.455_Hunter
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Glad I could be of service
It is usually the operator pulling rearward on the forearm too early that locks stuff up. It doesn’t feel right pushing it forward a touch, then pulling it rearward to get to cycle. Recoil does the job for you when you’re shooting, so you aren’t used to doing that when cycling the action without firing.
My Winchester Model 12 is the same way with the forearm, it has to go forward to unlock. It also has no trigger disconnect so it slam-fires if you hold the trigger down. Learned about that feature on accident as a kid shooting at flying doves! (I went a big 0-fer that first dove season.)
But I just checked my Browning BPS’s, they do not need to be unlocked to cycle. I was able to pull the BPS forearm to the rear and simultaneously depress the action release to open it.
Stay safe.
Similar for the Browning designed Savage/Stevens 520/620 series- the slide must "bump" forward after firing to release the action for cycling.