i traded in to a Mossberg 930 Tactical....

I will agree that adding that small amount of weight right at the end can REALLY change the balance and swing of a shotgun.
No one intentionally installs the mag tube incorrectly, but a lot of people still have problems with them. I would also worry about how the extension holds up if hit. That is a real concern with a shotgun that sticks out in front of you at close quarters. Better be ready to use every inch of it to inflict blunt force trauma.
 
I believe I learned to properly attach an extension, but the better choice is to get a single piece tube, like Remington has gone to for its security model, and nix the screw on extension.
 
$5 surplus bag strap works as a sling. an old bushnell red dot I forgot I had until I looked in my closet. so far just cycling shells it works fine. no jams like others said they've had. no spring cutting.... I used stock follower instead of choate follower.

one thing I realized is the front bead is drilled off center to the left. so now with the OR3GUN upgrades it should be GTG. maybe tomorrow I will get to the range and see...
 
Since you mentioned HD, personally, I would lose the sling - just something that can get snagged at the wrong moment in time - JMO
 
the sling is for range time and zombie defense when I check the mail. :p

home defense does not included searching your home, it is hunkering down, focusing fire (if needed) at the funnel the bad guy has to use to get to you.... wait until the cops show up. I just wanted some sort of sling to make it portable when i'm afield.....
 
Nice shotgun. I have a sling on my SPX, too. Sometimes it goes with me out in the woods coyote hunting.
 
home defense does not included searching your home, it is hunkering down, focusing fire
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Absolutely, but grabbing your gun and moving around the room to get behind cover and something can snag which is why I mentioned it.
 
HD is about getting to a corner of your room if all your family members are in that room. Many of us have children in other rooms we need to worry about.

Even if you are just hunkering down you should spend some time on retention methods.
 
The only person who can say whether hd consists of hunkering down in one place or clearing rooms is the individual. I for one would hunker down if possible, but another might feel the need to clear rooms.

A sling is not just for trudging across fields. There may a need to use both hands in which case you would have to drop or put the shotgun down (i.e.: to pick up a child, rack the slide of a pistol). Again, I think it extremely unlikely that I ever am involved in a HD scenario and if I was, a sling is much more likely to be a hindrance than an aid, but that is my choice. Your mileage may differ.
 
Dreaming, there are reasons cops don't clear rooms by themselves. those same reasons would behoove private citizens.
 
Looks a lot like my deer gun.

Mine is a 930 combo gun; rifled slug barrel; Spector Gear 2 pt sling; ggg side mount; Vortex Strikefire

I would run a +2, but state law says 3 rounds max.

Always 100% reliable, even rain soaked and covered in mud....yes, I fell on it!

I just wish I had a better cheek weld. I'm planning to hot glue some cheek riser on, if I cannot find a better solution. The piece I have ties on, but it moves. Does anybody have a better cheek riser idea for a red dot?
 
I tried the neoprene sleeve and foam cheek riser. I really didn't like it. If your interested I will look through my boxes of junk and if I find it send it to you.
 
I found a few things interesting yesterday when I was out at the range. regarding shell ejection, when I used Remington and Winchester (high brass)00 buck the shells ejected to the side almost 90 degrees. when I used some Suprema 00 buck (cheap stuff and low brass) the shells ejected forward at about 45 degrees. I had to jams out of 25 with this ammo, each time the spent shell was still in the ejection port while a new load was being lifted into place.

this leads me to believe the low brass stuff doesn't cycle the bolt hard enough to pull and "pop" the spent shell out before it starts moving forward. the slower action of the bolt from the low brass means the bolt is coming forward and hitting the spend shell case as it is on the way out thus creating the forward type ejection pattern.

anyone else have such occurrences?

thanks.
 
I blew your pic up Jerry and I like what you did with that 930. I've got a field/security combo coming, should be in tomorrow. I've done a lot reading-up on the 930 over the past month and here's my take on it.

The 930's gas system is AK47 simple, controls are in the right places and it's generally overbuilt. Threegunners are pounding hell out of them and they don't break or wear out. Of course it's a price-point auto and internals, though robust, are often poorly finished.

You might get one that's essentially OK and will de-burr itself in the first hundred or so rounds. But burrs on shell catches, recoil springs, plungers, mag tubes & followers are common and they sometimes interfere with function. The good news is that the 930's popularity in threegun has resulted substantial engineering toward perfecting it. You can basically do the work yourself and get it there under 200 bucks including night sights for a ribbed barrel. I think it's a wise investment if you intend to use the gun for heavy shooting, competition, duty or defense.
 
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