{
  "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": "stoeger-m3000",
    "name": "Stoeger M3000",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "stoeger",
      "name": "Stoeger Industries"
    },
    "category": "shotgun",
    "action": "inertia-driven",
    "calibers": [
      "12 gauge",
      "20 gauge"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "M3500",
      "M3020"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [
      "Stoeger M3500",
      "Stoeger M3020"
    ],
    "page": "firearms/stoeger-m3000.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/stoeger-m3000.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "Stoeger Industries limits owner disassembly: Full routine strip: magazine cap, forend, barrel, bolt assembly (locking head, firing pin, inertia spring) and trigger guard assembly out of the receiver; the trigger group itself is not taken apart.",
    "This work order is written for the Stoeger M3000. It is reported to cover Stoeger M3500; Stoeger M3020 — if the firearm on the bench is one of those, check the torque notes: values do not always carry over.",
    "No torque values are recorded for this firearm. Get them from the manufacturer or a gunsmith; do not estimate."
  ],
  "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": "limited",
    "limit": "Full routine strip: magazine cap, forend, barrel, bolt assembly (locking head, firing pin, inertia spring) and trigger guard assembly out of the receiver; the trigger group itself is not taken apart.",
    "statement": "Stoeger says further disassembly of the trigger group is not recommended except by a qualified gunsmith.",
    "source": {
      "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
      "page": "15",
      "pdfPage": 16,
      "pageUrl": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf#page=16",
      "quote": "The shotgun is now completely stripped. All the parts that require routine maintenance and cleaning are disassembled. CAUTION: Further disassembly of the trigger group is not recommended, except by a qualified gunsmith."
    }
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 2,
    "group": "shotgun",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "85 parts across seven assembly drawings on a Benelli-pattern inertia action; the bolt group has a firing pin under spring pressure, a locking head that goes in one way, and an inertia spring whose omission makes the gun unsafe, and Stoeger reserves trigger-group stripping for a gunsmith. No timing.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 85,
      "kind": "line-items",
      "covers": "Seven assembly drawings with legends (trigger group T01-T26, bolt M01-M17, barrel N01-N09, fore-end E01-E07, magazine tube S01-S07, receiver G01-G10, stock D01-D09) - the complete gun",
      "basis": "manufacturer-parts-list",
      "source": {
        "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
        "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
        "reliability": "primary",
        "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
        "page": "21–28",
        "pdfPage": 22,
        "pageUrl": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf#page=22",
        "quote": "D09 RECOIL PAD SCREW"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "The bolt group must be assembled in a set order with the inertia spring between locking head and bolt; Stoeger warns improper assembly can cause an accidental discharge.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
          "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Improper assembly of the bolt group can cause accidental discharge resulting in serious injury or death."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The firing pin is under spring pressure and has to be held with its spring while the retaining pin is pulled or refitted.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
          "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "CAUTION: The firing pin is under spring pressure."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The locking head only goes in one way: its slanted stem faces must be hidden.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
          "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "The slanted surfaces on the locking head's stem should not be visible once the bolt-locking head is mounted."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "Stoeger does not recommend stripping the trigger group except by a qualified gunsmith.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
          "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Further dis- assembly of the trigger group is not recommended, except by a qualified gunsmith."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 50,
      "rebuild": 70,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "As Benelli M2 pattern; 85 listed parts.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Barrel / magazine",
        "removes": [
          "magazine cap",
          "fore-end",
          "barrel",
          "magazine spring and follower (retainer)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Receiver",
        "removes": [
          "trigger group pin(s) and trigger group",
          "bolt assembly and cocking handle",
          "carrier latch / cartridge drop lever"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Bolt",
        "removes": [
          "firing pin retaining pin, firing pin and spring",
          "locking head pin and locking head",
          "inertia spring",
          "extractor pin, extractor and spring"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Trigger group",
        "removes": [
          "trigger group T01-T26 (Stoeger: gunsmith only)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Stock / recoil tube",
        "removes": [
          "recoil pad",
          "stock nut, spring washer and plate",
          "stock and drop shims",
          "recoil spring, plunger and link",
          "recoil spring tube (bare-receiver jobs; often thread-locked)"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "13-17 mm socket on extension",
          "padded vise",
          "heat gun"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 17,
      "springs": 18,
      "detents": 9,
      "basis": "counted from the manufacturer's parts list (one per key number unless a quantity is given)"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "Long 13-17 mm socket on extension",
        "usedFor": "Buttstock nut on the tension rod"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Padded vise and heat gun",
        "usedFor": "Freeing a thread-locked recoil spring tube"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Punch set incl. 3/32 in.",
        "usedFor": "Trigger group and bolt pins"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Recoil tube support and torque",
        "why": "The aluminium recoil tube is easily crushed or bent; refit square and tight without clamping the tube.",
        "source": {
          "title": "Benelli Super Black Eagle recoil spring replacement",
          "publisher": "Canadian Gun Nutz",
          "reliability": "anecdotal",
          "url": "https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/benelli-super-black-eagle-recoil-spring-replacement.1117189",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "I am fearful of getting the vice too tight and collapsing the tube."
        }
      },
      {
        "check": "Link seated on the recoil spring plunger",
        "why": "If the link misses the plunger when the bolt goes in, the gun will not cycle.",
        "source": null
      },
      {
        "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": "Pull the bolt handle rearward to eject any chambered shell and lock the bolt open.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Chambered shell, if present"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Cycle the action repeatedly, catching each shell as it ejects, until no more shells 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": "The chamber AND the tube. A shell hung up in the tube is easy to miss."
        },
        {
          "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 from the end of the magazine tube and remove the forend.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Magazine cap",
                "Forend"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Pull the barrel forward off the magazine tube and out of the receiver.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Barrel"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Pull the bolt handle out of the bolt.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Bolt handle"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Slide the bolt assembly forward and out of the receiver.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Bolt assembly"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 6,
              "instruction": "Push out the trigger group pin and lift the trigger group out of the receiver.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Trigger group"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 7,
              "instruction": "To separate the bolt, push out the firing pin retaining pin, withdraw the firing pin and spring, then push out the locking head pin and separate the bolt head from the bolt body.",
              "warning": "The inertia spring sits between the bolt head and bolt body. Note it and keep it.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Firing pin",
                "Locking head pin",
                "Bolt head"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Magazine cap",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Forend",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Barrel",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolt handle",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolt assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 5
        },
        {
          "name": "Trigger group",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 6
        },
        {
          "name": "Firing pin",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 7
        },
        {
          "name": "Locking head pin",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 7
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolt head",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 7
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": {
        "parts": 85,
        "scope": "'Technical Drawings and Parts Lists': seven assembly drawings with legends (Trigger group T01-T26, Bolt M01-M17, Barrel N01-N09, Fore-end E01-E07, Magazine tube S01-S07, Receiver G01-G10, Stock D01-D09) plus the Model 3000 exploded view (p.28)."
      },
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [],
      "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": "Seat the inertia spring into the bolt body, fit the bolt head over it, and insert the locking head pin.",
              "warning": "The inertia spring must be present and correctly seated or the shotgun will not cycle."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Install the firing pin, its spring, and the retaining pin."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Install the trigger group into the receiver and insert its pin."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Slide the bolt assembly into the receiver, engaging the link with the recoil spring plunger."
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Install the bolt handle."
            },
            {
              "n": 6,
              "instruction": "Seat the barrel fully and install the forend."
            },
            {
              "n": 7,
              "instruction": "Thread the magazine cap on and hand-tighten firmly.",
              "warning": "Check the cap before every use."
            },
            {
              "n": 8,
              "instruction": "Cycle the action several times and perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "none-recorded",
      "manufacturer": [],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": "The manufacturer's documents give no torque value. They say: \"Following assembly, and especially after firing a few rounds, make certain the forend cap is tightened firmly.\" (Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual, PDF p. 19)"
    },
    {
      "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."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner’s Manual",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "stoeger-industries-2fb1b9",
      "title": "Stoeger M3000 Owner's Manual",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/m3000_owners_manual.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "tier-89baba29",
      "title": "Benelli Super Black Eagle recoil spring replacement",
      "publisher": "Canadian Gun Nutz",
      "reliability": "anecdotal",
      "url": "https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/benelli-super-black-eagle-recoil-spring-replacement.1117189",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    }
  ]
}