Ok. Had to take the hokey tape off the barrel and hand guard. Apparently if you apply to much pressure to the zukhov hand guard the gun won’t cycle. You can actually clamp the handguard as hard as you can( I have very strong hands) and stop the action from cycling. The pressure I applied was nothing that would ever happen. I had to try very very hard to keep a strong grip. But it was still enough that the action wouldn’t cycle and make the gun fail. I tested it multiple times. It happened every time. I DONT THINK IITS A FLAW. The only way this would happen in the real world is if you were laying on the handguard while trying to shoot it. And you’d still get off whatever was already chambered. It just wouldn’t cycle. I’m going to contact Beretta and talk to them about this.