Dad bought himself Benelli Nova

[rc1988]

He just bought his nova at Cabelas and we put it together, just a few questons. When the action is closed, the fore arm will move up just a smidge. I assume this is normal. Also if the barrel is out, is it bad to close the action all the way? The barrel was of and i closed the action softly. It looks and feels great!. Also if you close the action firmly (with barrel in reciever) do you get a little ting sound?Thanks!

[NESoDak]

All the things you mention are perfectly normal. The slight movement of the forearm and the "ting" are just as they ought to be. The Nova is a good gun, distinctive in appearance and about as straight forward as a hammer on nail. Regarding closing the action without the barrel in place, smarter folks than I will have to answer that. Intuition says you won't do harm to the gun by doing so, unless you are heavy handed about it.