{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "benelli-nova",
    "name": "Benelli Nova",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "benelli",
      "name": "Benelli Armi"
    },
    "category": "shotgun",
    "action": "pump-action",
    "calibers": [
      "12 gauge",
      "20 gauge"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "SuperNova",
      "Nova Tactical"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [
      "Benelli SuperNova",
      "Benelli Nova Tactical"
    ],
    "page": "firearms/benelli-nova.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/benelli-nova.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "This work order is written for the Benelli Nova. It is reported to cover Benelli SuperNova; Benelli Nova Tactical — if the firearm on the bench is one of those, check the torque notes: values do not always carry over.",
    "No manufacturer torque values are recorded. The values listed are reported by other sources, not the manufacturer — confirm them before use."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "not-recorded",
    "limit": null,
    "statement": null,
    "source": null
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 1,
    "group": "shotgun",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "Simple pump in a one-piece polymer stock/receiver with a steel cage: the trigger guard drops out on two pins and the bolt and twin action bars lift out. Traps are minor (hammer cocked to refit the guard, longer pin forward, both action bars in their tracks).",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 95,
      "kind": "line-items",
      "covers": "stand-in: Benelli Nova 3 owner's manual spare-parts list (Drawing 1 trigger group keys 1-26, Drawing 2 bolt/fore-end 1-18, Drawing 3 stock/magazine/sights 1-38, Drawing 4 barrel/sights 1-13). The Nova",
      "basis": "manufacturer-parts-list",
      "source": {
        "title": "Nova 3 Manual",
        "publisher": "Benelli USA / Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
        "reliability": "primary",
        "url": "https://www.benelliusa.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2025-08/Nova%203%20Manual.pdf",
        "page": "pp. 19-29 (PDF pp. 21-29)",
        "pdfPage": null,
        "pageUrl": null,
        "quote": "To order spare parts you must specify the gauge, the model and the serial number of your"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "The trigger guard goes back only with the hammer cocked, pivoting on its front hook, and the two retaining pins differ in length: the longer one goes in the front hole.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Nova Pump Field Shotgun Product Manual",
          "publisher": "Benelli USA / Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.benelliusa.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2019-10/Nova%20Pump%20Field%20Shotgun%20Product%20Manual.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "NOTE: the longer pin is used in the forward hole (fig. 39)."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 30,
      "rebuild": 45,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "Strip of bolt, action bars, trigger guard and magazine; polymer receiver/stock is one piece (coating is mostly barrel, mag tube, guard and small parts).",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Barrel / magazine",
        "removes": [
          "magazine cap",
          "barrel",
          "magazine spring, follower and limiter"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Receiver",
        "removes": [
          "trigger guard pins (long pin front) and trigger guard group",
          "bolt assembly and action bars",
          "fore-end"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Bolt",
        "removes": [
          "firing pin pin, firing pin and spring",
          "rotating head and cam pin",
          "extractor"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Trigger guard",
        "removes": [
          "hammer, sear, trigger and springs (only if coating the guard)"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 12,
      "springs": 18,
      "detents": 1,
      "basis": "counted by name in the same list: pins = D1 14, 20, 21; D2 5, 6, 8, 17; D3 11, 19, 33; D4 3, 8 (D2-4 firing pin and D1-19 pin bush not counted); springs = D1 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 25; D2 3, 10, 16; D"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "Punch set",
        "usedFor": "Trigger guard pins and bolt pins"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Trigger guard pins in the right holes",
        "why": "The longer pin goes forward; swapped pins do not retain properly.",
        "source": {
          "title": "Nova Pump Field Shotgun Product Manual",
          "publisher": "Benelli USA / Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.benelliusa.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2019-10/Nova%20Pump%20Field%20Shotgun%20Product%20Manual.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "NOTE: the longer pin is used in the forward hole (fig. 39)."
        }
      },
      {
        "check": "Function check: safety, trigger/sear release, disconnector and feeding with dummy rounds",
        "why": "Standard after any detail strip; a mis-assembled sear or disconnector can double or fail to fire.",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Engage the crossbolt safety."
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Press the magazine cut-off button, then cycle the action to eject the chambered shell without feeding a new one.",
          "tip": "This is the safest way to unload the chamber on a Nova.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Chambered shell, if present"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Release the cut-off and cycle the action repeatedly, catching each shell, until no more feed from the magazine tube."
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "With the action open, inspect the chamber and look up the magazine tube with a light.",
          "warning": "Chamber and tube, both."
        },
        {
          "n": 6,
          "instruction": "Physically confirm the chamber is empty and remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Unscrew the magazine cap and pull the barrel forward off the magazine tube.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Magazine cap",
                "Barrel"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Slide the forend and action bars forward out of the receiver, withdrawing the bolt with them.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Forend and action bar assembly",
                "Bolt"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Push out the trigger group pin and lift the trigger group out of the receiver.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Trigger group"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Magazine cap",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Barrel",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Forend and action bar assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolt",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Trigger group",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": null,
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [
        {
          "component": "Receiver",
          "material": "Technopolymer",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "Nova Black",
          "note": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Benelli Nova Black — technical data",
            "publisher": "Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://www.benelli.it/en/arma/nova-black",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "RECEIVER FINISHING Technopolymer"
          }
        },
        {
          "component": "Stock",
          "material": "Technopolymer",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "Nova Black",
          "note": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Benelli Nova Black — technical data",
            "publisher": "Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://www.benelli.it/en/arma/nova-black",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "STOCK AND FORE-END Technopolymer"
          }
        },
        {
          "component": "Receiver",
          "material": "technopolymer",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "Nova Black",
          "note": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Benelli Nova Black — technical data",
            "publisher": "Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://www.benelli.it/en/arma/nova-black",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "Receiver and stock of the Nova Black model form a single unit made from technopolymer, which is highly resistant to both low and high temperatures."
          }
        }
      ],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Install the trigger group and insert its pin fully."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Feed the bolt and action bar assembly into the receiver, keeping both bars in their tracks.",
              "warning": "One bar out of its track will bind the action."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Seat the barrel fully into the receiver with its ring over the magazine tube."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Thread the magazine cap on and hand-tighten firmly."
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Cycle the action several times and perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "reported-only",
      "manufacturer": [],
      "reported": [
        {
          "fastener": "Integrated-rail SureShell carrier to receiver (four or five screws and washers, factory rail holes)",
          "appliesTo": "Mesa Tactical Integrated Rail SureShell shotshell carrier on a Benelli SuperNova Tactical",
          "qualifier": "approximate",
          "value": 15,
          "valueMax": null,
          "unit": "in-lb",
          "converted": {
            "value": {
              "N-m": 1.7,
              "in-lb": 15,
              "ft-lb": 1.2
            },
            "valueMax": null
          },
          "sequence": null,
          "threadlocker": "Blue Loctite on each screw",
          "source": {
            "title": "Mesa Tactical SureShell Shotshell Carriers — Assembly and Operation Guide (47374)",
            "publisher": "Mesa Tactical",
            "reliability": "secondary",
            "url": "https://mesatactical.com/content/manuals/47374_SureShell_Shotshell_Carriers_Assembly_and_Operation_Guide.pdf",
            "page": "PDF p. 16 of 20",
            "pdfPage": 16,
            "pageUrl": "https://mesatactical.com/content/manuals/47374_SureShell_Shotshell_Carriers_Assembly_and_Operation_Guide.pdf#page=16",
            "quote": "the four or five screws and washers (the SureShell carriers for the Benelli SuperNova Tactical do not include washers). Tighten to about 15 inch-lbs and use a drop of blue Loctite® on each screw."
          }
        }
      ],
      "notes": "The manufacturer's documents give no torque value. They say: \"fully tighten the two screws.\" (Nova Pump Field Shotgun Product Manual, PDF p. 97 (rear sight adjustment)) \"Tighten the barrel retaining cap\" (Nova 3 Manual, PDF p. 5 and p. 16 (sentence continues))"
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify the shotgun is unloaded — chamber and magazine tube — before each step.",
        "Cycle the action by hand and confirm the bolt locks fully into battery.",
        "With the hammer cocked, engage the safety and press the trigger. The hammer must not fall.",
        "Disengage the safety and press the trigger. The hammer should fall.",
        "Confirm the bolt locks open when retracted and releases with the carrier release.",
        "Load two dummy shells into the magazine and confirm they feed and eject one at a time.",
        "Confirm the magazine cap is tight.",
        "Confirm the magazine cut-off works: with it engaged, cycling the action should not feed a shell from the magazine."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Benelli Nova Use and Maintenance Manual",
      "publisher": "Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "benelli-usa-benelli-armi-s-p-a-03fada",
      "title": "Nova Pump Field Shotgun Product Manual",
      "publisher": "Benelli USA / Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.benelliusa.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2019-10/Nova%20Pump%20Field%20Shotgun%20Product%20Manual.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "benelli-usa-benelli-armi-s-p-a-818fa9",
      "title": "Nova 3 Manual",
      "publisher": "Benelli USA / Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.benelliusa.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2025-08/Nova%203%20Manual.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "id": "benelli-specs-6b26a9",
      "title": "Benelli Nova Black — technical data",
      "publisher": "Benelli Armi S.p.A.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.benelli.it/en/arma/nova-black",
      "accessed": "2026-10-03"
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "id": "mesa-tactical-c93c1b",
      "title": "Mesa Tactical SureShell Shotshell Carriers — Assembly and Operation Guide (47374)",
      "publisher": "Mesa Tactical",
      "reliability": "secondary",
      "url": "https://mesatactical.com/content/manuals/47374_SureShell_Shotshell_Carriers_Assembly_and_Operation_Guide.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11"
    }
  ]
}