GC gave some good advice. However, I prefer to take mine apart and clean it. It's pretty simple to do. I LIGHTLY clamped my receiver in a vise, with padded jaws. I just used an old towel for the padding. I clamped it just tight enough to hold it. Then I used a propane torch to heat the very end of the tube, and the nut. I heated for maybe 10 seconds at a time, and checked fir looseness of the nut after each ten seconds. Use the appropriate sized wrench for the nut, and not a pair of plies,, or you'll booger up the nut. I never heated mine until it sizzled, on any of my three benellis. Eventually the nut loosened right up. After you get the nut loose, drape a large towel over it, and loosen it the rest of the way. The towel prevents the spring and nut from flying across the room. No need for messing around with a nail in the hole. After seeing how much dirt, grime, goo, powder flakes, etc. comes out of my tube at the end if each year, there's no way I'd ever not clean mine once a year. It's not that hard to do, and you'll be glad you did it. Just don't force the nut too hard, and you won't mess anything up. It will come out when it gets hot enough. When you put the spring back in, apply a light coating of oil, like hopes elite, or clp, and then wipe the excess off. Any excess oil is what holds all that grime and gunk in there in the first place. I'd say 85% of cycling issues with benellis can be attributed to that recoil tube never being cleaned. Good luck, and let us know how you make out!
