A previous owner/handler ( maybe the po-po? ) had taken it down and reassembled the mag tube or something as I recall. I had someone familiar with them, from a local trap club where I was living at the time, recommended as an expert in M 12s, check it and show me how to put it together correctly.
Seems to cycle like a champ now.
Geno
If it works like it's supposed to, that's a pretty cool old gun.