Smitty in CT
New member
Okay, here’s the dilemma, I want to get one of the Mossberg Silver Reserve 20GA / 28GA (20GA frame) two barreled combos….or, possibly one of the 12GA/20GA (12GA frame).
I have held them at the shop and the balance very well and feel very good, I have read and am well aware of the problems that these guns had when they first came out. I have also noticed that the number of complaints / problems have gone down quite a bit on this forum and others. From most accounts, Mossberg has “stood behind” these guns and has fixed, or replaced, all of the guns at no cost and with an 8 – 10 week turn around.
The most recent problem was with the firing pins being “brittle” and they were breaking. Supposedly, Khan, Mossberg’s manufacturer of these guns, has completely re-designed the firing pins and there is no longer a problem with them breaking.
The problem is that “nobody knows”, or more than likely won’t say, at what point the “new design” firing pins were implemented.
I thought that as a collective whole anybody that has a Mossberg Silver Reserve, please log in and post the first part of your serial number AND if you’ve had any problems. Once we get a decent # of replies, we can see if there is a “range” of serial #’s that are affected, or if they suddenly start getting “better” after a certain serial #, which could confirm a “fix”.
I have a checked with the armorer at our club, the Serial numbers on our loaner guns are:
12GA - TR12 027xxx (4) each - no problems / 1 gun had a loose” forearm, fixed "in house"
20GA - TR20 014xxx (4) each - no problems
I have held them at the shop and the balance very well and feel very good, I have read and am well aware of the problems that these guns had when they first came out. I have also noticed that the number of complaints / problems have gone down quite a bit on this forum and others. From most accounts, Mossberg has “stood behind” these guns and has fixed, or replaced, all of the guns at no cost and with an 8 – 10 week turn around.
The most recent problem was with the firing pins being “brittle” and they were breaking. Supposedly, Khan, Mossberg’s manufacturer of these guns, has completely re-designed the firing pins and there is no longer a problem with them breaking.
The problem is that “nobody knows”, or more than likely won’t say, at what point the “new design” firing pins were implemented.
I thought that as a collective whole anybody that has a Mossberg Silver Reserve, please log in and post the first part of your serial number AND if you’ve had any problems. Once we get a decent # of replies, we can see if there is a “range” of serial #’s that are affected, or if they suddenly start getting “better” after a certain serial #, which could confirm a “fix”.
I have a checked with the armorer at our club, the Serial numbers on our loaner guns are:
12GA - TR12 027xxx (4) each - no problems / 1 gun had a loose” forearm, fixed "in house"
20GA - TR20 014xxx (4) each - no problems