interarms semi-auto shotgun

[two gun charlie]

ok I feel a little stupid I bought this shotgun , Atis 12 guage , semi-auto,
and I can't get the action out it seems with many other semi-auto's
you just remove the barrel , pull or screw out the little operating handle and the action slides out , easy , but I can't see any way that this handle can pull out so there it is , stuck hope someone on this site has a similar shotgun

 

[Deer_Freak]

Post the exact brand and model I am sure there is a owners manual online. We can help you but you have to help yourself first.

 

[rcmodel]

If it's the one I think it is??

Look for a flat blued metal piece with a friction-grip surface on the bottom of the bolt. It sits in a long dovetail groove.
There is a pin near one end of it.

The spring-loaded pin must be depressed, and the metal piece slid forward and out.

The bolt handle assembly can then be removed through the ejection port.

rc

 

[two gun charlie]

ok I see everything just the way you describe it , except that the pin seems to be a part of the metal piece and cannot be depressed

 

[two gun charlie]

here is what I see

 

[rcmodel]

O.K.
I remembered wrong I think.

See the little slot by the pin head?

Stick a thin screwdriver blade in it and see if you can pry it up?

Quite frankly, I have only seen one of them.
And that was too long ago to remember how it comes out.
I just know it has too to get the bolt handle out.

rc

 

[two gun charlie]

not coming up , are we talking a lot of force ? it does depress quite easily though , but it makes no difference to how far the metal piece can slide forward

I have been looking around but can't find much information on this shotgun , everything so far was easy to figure out , I am pretty much just waiting to run into someone who has one or had one to give me a hint on what to try , in the meantime I just fiddle with it , eventually something will go click.

So far I know it was made in Brescia , Italy , imported by interarms , called an Atis , a copy of a certain model browning , but I checked , it does not come apart quite the same way as the browning it emulates.

 

[two gun charlie]

ok

you were right , I just used "insufficient" force