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Mossberg 500 types
- Thread starter StanA
- Start date
StanA all the mossy 500 have a screw in magazine tube. What I meant to say is that
to disasemble the gun down to its major
parts you actually have to
1) take triggergroup out
2) take the bolt and plate that the action
bars attach to out
3) unscrew magazine tube(take off receiver)
to get the forearm off.
On the newer guns you can disasemble the gun to the major components without unscrewing to magazine tube.
The reason Mossy did this change was to make
it easier to clean there shotguns. I know that I didn't explain it real well but if
you see one of each taken down you would notice the difference immediatly.
As far as I know Mossberg has always produced there shotguns in country I've never heard about any importation of a knockoff or Mossberg authorized clone.
Mossy also make a cheap sotgun for another
company that only has 1 transfer bar instead
of the normal 2. I cannot remember the name right now.
If it is one of the older guns that you have I would keep it as there actions seem to be
smoother to me.
Woody
to disasemble the gun down to its major
parts you actually have to
1) take triggergroup out
2) take the bolt and plate that the action
bars attach to out
3) unscrew magazine tube(take off receiver)
to get the forearm off.
On the newer guns you can disasemble the gun to the major components without unscrewing to magazine tube.
The reason Mossy did this change was to make
it easier to clean there shotguns. I know that I didn't explain it real well but if
you see one of each taken down you would notice the difference immediatly.
As far as I know Mossberg has always produced there shotguns in country I've never heard about any importation of a knockoff or Mossberg authorized clone.
Mossy also make a cheap sotgun for another
company that only has 1 transfer bar instead
of the normal 2. I cannot remember the name right now.
If it is one of the older guns that you have I would keep it as there actions seem to be
smoother to me.
Woody
Mossberg quit using suffix letters on their 500s in the early eighties. They had gone to what they called the "shooting systems" concept of having one weapon and spare barrels instead of different weapons with different barrels. The options were becoming almost endless and the receiver stampings were getting too long.
Mossberg's old promotional brand was New Haven. They now make the Maverick line.
An excellent source of information for most anything Mossberg is Mossberg More Gun For The Money The History of O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc by Victor Havlin and Cheryl Havlin
Mossberg's old promotional brand was New Haven. They now make the Maverick line.
An excellent source of information for most anything Mossberg is Mossberg More Gun For The Money The History of O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc by Victor Havlin and Cheryl Havlin