I have a urika a391 and its almost identical in its operation. With a loaded mag push the lifter with your thumb and hit the bolt release, that emptys the tube without having to cycle the action to unload. I love beretta shotguns
Thank you for the video. Was my first shotgun and still works like a charm 35 years old...I can afirm how much rounds she have but I can say that she as more then 25000+ rounds, never replace nothing, and my Breda is about 30 years old and same thing amazing!!!👍💯
Best shotgun i ever owned and i have had many. Did break the connecting rod once. Perfect LOP and fit for me. Have shot many birds with this gun. Tried other guns always come back to this one. Bought mine in 1990 and i have the cutoff switch in the bottom. Must keep relatively clean especially the 2 gas holes in the barrel. Made in Italy and it does matter.
That's a very early model with the magazine cut-off switch near the trigger. The later models had the switch on the bottom of the forend. Just picked up a later model 20 gauge 303. Great skeet and upland bird gun. The beauty of the magazine cut-off switch is quickly manually ejecting a shell out of the chamber and putting in a different shell without another coming up out of the magazine. Works for waterfowl hunting if a goose comes in and you're loaded for ducks.
As demonstrated in the video....that switch functions as a bolt hold open, not a magazine cut off. That switch can be used to hold the bolt open for a shell switch but it doesn’t cut off the magazine, rather there is a “default” cut off automatically in place unless the trigger is pulled or the little button on the lifter pressed.....at least this is how the “early” A303 is functioning. Very Italian.....gotta learn to speak it......
I know what you mean, I have a Beretta AL390 in 20 gauge, It has the lifter button, the bolt closing button, and a (true) magazine cutoff on the left receiver. Loading and shooting is self-evident. However, the simultaneous use of the magazine cutoff and the lifter button - which allow both isolating the magazine and the shell by shell magazine unloading (you called it the "pop-out") - nearly always require my re-reading of the manual. BTW the magazine cutoff is also a bolt hold open device. I speak a little Italian, and we have travelled in Italy several times, so I am not surprised by the various options and machinations of the gun. It is VERY Italian!
For quick and easy shell switch. Hold the gun uppright 45°up 1 press the lifter button (1 shell leavs the mag into the lifter) 2 switch the bolt holder up 3 pull the bolt all the way back but not to fast (the shell in the pipe will swing out 90°) 4 grab the shell 5 switch down the boltholder (loads the shell in the lifter) 6 load the shell thats in your hand in the mag (if you want)
Hello , great instructive video, Thanks, but I want to disassemble the all trigger block, did you try to separate it? this is to take a look at the elevator plate system as sometimes it doesn't work completely, doesn't push up the cartridge. Thank You.
TH-cam gets weird these days if you disassemble and show detailed function. After the rules change a month or so ago, they consider this instructions on how to create a firearm which is against policy and can get you banned. Us gun tubers now have to be very careful about showing even patent drawings on their videos.
Could the magazine cut off be the small button behind the lifter on the bottom of the receiver? That way with the safety on there is no way a shell could enter the receiver or reach the lifter at all.
That is more A302 then A303. I have an A303 myself, a bit diferent. Mine runs fine with 1oz/28gram lead shells. Never seen an A303 like that. Congrats on the video. My review is in portuguese but i have a shooting section you might like. Feel free to check it out.
@@MilsurpGarage If I had to guess from what I have researched around 2000 US in 1988. I spent 600 on mine in good condition excited to take it for a spin.
Questo modello NON È un 303 !! Ha solo il calcio e l’ astina di un 303 !! La cassa del fucile è di un 302 !! Solo il 302 ha il cut-off laterale tra il grilletto e l’ otturatore . Il cut-off del 303 , se c’è , è posizionato sotto l’ astina. PRIMA DI PUBBLICARE VIDEO BISOGNA SAPERE DI COSA SI PARLA !!
I’ve tried that ghost loading procedure on the 303.....saw another TH-cam video on it, but my shells did dit fit as his did. I’m sure there is a way to do it with different shells or something but I didn’t see much use for it being its a trap gun. As for the Breda....I’d love to learn how it normally works first! Complicated little bugger.
The 302 for sure has that leaver on the side, I've never seen a 303 with that leaver, I have 2 303s, no leaver - I have also seem the leaflet of beretta of the 3 series ie a3000/301/302/3 - only the 302 have that leaver.@@MilsurpGarage
That is a question that requires a major amount of additional information. What gun, ammo, distance, type of bird, barrel length…… That’s like saying, what kind of hook do I need to catch a fish? Its a question debated on over the finest points.
@@MilsurpGarage okay sir then can you please tell me which gun that is budget friendly and can still shoot at very long range yes i mean a shotgun? And any 6 or 8 number shells . ?
@@MilsurpGarage sir it is very expensive any made in italy or USA is very expensive can you suggest a shotgun maybe turkish made or some other cheap ones.
Awesome lesson! Your detail of every function is outstanding. Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Appreciate the kind words.
I have a urika a391 and its almost identical in its operation. With a loaded mag push the lifter with your thumb and hit the bolt release, that emptys the tube without having to cycle the action to unload. I love beretta shotguns
Yes, very unique function. Shotgun in Italian. Thanks for tuning in.
Thank you for the video. Was my first shotgun and still works like a charm 35 years old...I can afirm how much rounds she have but I can say that she as more then 25000+ rounds, never replace nothing, and my Breda is about 30 years old and same thing amazing!!!👍💯
Keep them in rotation! Thanks for tuning in.
Best shotgun i ever owned and i have had many. Did break the connecting rod once. Perfect LOP and fit for me. Have shot many birds with this gun.
Tried other guns always come back to this one. Bought mine in 1990 and i have the cutoff switch in the bottom. Must keep relatively clean especially
the 2 gas holes in the barrel. Made in Italy and it does matter.
Yes, it definitely feels unique so if you like the feel of it, nothing else will do.
That's a very early model with the magazine cut-off switch near the trigger. The later models had the switch on the bottom of the forend. Just picked up a later model 20 gauge 303. Great skeet and upland bird gun. The beauty of the magazine cut-off switch is quickly manually ejecting a shell out of the chamber and putting in a different shell without another coming up out of the magazine. Works for waterfowl hunting if a goose comes in and you're loaded for ducks.
As demonstrated in the video....that switch functions as a bolt hold open, not a magazine cut off. That switch can be used to hold the bolt open for a shell switch but it doesn’t cut off the magazine, rather there is a “default” cut off automatically in place unless the trigger is pulled or the little button on the lifter pressed.....at least this is how the “early” A303 is functioning. Very Italian.....gotta learn to speak it......
I still have mine since 1993 and I love it , it's my preferred semi auto and I got for it an extra 2 3/4 barrel for light loads from the used marked.👌
Is yours in the same configuration as mine?
@@MilsurpGarage yes
That Shotgun Speaks With its Hands 😲😮 It’s Gotta Be Italian 😀😊❤️ Love it
Vito, get’n da car.
@@MilsurpGarage Lol 😂
I know what you mean, I have a Beretta AL390 in 20 gauge, It has the lifter button, the bolt closing button, and a (true) magazine cutoff on the left receiver. Loading and shooting is self-evident. However, the simultaneous use of the magazine cutoff and the lifter button - which allow both isolating the magazine and the shell by shell magazine unloading (you called it the "pop-out") - nearly always require my re-reading of the manual. BTW the magazine cutoff is also a bolt hold open device. I speak a little Italian, and we have travelled in Italy several times, so I am not surprised by the various options and machinations of the gun. It is VERY Italian!
Sometimes I think it actually LIKES to confuse me.....
What is best choke for the up air target like moving flying birds ?
For quick and easy shell switch.
Hold the gun uppright 45°up
1 press the lifter button (1 shell leavs the mag into the lifter)
2 switch the bolt holder up
3 pull the bolt all the way back but not to fast (the shell in the pipe will swing out 90°)
4 grab the shell
5 switch down the boltholder (loads the shell in the lifter)
6 load the shell thats in your hand in the mag (if you want)
Now THAT sounds like Italian shotgun being spoken! Thanks for the details.
I Like The Trap Shooting Footage I Hope You Continue To Show The Shooting 😊😀👍🏼 Lot of Fun Shooting Trap
Have no choice but to prop the camera…..nobody to film me! Want to try some kind of overhead wide angle skull mount.
@@MilsurpGarage Sure a Go Pro or Something Like That 😀👍🏼
Hello , great instructive video, Thanks, but I want to disassemble the all trigger block, did you try to separate it? this is to take a look at the elevator plate system as sometimes it doesn't work completely, doesn't push up the cartridge. Thank You.
TH-cam gets weird these days if you disassemble and show detailed function. After the rules change a month or so ago, they consider this instructions on how to create a firearm which is against policy and can get you banned. Us gun tubers now have to be very careful about showing even patent drawings on their videos.
@@MilsurpGarage Ok thanks ;-)
I got the same one, with a 28in barrel. Cycles 1oz loads and above.
Nice. Is it an early version like mine with A302 features?
Mine doesnt have have the button side of the receiver. Other than that, it looks the same
Could the magazine cut off be the small button behind the lifter on the bottom of the receiver? That way with the safety on there is no way a shell could enter the receiver or reach the lifter at all.
If I recall correctly, just pressing it allows a shell to pass regardless of the safety button position
That is more A302 then A303. I have an A303 myself, a bit diferent. Mine runs fine with 1oz/28gram lead shells. Never seen an A303 like that. Congrats on the video. My review is in portuguese but i have a shooting section you might like. Feel free to check it out.
Olha quem é
Yeah, its an early production 303. Gonna check out your video.
Does anyone know how much these were when they were new in the late 80s? Specifically, a 1988 without the cool switch for bolt hold.
I remember reading they were very expensive new.....never saw a price list however.
@@MilsurpGarage If I had to guess from what I have researched around 2000 US in 1988. I spent 600 on mine in good condition excited to take it for a spin.
Is this gap normally .in a303
Refresh my menory......what gap are we talking about. The slightly loose forend?
Do you know the year of it? 😮
C’mon now, you’re visiting with me in the milsurp garage……are you watching the video?
1986 bud watch
Nice
Thanks
That mag restrict came from sort of British massacre carried out with the a303 when it could hold 8 or 10
An Italian Shotgun in London
Questo modello NON È un 303 !! Ha solo il calcio e l’ astina di un 303 !! La cassa del fucile è di un 302 !! Solo il 302 ha il cut-off laterale tra il grilletto e l’ otturatore . Il cut-off del 303 , se c’è , è posizionato sotto l’ astina. PRIMA DI PUBBLICARE VIDEO BISOGNA SAPERE DI COSA SI PARLA !!
Before commenting you should watch the whole video…..it IS an A303 and the configuration you see is here is discussed.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I don't like that you can't find a recoil pad.
There must be one out there somewhere! These are pretty soft on the shoulder. Thanks for tuning in!
@@MilsurpGarage there isn't without shaving the curved end off of the stock.
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that either. No aftermarket stock options?
Do you know that with ghost loading, you can put 6 rounds?! And the Breda is the same. Buy I recommend only 5 rounds and use good rounds 👍
I’ve tried that ghost loading procedure on the 303.....saw another TH-cam video on it, but my shells did dit fit as his did. I’m sure there is a way to do it with different shells or something but I didn’t see much use for it being its a trap gun. As for the Breda....I’d love to learn how it normally works first! Complicated little bugger.
That's a 302 with a forend of a 303
Early 303’s came like this straight from the factory. It’s not pieced together.
So why does it show 303 on the receiver?
The 302 for sure has that leaver on the side, I've never seen a 303 with that leaver, I have 2 303s, no leaver - I have also seem the leaflet of beretta of the 3 series ie a3000/301/302/3 - only the 302 have that leaver.@@MilsurpGarage
WHERE? iI've only seem P Beretta@@robjones1520
it doesn't - it only says P Beretta @@robjones1520
So yeah , that’s a nice magazine cutoff.😂
Doh!
@@MilsurpGarage 🙂
What is best choke for the up air target like moving flying birds ?
That is a question that requires a major amount of additional information. What gun, ammo, distance, type of bird, barrel length……
That’s like saying, what kind of hook do I need to catch a fish? Its a question debated on over the finest points.
@@MilsurpGarage okay sir then can you please tell me which gun that is budget friendly and can still shoot at very long range yes i mean a shotgun? And any 6 or 8 number shells . ?
@@khosomujeeb How about the one in this video?
@@MilsurpGarage sir it is very expensive any made in italy or USA is very expensive can you suggest a shotgun maybe turkish made or some other cheap ones.