So I recently picked up a Beretta 1301 tactical Gen 2 and I'm wondering if there is a mechanical issue or if I am just unfamiliar with the mechanics of it. I have yet to shoot it, as all of the ranges are closed in my area, but when I picked it up it function checked just fine. I noticed an issue when I went to load/unload it. I sent the bolt forward with nothing chambered and began feeding the magazine, then racked it and chambered a round. When I went to clear out the magazine I figured that by racking the bolt back it would just feed out all of the ammo in the magazine tube (similar to if you racked a lever action rifle, or decided not to drop a mag in an AR and just ran every round out the ejector).
I noticed that the round would eject without issue, but the following round from the mag tube would not load. I would have to push the little button on the lifter to get it to send another round in the chamber. I had to continually repeat this process to empty my mag tube as it would not automatically load the next round.
I searched on this forum and across google and saw using 2000 grit sandpaper to polish any burrs, but it seemed like people had already put some rounds through the gun by the time they had to do this, and it fixed the problem. Guess Im just trying to find out why it's not cycling rounds from the magazine to the chamber with each rack of the bolt. Does it need to actually fire the round to move another into the chamber? Haven't found a whole lot of answers, just some slightly similar situations. Thanks for any help or info you can provide.
