CONTENTS ENGLISH BASIC SAFETY RULES 4 NOMENCLATURE 8 DESCRIPTION 10 TECHNICAL FEATURES AND DATA 12 OPERATION 12 DISASSEMBLY 16 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 17

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2 ENGLISH Iustrations on pages 8, 9, 28, 29, 30 CONTENTS NOTICE: The Manufacturer and/or its Loca Officia Distributors assume no responsibiity for product mafunction or for physica injury or property damage resuting in whoe or in part from crimina or negigent use of the product, improper or careess handing, unauthorized modifications, use of defective, improper, hand-oaded, reoaded or remanufactured ammunition, customer abuse or negect of the product, or other infuences beyond manufacturer s direct and immediate contro. WARNING: ALL FIREARMS HAVE LETHAL POTENTIAL. READ THE BASIC SAFETY RULES CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND THEM FULLY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS FIREARM. In addition to the Basic Safety Rues, there are other Safety Rues pertaining to the oading, unoading, disassemby, assemby and use of this firearm ocated throughout this manua. WARNING: READ THE ENTIRE MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM. MAKE SURE THAT ANY PERSON USING OR HAVING ACCESS TO THIS FIREARM READS AND UNDERSTANDS ALL OF THIS MANUAL PRIOR TO USE OR ACCESS. NOTICE: As the interchangeabe barre of this shotgun has a seria number different from that stamped on the receiver, it may be necessary, when referring to the gun, to specify aso the seria number of the barre/s. Page BASIC SAFETY RULES 4 NOMENCLATURE 8 DESCRIPTION 10 TECHNICAL FEATURES AND DATA 12 OPERATION 12 DISASSEMBLY 16 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 17 REASSEMBLY 18 2 SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 21 MAGAZINE CAPACITY 22 MOBILCHOKE TUBES 23 STOCK DROP AND CAST MODIFICATION 24 RECOIL PAD 25 REVERSIBLE SAFETY BUTTON 26 3

3 BASIC SAFETY RULES 1. NEVER POINT A FIREARM AT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SAFE TO SHOOT. 1. Never et the muzze of a firearm point at any part of your body or at another person. This is especiay important when oading or unoading the firearm. When you are shooting at a target, know what is behind it. Some buets can trave over a mie. If you miss your target or if the buet penetrates the target, it is your responsibiity to ensure that the shot does not cause unintended injury or damage. 3. STORE YOUR FIREARM SO THAT CHILDREN CANNOT GAIN ACCESS TO IT. 3. It is your responsibiity to insure that chidren under the age of 18 or other unauthorized persons do not gain access to your firearm. To reduce the risk of accidents invoving chidren, unoad your firearm, ock it and store the ammunition in a separate ocked ocation. Pease note that devices intended to prevent accidents - for exampe, cabe ocks, chamber pugs, etc, - may not prevent use or misuse of your firearm by a determined person. Stee gun safes may be more appropriate to reduce the ikeihood of intentiona misuse of a firearm by an unauthorized chid or person. 2. ALWAYS TREAT A FIREARM AS IF IT WERE LOADED. 2. Never assume that a firearm is unoaded. The ony certain way to ensure that a firearm is empty is to open the chamber and visuay examine the inside to see if a round is present. Removing the magazine wi not guarantee that a pisto is unoaded or cannot fire. Shotguns and rifes can be checked by cycing or removing a rounds and by then opening the chamber so that a visua inspection of the chamber for any remaining rounds can be made. 4. NEVER SHOOT AT WATER OR AT A HARD SURFACE. 4. Shooting at the surface of water or at a rock or other hard surface increases the chance of ricochets or fragmentation of the buet or shot, which can resut in the projectie striking an unintended or periphera target. 5. KNOW THE SAFETY FEATURES OF THE FIREARM YOU ARE USING, BUT REMEMBER: SAFETY DEVICES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR SAFE HAN- DLING PROCEDURES. 5. Never rey soey on a safety device to prevent an accident. It is imperative that you know and use the safety features of the particuar firearm you are handing, but accidents can best be prevented by foowing the safe handing procedures described in these safety rues and esewhere in the product manua. To further famiiarize yoursef with the proper use of this or other firearms, take a Firearms Safety Course taught by an expert in firearms use and safety procedures. 4 5

4 6. PROPERLY MAINTAIN YOUR FIREARM. 6. Store and carry your firearm so that dirt or int does not accumuate in the working parts. Cean and oi your firearm, foowing the instructions provided in this manua, after each use to prevent corrosion, damage to the barre or accumuation of impurities which can prevent use of the gun in an emergency. Aways check the barre prior to oading to ensure that it is cean and free from obstructions. Firing against an obstruction can rupture the barre and injure yoursef or others nearby. In case you hear an unusua noise when shooting, stop firing immediatey, ingage the manua safety and unoad the firearm. Make sure the chamber is free from any obstruction or possibe buet bocked inside the barre due to defective or improper ammunition. 7. USE PROPER AMMUNITION. 7. Ony use factory-oaded, new ammunition manufactured to industry specifications: CIP (Europe and esewhere), SAAMI (U.S.A.). Be certain that each round you use is in the proper caiber or gauge and type for the particuar firearm. The caiber or gauge of the firearm is ceary marked on the barres of shotguns and on the side or barre of pistos. The use of reoaded or remanufactured ammunition can increase the ikeihood of excessive cartridge pressures, casehead ruptures or other defects in the ammunition which can cause damage to your firearm and injury to yoursef or others nearby. 8. ALWAYS WEAR PROTECTIVE GLASSES AND EARPLUGS WHEN SHOOT- ING. 8. The chance that gas, gunpowder or meta fragments wi bow back and injure a shooter who is firing a gun is rare, but the injury that can be sustained in such circumstances is severe, incuding the possibe oss of eyesight. A shooter must aways wear impact resistant shooting gasses when firing any firearm. Earpugs hep reduce the chance of hearing damage from shooting. 10. AVOID ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR JUDG- MENT OR REFLEX IMPAIRING MEDICATION WHEN SHOOTING. 10. Do not drink and shoot. If you take medication that can impair motor reactions or judgment, do not hande a firearm whie you are under the infuence of the medication. 11. NEVER TRANSPORT A LOADED FIREARM. 11. Unoad a firearm before putting it in a vehice. Hunters and target shooters shoud oad their firearm ony at their destination. If you carry a firearm for sef-protection, eaving the chamber unoaded can reduce the chance of accidenta discharge. 12. LEAD WARNING. 11. Discharging firearms in poory ventiated areas, ceaning firearms, or handing ammunition may resut in exposure to ead and other substances known to cause birth defects, reproductive harm, and other serious physica injury. Have adequate ventiation at a times. Wash hands thoroughy after exposure. 9. NEVER CLIMB A TREE, FENCE OR OBSTRUC- TION WITH A LOADED FIREARM. 9. Open and empty the chamber of your firearm before cimbing or descending a tree or before cimbing a fence or jumping over a ditch or obstruction. Never pu or push a oaded firearm toward yoursef or another person. 6 7

5 NOMENCLATURE A Receiver A1 Trigger A2 Reversibe safety button A3 Trigger pate retaining pin A4 Breech bot reease-button A5 Carrier A6 Carrier stop push-button A7 Loading gate A8 Breech bot A9 Cocking hande A10 Extractor A11 Breech bot side A12 Connecting rod A13 Locking bock A14 Firing pin A15 Ejection port A16 Cut-off B Barre B1 Barre tang B2 B3 B4 B5 C C1 C2 C3 D D1 E F G H I L M Gas cyinder Piston Exhaust vave assemby Vave assemby ocking nut and counter-nut Stock Interchangeabe butt pate Stock swive Drop/cast spacers Fore-end Fore-end fange with exhaust port Magazine tube Magazine tube cap with shaft Operating rod with seeve Front swive Fore-end cap 1-round magazine capacity reducer pug Vave hook wrenches

6 DESCRIPTION The AL391 Urika semi-automatic shotgun, 12 and 20 gauge, comes with the foowing features: STREAMLINED RECEIVER DESIGN The skifuy rounded shape of the receiver promotes instinctive and quick target acquisition. The matted anti-gare back-finish of the upper and ower parts of the receiver highight the bright finish of the sides to confer to the Beretta AL391 Urika a new appearance and distinctive character. GAS OPERATION SYSTEM WITH EXHAUST VALVE The unique gas operation system, with gas cyinder and sef ceaning piston, is provided with a sef-ceaning exhaust vave which automaticay expes the excess gas of the most powerfu cartridges: The resut is that the shotgun, without any adjustment, fires everything from the ight 24 gr. (7/8 oz.) oads to the powerfu 57 gr. (2 oz.) 3 Magnum 12 ga. shotshes. The exhaust vave assemby remains attached to the gas cyinder, thus aowing easy and quick disassemby and reassemby of the shotgun. STOCK The stock is designed to accept either a pastic butt-pate or a rubber recoi pad without any adjustment. By assembing rubber recoi pads of different thicknesses, one can modify the ength of pu. STOCK DROP AND CAST SPACERS The design of the fiber-gass reinforced technopoymer receiver - stock spacer and of the stock meta pate aows one to adjust the stock drop and cast by simpy modifying their assemby position. Different stock drop and cast dimensions can be obtained using the extra set of spacers suppied. ACCESSORIES The AL391 Urika is suppied with a modern design case and a compement of accessories: 1-round magazine capacity reducer pug, spare recoi pad, stock drop and cast spacers, grip cap (wood stock fied modes ony), stock swives (fied modes ony), 25 m. Beretta Gun Oi, vave hook wrenches and, for Mobichoke versions, a set of 5 choke tubes with specia spanner. RECOIL DAMPER The eastic recoi damper reduces stress from the impact of the breech bot on the receiver and absorbs part of the vibrations normay transmitted to the shooter. NOTICE: The AL391 Urika barres are not interchangeabe with those of former modes (AL 390, A 390 ST, A 304 etc.) TRIGGER PLATE The high strength fiber-gass reinforced technopoymer trigger pate offers many advantages: Sef-ceaning property, high absorption of vibrations and more comfort to the touch in cod weather conditions. The arge opening of the trigger guard aows the use of goves. CUT-OFF DEVICE The cut-off contro is positioned on the eft side of the receiver: It can be engaged when the breech bot is positioned in the cosed position with the use of one hand. If the cut-off is accidentay eft engaged, automatic reoading after the first shot wi disengage it. REVERSIBLE SAFETY BUTTON The cross-bot safety button can be assembed for standard right-hand use or reversed for eft-hand use

7 TECHNICAL FEATURES AND DATA Gauge Barre chamber Operation Locking system Receiver Barre Rib Front sight Safety Magazine Stock, fore-end Length of pu Weight (approx.) * 12 12, /4 and 3 semi-automatic, gas operation with exhaust vave mounted on the barre eevated ocking bock ight aoy with recoi damper stee, chromium-pated bore and chamber ventiated meta bead; specia front sight for competition modes cross bot, reversibe for eft-handed shooters 3 rounds (pugged to 2) seected wanut, checkered or high strength fiber-gass reinforced technopoymer. Adjustabe drop. Cast-off or cast-on mm ( ) (fied) mm ( ) (competition) From Kg. (6.6 bs.) to kg. (7.3 bs.) (12 ga. fied versions) From Kg. (6.0 bs.) to Kg. (6.6 bs) (20 ga.) From Kg. (7.3 bs.) to Kg. (7.7 bs.) (12 ga. competition versions) (*) Weights are approximate, dependent on wood density and barre ength. NOTICE: The numbers noted beow refer to the photographs on pages 9, 78, 79, 80. OPERATION ASSEMBLING THE BARREL The Beretta AL391 Urika semi-automatic shotgun is factory packed with the barre separate from the stock / receiver / fore-end assemby. WARNING: A assemby, disassemby and maintenance procedures shoud be carried out with the firearm unoaded (magazine tube empty, receiver empty and cartridge chamber empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. WARNING: During the assemby, disassemby and maintenance procedures, never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). Assembe the barre to the stock / receiver / fore-end assemby as foows: CAUTION: If, for any reason, the breech bot is open and the fore-end is separated from stock / receiver assemby, avoid pressing the breech bot reease button and be carefu to keep your fingers away from the ejection port. Shoud the breech bot reease button be pressed in this condition, the breech bot woud sam forward and woud stop ony when the cocking hande hits the forward rim of the ejection port. This coud damage both the hande and receiver. Check the barre. The bore and chamber must be cean and free from obstructions. Unscrew (countercockwise) the fore-end cap from the stock / receiver / fore-end assemby. (Fig. 1) Pu the fore-end off the magazine tube. (Fig. 2) Remove the piston. (Fig. 3) Check that the carrier stop push button is competey depressed. If not, depress it competey. (Fig. 4) Pu the cocking hande backward to bring the breech bot in the OPEN position. (Fig. 5) CAUTION: Shoud the breech bot reease button be pressed in this condition, the breech bot woud sam forward and woud stop ony when the cocking hande hits the forward rim of the ejection port. This coud damage both the hande and receiver. Insert the piston into the gas cyinder. (Fig. 6) Partiay side the barre tang into the receiver, taking care that the piston does not drop out of the gas cyinder and that the magazine tube cap shaft enters the piston hoe as we as that of the gas cyinder and the vave assemby. (Fig. 7) Side the barre tang home into the receiver. (Fig. 8) Side the fore-end into pace over the gas cyinder, vave assemby and magazine tube. Check that the fore-end is perfecty centered on the receiver face. The foreend is correcty assembed when there is no space eft between the parts. (Fig. 9) Pace the front swive ring (if desired and suppied) on the fore-end fange and competey tighten the fore-end cap. (Fig. 10) Cose the breech bot by depressing the breech bot reease button, keeping your fingers away from the ejection port. (Fig. 11) CAUTION: Whie depressing the breech bot reease button to cose the breech bot, make sure that the cut-off is not inadvertenty engaged. Shoud this occur, the breech bot woud be kept OPEN by the cut-off ever. In this case, aways keeping your fingers away from the ejection port, cose the breech bot by operating the cut-off. (Fig. 12) Keeping the breech bot retracted approximatey 2 cm (1 inch), depress the trigger to ower the hammer. (Fig. 13) 13

8 LOADING THE FIREARM WARNING: Before oading the firearm, practice the foowing oading procedures without the use of ammunition. Never hande a oaded firearm unti you are fuy famiiar with the oading procedures. Before oading the shotgun, make sure that the safety is engaged. Aways point the firearm in a safe direction. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). WARNING: Aways keep your fingers away from the trigger and keep the trigger free from any contact when you do not intend to fire. Retract the breech bot by means of the cocking hande unti it hooks into the OPEN position. (Fig. 14) Engage the safety by pushing the safety button unti the red ring disappears. (Fig. 15) WARNING: When the safety button shows the red ring, the firearm is in the FIRE position. NOTICE: The safety can be engaged ony when the hammer is cocked. Insert the first round into the cartridge chamber through the ejection port. (Fig. 16) Depress the breech bot reease button to ock the breech bot, keeping fingers away from the ejection port. (Fig. 17) To fire, disengage the safety and pu the trigger. When the ast round has been fired, the breech bot remains open, thus signaing that the magazine is empty. (Fig. 19) Engage the safety and, if required, reoad the firearm as indicated. USE OF THE CUT-OFF DEVICE The cut-off device aows one to extract a ive round from the cartridge chamber and ock the breech bot open for safety or to repace the round in the chamber, without feeding a new round from the magazine. WARNING: The firearm is now oaded with a cartridge in the chamber and the safety is engaged. Never point a firearm at something that is not safe to shoot. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). Make sure that the safety is engaged. Engage the cut-off by depressing the cut-off ever (round side). (Fig. 20) Retract the breech bot by means of the cocking hande to extract the ive round from the cartridge chamber and eject it through the ejection port. At the end of its trave, the breech bot is hooked into the OPEN position by the carrier which is ocked by the cut-off device. Feeding from magazine is bocked. (Fig. 21) Under safety conditions, insert the extracted cartridge or another cartridge into the cartridge chamber. Keeping fingers away from the ejection port, depress the cut-off ever to cose the breech bot. (Fig. 12) WARNING: The firearm is now oaded and ready to fire. Aways keep your fingers away from the trigger and keep the trigger free from any contact when you do not intend to fire. Never point the firearm at something that is not safe to shoot. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). NOTICE: The manufacturer assumes no responsibiity for any injury or property damage resuting from improper or careess handing, intentiona or accidenta discharge of the firearm. CAUTION: Shoud the breech bot remain open, check that the cut-off is not inadvertenty engaged. If it is, aways keeping your fingers away from the ejection port, cose the breech bot by operating the cut-off button. (Fig. 12) Insert through the oading gate the other rounds by pacing each round on the carrier and pressing it down and forward into the magazine tube unti it engages the stop tooth. (Fig. 18) 14 WARNING: The firearm is oaded and ready to fire again. Make sure that the safety is fuy engaged. Never point a firearm at something that is not safe to shoot. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). To fire, disengage the safety and pu the trigger. NOTICE: If the firearm is to function propery, it is recommended that the cutoff be used as described above. In particuar, it must be remembered that the breech bot, when hed OPEN by the cut-off, can be cosed ony by operating the cut-off ever. UNLOADING THE FIREARM WARNING: The firearm is oaded and ready to fire. Aways keep your fingers away from the trigger and keep the trigger free from any contact when you do not intend to fire. Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). 15

9 Pointing the firearm in a safe direction, check that safety is engaged (red ring covered). Engage the cut-off and retract the breech bot to extract and eject the chambered ive round. (Fig ) Keeping fingers away from the ejection port, depress the cut-off ever to cose the breech bot. (Fig. 12) Pressing down the carrier and at the same time pushing against the cartridge in the magazine, depress the breech bot reease button to ease exit of the shes from the magazine tube. (Fig. 22) Check to ensure the magazine tube and receiver are empty. Disengage the safety. Be carefu where you point the firearm, even though it might not be oaded. Keeping the breech bot retracted approximatey 2 cm (1 inch), to aow a visua check of the cartridge chamber to ensure it is empty, depress the trigger to ower the hammer. (Fig. 13) DISASSEMBLY WARNING: Check the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). BARREL Retract the breech bot unti it hooks into the OPEN position. (Fig. 14) Unscrew (countercockwise) the fore-end cap from the firearm and remove the front swive, if mounted. (Fig. 10) With one hand hod down the barre and with the other hand side the fore-end off the magazine tube. (Fig. 9) Grasping the barre and hoding the piston inside the gas cyinder with the right thumb to prevent dropping it, side the barre assemby forward off the stock / receiver assemby. (Fig. 7) Side the piston off the gas cyinder. (Fig. 6) BREECH BOLT Hoding the cocking hande with the index or midde finger of the eft hand, depress the breech bot reease button and aow the breech bot to side sowy forward unti it stops. (Fig. 23) Extract the cocking hande from the breech bot side. (Fig. 24) Hoding the stock / receiver assemby on a tabe with the oading gate facing upward, side the operating rod seeve forward off the magazine tube to extract the 16 breech bot assemby from the receiver. (Fig. 25) The breech bot assemby, no onger hed by the operating rod, wi divide into: (Fig. 26) - breech bot with firing pin, ocking bock, extractor, springs and pins; TRIGGER PLATE Engage the safety (the hammer is cocked). Depress the carrier stop push-button. (Fig. 4) Push out the trigger pate retaining pin by pressing it with a drift punch or other simiar object. (Fig. 27) Keeping the breech bot reease button pressed, extract the trigger pate by puing on the trigger guard with a forward and downward movement. (Fig. 28) CAUTION: Further disassemby of the firearm is not recommended, uness carried out by a competent gunsmith. NOTICE: Whoesaers, deaers or gunsmiths (uness they are a Repair Station authorized by the Manufacturer and/or by its Loca Officia Distributors) are not authorized to make any Warranty repair or adjustment on behaf of the Manufacturer. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE When combustion residues, grease or dirt partices have accumuated in the action, cean and ubricate the firearm. Ceaning and ubrication of the shotgun after use is the best guarantee for protection of parts against corrosion deriving from combustion residues and from use of the firearm in humid or saine environments. At the end of the hunting or shooting day, perform the Routine Maintenance as indicated. WARNING: Check that the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). WARNING: Excess oi and grease obstructing the bore even partiay are very dangerous when firing and may cause damages to the shotgun and serious injury to the shooter and bystanders. Never spray or appy oi to the shotshes. Use ubricants propery: you are responsibe for the proper care and maintenance of your firearm. 17

10 BARREL After use, thoroughy cean the barre bore by passing a swab through it to remove combustion residues. If necessary, use a ceaning rod with bronze brush and/or a patch soaked in a bore ceaning sovent. Thoroughy cean the barre tang ocking shouder. Pu a cean soft patch through the barre bore. Lighty ubricate the barre bore by puing through it a soft cean patch treated with Beretta gun oi. CAUTION: Do not appy excess oi: accumuation of oi attracts dirt which can pug the barre and interfere with the functioning and reiabiity of the gun. GAS CYLINDER, PISTON, MAGAZINE TUBE CAP SHAFT, EXHAUST VALVE ASSEMBLY CAUTION: Magnum cartridges and particuary Super Magnum (3 ) shotshes produce a high amount of combustion gases. The particuar composition of some Super Magnum shotshes powder can generate a strong deposit of combustion residues. The parts of the shotgun which, coming into contact with the gases, are more affected by the combustion residues are the gas cyinder (inside) and the piston with its bushing. TRIGGER PLATE Maintain as described for the breech bot assemby. RECEIVER Maintain as described for the breech bot assemby. Lighty oi the side rais of the breech bot inside the receiver. MAGAZINE TUBE Cean the outside of the magazine tube with a soft coth sprayed with Beretta gun oi. Carefuy dry with a soft coth and ighty oi the parts. Every rounds (according to the type of ammunition used) and in any case at the end of the hunting or shooting season, before storing the gun, in addition to the Routine Maintenance, perform the Specia Maintenance as described ater in this manua. REASSEMBLY Check that the piston sides freey inside the gas cyinder. Carefuy cean the inner side of the gas cyinder with a bronze brush sprayed with Beretta gun oi. When a combustion residues are removed, cean the inside of the gas cyinder with a soft coth. Carefuy cean the piston and check that the piston bushing can move freey in its housing. If necessary, aso cean the exhaust vave and the magazine tube cap shaft. CAUTION: Do not oi these parts. WARNING: Check that the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). Every rounds (according to the type of ammunition used), compete the Routine Maintenance with the foowing extra operations. FORE-END FLANGE Carefuy cean the fore-end fange exhaust vave port with a soft brush sprayed with Beretta gun oi. Carefuy dry the fange with a soft coth. BREECH BOLT ASSEMBLY Thoroughy cean the parts with a sma brush and Beretta gun oi. Carefuy dry with a soft coth and ighty oi the parts with Beretta gun oi. 18 TRIGGER PLATE Operate in the reverse order to what is described in the chapter Disassemby making sure that the hammer is cocked, the safety engaged and the carrier stop push-button depressed. (Fig. 28) Insert the trigger pate retaining pin, ensuring that the trigger pate hoe is centered on the receiver hoe. BREECH BOLT Reassembe the breech bot side with connecting rod to the breech bot. (Fig. 36) 19

11 Insert the operating rod into the breech bot side sot. (Fig. 37) Depress the carrier stop push-button. (Fig. 4) Hoding the stock/receiver assemby on a tabe with the ejection port facing upward, side the operating rod seeve on the magazine tube (the breech bot rests on the operating rod) and partiay insert the breech bot inside the receiver. (Fig. 25) Hoding the stock/receiver verticay, side the operating rod seeve downward, compressing the recoi spring unti the breech bot hooks into the OPEN position. (Fig. 38) NOTICE: To carry out the described operation with ease, the head of the breech bot connecting rod must rest in the recoi spring guide housing. This wi easiy occur when the connecting rod is perfecty coaxia to the breech bot and centered in the cocking hande sideway of the receiver. Insert the cocking hande into the breech bot side and push it unti it cicks home. (Fig. 24) BARREL Check the barre. The bore and cartridge chamber must be cean and free from obstructions. Insert the piston into the gas cyinder. (Fig. 6) Check that the breech bot is in the OPEN position. Partiay side the barre tang into the receiver, taking care that the piston does not drop out of the gas cyinder and that the magazine tube cap shaft enters the piston hoe as we as that of the gas cyinder and the vave assemby. (Fig. 7) Side the barre tang home into the receiver. (Fig. 8) Side the fore-end into pace over the gas cyinder, vave assemby and magazine tube. Check that the fore-end is perfecty centered on the receiver face. The foreend is correcty assembed when there is no space eft between the parts. (Fig. 9) Pace the front swive ring (if desired and suppied) on the fore-end fange and competey tighten the fore-end cap. (Fig. 10) Cose the breech bot by depressing the breech bot reease button, keeping your fingers away from the ejection port. (Fig. 11) CAUTION: Whie depressing the breech bot reease button to cose the breech bot, make sure that the cut-off is not inadvertenty engaged. Shoud this occur, the breech bot woud be kept OPEN by the cut-off ever. In this case, aways keeping your fingers away from the ejection port, cose the breech bot by operating the cut-off. (Fig. 12) Keeping the breech bot retracted approximatey 2 cm (1 inch), depress the trigger to ower the hammer. (Fig. 13) WARNING: Do not store firearms in paces which are or coud be accessibe by chidren or other persons whose unfamiiarity with firearms might ead to unsafe use. Aways store your firearms securey and unoaded, separate from ammunition. (See point 3 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). 20 SPECIAL MAINTENANCE Every rounds (according to the type of ammunition used) and in any case at the end of the hunting season, before storing the shotgun, in addition to the Routine Maintenance, aso perform the foowing Specia Maintenance operations. WARNING: Check the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). EXHAUST VALVE ASSEMBLY CAUTION: Use ony the suppied hook wrenches to screw and unscrew the vave assemby ocking nut and counter-nut. These spanners are designed and have the right dimensions to produce the correct driving torque when a force of medium intensity is appied. Never attempt to use different wrenches which coud produce an excessive driving torque. Do not appy excessive force when using the suppied spanners. CAUTION: Before starting the disassemby of the exhaust vave assemby, carefuy observe the position of the components parts. This wi be of great hep during the reassemby operations. DISASSEMBLY AND CLEANING Remove the barre from the shotgun. Unscrew the vave assemby counter-nut using the suppied hook wrench, operating countercockwise. (Fig. 29) Unscrew the vave assemby nut using the suppied wrench. (Fig. 30) Side from the vave shaft the spring, the vave and the vave centering ring. (Fig. 31) Side from the gas cyinder the vave shaft. (Fig. 32) Thoroughy cean the parts with Beretta gun oi. If necessary, use a bronze brush. CAUTION: Be carefu not to damage the threaded surfaces with excessive rubbing. Carefuy dry with a soft coth. Lighty oi the parts with Beretta gun oi. 21

12 CAUTION: Do not appy excess oi: accumuation of oi attracts dirt which can pug the barre and interfere with the functioning and reiabiity of the gun. REASSEMBLY Insert the vave shaft into the gas cyinder, etting the shaft ugs enter the cyinder recesses. (Fig. 33) Pace the vave centering ring, the vave and the vave spring around the vave shaft. Make sure that the vave is assembed with the outside recess turned to contain the first coi of the spring. (Fig. 34) Manuay screw the vave nut on the vave shaft unti tight. Using the suppied hook wrench, tighten the vave nut against the vave centering ring. Manuay screw the vave counter-nut on the vave shaft unti tight against the vave nut. Keeping the vave nut tight using one of the two hook wrenches, tighten the counter-nut against the nut with the other wrench. (Fig. 35) MAGAZINE CAPACITY The magazine tube capacity of the AL391 Urika (which has a three-round capacity) has been imited to two rounds by the appication of a pug in order to compy with the sporting gun aws in force in many countries. This pug, which is factory mounted, reduces the capacity of the AL391 Urika to no more than three rounds (two in the magazine, one in the chamber). In some areas, shooting is aowed ony with shotguns having a capacity of no more than two rounds. To use the AL391 Urika in these areas, it wi be necessary to imit the magazine capacity to ony one round. It is possibe to increase the magazine capacity from two to three rounds in the countries where it is aowed. NOTICE: These operations must be carried out by a competent gunsmith. NOTICE: Whoesaers, deaers or gunsmiths (uness they are a Repair Station authorized by the Manufacturer and/or by its Loca Officia Distributors) are not authorized to make any Warranty repair or adjustment on behaf of the Manufacturer. MOBILCHOKE TUBES NOTICE: Beretta Mobichoke SP (Stee-Proof) screw-in chokes tubes have been speciay designed to take the punishment of non-toxic stee shot. For best resuts with stee shot, Beretta recommends a modified choke. Fu choke constriction when using stee shot does not increase pattern density and often distorts norma pattern density associated with ead. Remember that standard od type Beretta Mobichoke tubes were not designed for stee shot. Before shooting stee shot cartridges check that the Beretta Mobichoke tubes are marked SP. CHANGING AND CLEANING THE CHOKES WARNING: Check that the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never ook into the muzze or change tubes on a oaded gun even with safety engaged. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). Unscrew (countercockwise) the choke using the suppied spanner. (Fig. 39) Carefuy cean the choke housing. If necessary, use a patch sprayed with Beretta gun oi. Carefuy dry the choke housing using a soft patch. Insert the desired choke into the choke housing, checking that it is perfecty cean inside and outside. (Fig. 40) Manuay screw on (cockwise) the choke. Tighten it with the mutipe spanner. WARNING: During the hunting or shooting day, under safe conditions (firearms unoaded with cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine empty and breech bot in OPEN position) check whether the choke has worked oose. Shoud this happen, the choke must be tightened again using the suppied spanner. 22 WARNING: Remember that you shoud never use a Mobichoke barre without a Mobichoke tube inserted. Shooting without the choke tube is dangerous and can damage the barre s interna screw thread irreparaby. 23

13 STOCK DROP AND CAST MODIFICATION The Beretta AL391 Urika semi-automatic shotgun is factory set with a hee drop of 55 or 60 mm. (2.16 or 2.36 ) (fied, sporting, skeet modes), of 40 mm. (1.57 ) (trap modes) and cast-off (right-handed shooters). The components which determine the drop and the cast are: Receiver-stock spacer made of technopoymer, fiber-gass reinforced. Stock meta pate. Both the spacer and the pate are designed to secure two different drops with cast-off or with cast-on (for eft handed shooters) depending on how they are assembed. Other measures of stock drop can be obtained using the suppied extra set of spacers. CHANGING THE STOCK DROP AND CAST SPACERS NOTICE: The DX mark on the spacer and on the pate means cast-off, the SX mark means cast-on. The stock drop measures are in miimetres. The stock drop and cast of the spacer must aways correspond to those of the meta pate. NOTICE: Stock drop and cast modification must be carried out by a competent gunsmith. NECESSARY TOOLS Screwdriver. Hexagona tube spanner (13 mm). Torque wrench (suggested). WARNING: Check that the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). Remove the recoi pad using the screwdriver. Disassembe the stock using the spanner and take off the spacers. Put the spacer around the stock bot tube. Make sure that the spacer shows on the top the drop and cast wanted ( C-60-DX in the drawing). Put the rear pate and the washer in the back hoe of the stock unti the pate reaches its own seat in the stock. Make sure that the pate shows on the top the same drop and cast of the spacer on the top ( C-60-DX in the drawing). Use the screwdriver to center the pate and the washer. Assembe the stock, making sure to ocate the stock bot tube through the rear pate and the washer. Aso make sure that the front spacer is centered between the stock and the receiver. (During this operation keep the shotgun vertica with the barre down). Using the spanner, screw on and tighten the stock retaining nut with a torque of about 1,6/1,8 kgm (11.6/13.0 Ftb) (Kg meter). A torque wrench is usefu for this purpose. Screw on the recoi pad. WARNING: The improper observance of this procedure coud cause damage to the shotgun and/or injury to the bystanders. RECOIL PAD The standard pastic butt-pate or rubber recoi pad can be repaced with a rubber recoi pad of different thickness without any adjustment. By assembing rubber recoi pads of different thickness it is possibe to modify the ength of pu. NOTICE: This operation must be carried out by a competent gunsmith

14 REVERSIBLE SAFETY BUTTON NOTE: WARNING: Check that the firearm is unoaded (cartridge chamber empty, receiver empty, magazine tube empty). Check that the firearm is unoaded by ooking through the ejection port, the oading gate and the chamber. If the shotgun is not unoaded, unoad it as described in the chapter Unoading the firearm. Lower the hammer on the unoaded gun by puing the trigger. WARNING: Never point a firearm at someone or at hard and fat surfaces. Treat the firearm as if it were oaded. (See points 1, 2 and 4 of the BASIC SAFETY RULES). The safety button is factory assembed to be engaged by pushing it from the eft to the right side of the receiver and disengaged in the opposite direction with the index finger of the right hand (right-handed shooters). By reversing the safety button, the safety is engaged by pushing from the right to the eft side of the receiver and is disengaged in the opposite way by using the index finger of the eft hand (eft-handed shooters). To invert the safety button: Cock the hammer. Keeping the safety punger depressed with a drift punch, push the safety out of its housing (from the right to the eft side of the firearm). CAUTION: The safety punger spring, when mounted, is in a compressed condition. Take care not to ose the punger and its spring. Reverse the safety and insert it into its housing from the eft to the right side of the firearm and cick it into position, keeping the safety punger depressed. NOTICE: This operation must be carried out by a competent gunsmith

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16 Le iustrazioni e descrizioni di questo opuscoo si intendono fornite a titoo indicativo. La Casa si riserva pertanto i diritto di apportare ai suoi modei, in quasiasi momento e senza preavviso, quee modifiche che ritenesse utii per migiorari o per quasiasi esigenza di carattere costruttivo e commerciae. The iustrations and descriptions given in this brochure are intended as a genera guide ony, and must not be taken as binding. The Company, therefore, reserves the right to make, at any moment and without notice, any changes it thinks necessary to improve its modes or to meet any requirements of manufacturing or commercia nature. Les iustrations et es descriptions contenues dans ce prospectus ne sont données qu'à titre indicatif. La Maison se réserve e droit de modifier, à tout moment et sans préavis, ses modèes pour es améiorer ou pour n'importe quee exigence de caractère constructif et commercia. Beretta Pubbicità - cod /99 (5) Printed in Ita Batan - Gardone V.T

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