I'm sure I'm the only one that this happens to but I go through periodic obsessions. Sometimes it's a gun, Jeep project, home project, etc. Usually, it's a gun that I'm losing sleep thinking about. Recently, I have been obsessing about a HD shotgun and I narrowed my requirements down to a Remington 870 police trade-in or a Mossberg 500/590. I also wanted to spend as little money as possible. It's not that I can't afford a Benelli M4, it's just that I would rather have the money than spend it.
I did find a bunch of 870 trade-ins in a neighboring state (6 hr round trip) but they refused to sell one to me since I am not an in-state resident, even though it is legal to do so. They also had no interest in shipping it to my LGS. Besides, adding shipping and transfer fees would have killed any bargain that it represented.
I was haunting my LGS when I found this:
I love a project and I love breathing new life into things that are neglected and abused so the obvious answer to my problem is to buy a Coast to Coast branded Mossberg 500 with a 30" barrel for a song.
Presto-chango and now I have this:
It was covered in surface rust and looked like it had never been cleaned. After breaking it down (no easy task with an old Mossberg) and cleaning it, I scrubbed the rust off and even had some bluing left.
A little work with a hacksaw, file, sandpaper and a refitting of the bead and I ended up with a decent looking muzzle.
Now I just need to run a few hundred rounds through it to check reliability. I think I'll go out back and throw myself some clay pigeons.
I did find a bunch of 870 trade-ins in a neighboring state (6 hr round trip) but they refused to sell one to me since I am not an in-state resident, even though it is legal to do so. They also had no interest in shipping it to my LGS. Besides, adding shipping and transfer fees would have killed any bargain that it represented.
I was haunting my LGS when I found this:
I love a project and I love breathing new life into things that are neglected and abused so the obvious answer to my problem is to buy a Coast to Coast branded Mossberg 500 with a 30" barrel for a song.
Presto-chango and now I have this:
It was covered in surface rust and looked like it had never been cleaned. After breaking it down (no easy task with an old Mossberg) and cleaning it, I scrubbed the rust off and even had some bluing left.
A little work with a hacksaw, file, sandpaper and a refitting of the bead and I ended up with a decent looking muzzle.
Now I just need to run a few hundred rounds through it to check reliability. I think I'll go out back and throw myself some clay pigeons.