAFETY IS ENGAGED.