SNT dissasembly

JollyGreenJ

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I bought my first shotgun today, a Supernova Tactical 12g with the

steadygrip stock. Apparently, in order to remove the trigger assembly I have

to loosen the stock itself, but I can't figure out how. The manual says to

partially unscrew the pistol grip stock retaining nut or the telescopic grip

retaining nut, but I have no idea how to get to those parts. :confused:
 
Be patient... Not everyone who looks at the shotgun section is going to know how to tear down that model... If it were the Mossberg 500, you would already have a bunch of replies the same as if it were the Remington 870....
But the first google hit in a "SN T field strip" search yielded this...
I just took my Supernova Tactical apart for the first time. When it came to removal of the trigger assembly, I felt like I was going to rip the trigger guard off, so I stopped and looked at the mechanics of what was going on and decided I needed to remove the entire stock assembly/pistol grip. Since this fact is not listed in the manual that came with the gun, I figured I'd post it so anyone else having trouble getting their Supernova Tactical apart could do so without damaging their fine shotgun. So, if you are going to disassemble your Supernova Tactical, remove the stock. This makes field stripping your shotgun impossible unless you brought a socket set, which I find quite inconvenient and slightly less "tactical" than I would expect. But overall, it is a fine shotgun minus this small difficulty.
I think that they wrote the manual before they came up with the SN Tactical w/ pistol grip stock and couldn't be bothered to do a re-write.

Given the number of people who flag this issue I would hope that they put an addendum into the next edition instruction manual!

With regards to the need for a 'tactical' socket set (cammo or black?) they probably thought that individual police officers or soldiers would not be doing that sort of strip down on a regular basis. If a few of us, using the same model, are away on a shoot, we usually take one socket between the team.

Actually, think of what the German Infantry used to do - you needed three soldiers to screw together their cleaning rods to make one rod of sufficient length to go through a barrel. I guess that when there were only two of you left barrel cleaning wasn't high on the priority list!!
Brent
 
I don't know if you have figured out your problem yet if not then.

First take the rubber piece out of the end of the stock. (this can be kinda tough)
Just grap it from the top and pull down until it pops off.

Now you will need a socket extention (at least 5 inches long) with I think a 1/2in socket. If you look inside of the hollow stock with a light you will see the bolt you need to take out.

Now as your ratchet the bolt out pull the stock away from the rest of the shotgun.
 
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First take the rubber piece out of the end of the stock. (this can be kinda tough)
Just grap it from the top and pull down until it pops off.

Now you will need a socket extention (at least 5 inches long) with I think a 1/2in socket. If you look inside of the hollow stock with a light you will see the bolt you need to take out.

Now as your ratchet the bolt out pull the stock away from the rest of the shotgun.

This is essentially correct, but Benelli recommends the opposite direction for the recoil pad removal. Either way, you will get the thing off.

If I may add - When removing the recoil pad, pull away as you are pulling up on the pad (gripping the bottom of the pad). If its just too hard to remove (and it will be tough the first few times), try heating it up with a blowdryer (but not too much) in order to soften the rubber just a bit.

In addition, as the gun may move around a bit as you are attempting to remove this pad, I would recommend you place the weapon on a soft surface, such as your bed.

Now, I need to add one more thing...Did your Benelli come with an Owners Manual? If it did, they pretty much cover everything within these pages. If you have the OM, study it, learn it and for goodness sake, dont attempt a complete disassembly/reassembly until you are thoroughly familiar with it. If you do not have one and cannot locate it on the Benelli website, try contacting them directly and see if they can send you one. If nothing else, I would be willing to copy mine and send it to you.
 
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