Mossberg 500 trigger group worries

[ausback]

I've posted this on another forum and got mixed replies. I'm interested to hear what you guys have to say about my situation (if you can even call it a situation)

Last night I brought home my new Mossberg 500, 18.5" persuader. I broke it down to clean and oil it, and my girlfriend picked up the trigger group and fired it. I didn't notice any cracks in the housing, but I'm just worried some damage may have been done to the springs. I'm not sure if this is anything to worry about, I just know that it's something you're not supposed to do. Any Mossberg buffs out there know if I should be concerned about this?

 

[Fishbed77]

If you don't see any cracks and the trigger group still works correctly, there is nothing to worry about.

 

[big al hunter]

That won't hurt the springs. It could break the housing. If you do't see cracks it should be fine. Don't do it again.

 

[the rifleer]

I wouldn't worry about it, but I also wouldn't do it again. I've done it to mine and its really not a problem if you just do it once.

 

[Virginian]

If these things were that tender they wouldn't have sold over ten million of them.

 

[ausback]

Yeah, I'm not worried about it anymore. I was just more or less burned by the fact that I had only had it out of the box for less than 15 mins. Thanks for all the input though, it's a relief to hear it's NBD.