Been thinking about this for awhile, and ben reading this forum to help me make a good decision.
A good deal (I think) dropped into my lap. A "fiend of a friend" thought he might be able to build me something close to what I had put on my shopping list when the funds were available; an 870 Marine Magnum. I wanted a low maintenance house gun.
Turns out this guy deals in parts, and had everything needed to build a Mossberg 590 Marine Coat for me. He still had some Mil Spec receivers to start with. This one has a serial number starting with U.S.A0xxxx.
The barrel looks more like a stainless bbl than a marine coated one, and also does not appear to be extra thick like I have read here that the military 590s do. I had wanted an 18.5" bbl, but all he had was a 20" with an 8 shot tube. I can live with that
In any case he charged me $300, and a short NICS phone call later, & I had my new baby!
I stopped on the way home & got a box of Winchester 2 3/4" #8 shot shells. I feel the need for cordite inhallation therapy tomorrow.
It's been years since I fired a shotgun, and thought this would be a good shell to get familiar with my new weapon with. I think I'll eventually use something closer to a #4 shot, but I'll start here.
You guys are an excellent source of good information, and helped me a lot with my research prior to making up my mind.
Thanks much!
-dave
A good deal (I think) dropped into my lap. A "fiend of a friend" thought he might be able to build me something close to what I had put on my shopping list when the funds were available; an 870 Marine Magnum. I wanted a low maintenance house gun.
Turns out this guy deals in parts, and had everything needed to build a Mossberg 590 Marine Coat for me. He still had some Mil Spec receivers to start with. This one has a serial number starting with U.S.A0xxxx.
The barrel looks more like a stainless bbl than a marine coated one, and also does not appear to be extra thick like I have read here that the military 590s do. I had wanted an 18.5" bbl, but all he had was a 20" with an 8 shot tube. I can live with that
In any case he charged me $300, and a short NICS phone call later, & I had my new baby!
I stopped on the way home & got a box of Winchester 2 3/4" #8 shot shells. I feel the need for cordite inhallation therapy tomorrow.
It's been years since I fired a shotgun, and thought this would be a good shell to get familiar with my new weapon with. I think I'll eventually use something closer to a #4 shot, but I'll start here.
You guys are an excellent source of good information, and helped me a lot with my research prior to making up my mind.
Thanks much!
-dave