Beretta 1935 - another new love!

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

zinfull I have a question for you. A friend was helping me work on a Luger, refitting the hold open lever, anyway I had brought the Beretta (the name even says quality) I was showing it to him and how to field strip it. When I put it back together I ut the barrel in place and let the slide "slam" forward and it pushed it into place.

Later last night I was reading in Surplus Firearms that it is safe to shoot it if the barrel numbers to the gun, so I field stripped it again. The barrel does number to the gun, good.

When I put it back to together I put the barrel in and pulled down on the safety and let the barrel slam forward. The barrel only seated partway home, it was about 1/4 inch short of being where it should be. I pulled the slide back and with the soft rubber end of a toothbrush I pushed on the forcing cone (?) and without excessive force (maybe about the same force as pushing the slide back) it clicked home.
When it first happened I took some Q tips and cleaned the channels and the channels in the barrel there was some powder residue. I didn't "really" clean it.
Does that sound right?
Hmm, if it doesn't sound right I was just thinking I could make a You Tube video of what is happening and post it, I live the internet for information!

Anyhow I don't see any real reason it wouldn't go home by just releasing the slide, needing just that extra oomph. The slide and spring seem fine as stiff as my Sigma or 1911.

On your 4 Beretta's, how do your barrel go home?