Hey guys. For a home defense shotty, I decided to buy a new Mossberg 500 Persuader 12 gauge at my local sporting goods store when it went on sale. Went to the local sporting clays range yesterday to shoot with some friends and decided to put 100 rounds through it when we were done keeping score (used my trusty Remington 870 for that). I cleaned and lubed the 500 before shooting it, and fed it some cheap Federal target load shotshells. The sixth round didn't fire, so I emptied the chamber and loaded a new shell thinking I just had a dud round. Well, about 15 rounds later, same thing happened. Set aside the second "dud" and loaded another. Every 10-15 rounds after that, same thing. The firing pin was striking the primer, but very lightly.
After running the 100 shells through it, I was left with about 8 "duds" that I put into my Remington.... Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. I was -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-.
One of my buddies thinks I just need to keep shooting it to work out the "kinks" but I feel that a brand new gun shouldn't operate like this. I've grown up hunting and shooting sporting clays with my 20 year old Remington 870 Express without 1 issue, so my confidence in Mossberg isn't very high right now. Anyone have any idea why it would be light striking? I can't figure it out because I lubed and cleaned it properly before use, and no, I didn't over lube it. I just broke it down again and don't see any burs or other imperfections. Would you guys attempt to replace the firing pin and spring, keep shooting it, or ship it back to Mossy? Never had any problems out of any of my other pistols, shotguns or rifles.
After running the 100 shells through it, I was left with about 8 "duds" that I put into my Remington.... Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. I was -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-.
One of my buddies thinks I just need to keep shooting it to work out the "kinks" but I feel that a brand new gun shouldn't operate like this. I've grown up hunting and shooting sporting clays with my 20 year old Remington 870 Express without 1 issue, so my confidence in Mossberg isn't very high right now. Anyone have any idea why it would be light striking? I can't figure it out because I lubed and cleaned it properly before use, and no, I didn't over lube it. I just broke it down again and don't see any burs or other imperfections. Would you guys attempt to replace the firing pin and spring, keep shooting it, or ship it back to Mossy? Never had any problems out of any of my other pistols, shotguns or rifles.