Who will confess to owning a bolt shotgun?

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essexcounty

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I've had a good number pass through my hands over the years and currently own a mossberg 20 gauge and another in .410. Bought both in excellent condition for next to nothing. I view them as truck guns and admire their reliability and usefulness. What do you have and what are your opinions? Essex
 
When I was 19 and had little income I decided that the Mossberg 195K with C-Lect (?) choke at $49 from Sears and Roebuck was the ideal all around gun for someone of my meagre means. I put a 1X Weaver scope on it (questionable move) and have it still 40 years later.

For the most part I used it for target practice with slugs and developed the mother of all flinches. Training might have helped. I was out of shooting for years and have done only handgun shooting since getting back into the sport so it and my Remington 514 rarely leave the closet except for maintenance check every three or four years.

Last weekend I finally got to shoot the first long gun purchase in 40 years, a Mossberg 500 Persuader. The flinch is alive and well. Ouch!
 
Don't own one, but a bolt action 20 was the first shotgun I got to carry in the field. It belonged to an older cousin who was in the Air Force, stationed somewhere in SE Asia about 1971.

bergie
 
I'm actually looking to start a bolt-action shotgun collection...just wondering, is it a mark of shame to own these? :confused:
 
My grandfather had several bolt action goose guns
Had what looked like 6ft barrels. I was supposed to get a couple when he died but I was away in the army and his collection was picked clean before I got home
 
Bolt - Shotgun

I've got one inherited from my wifes uncle. After reading a warning about J.C. Higging bolts I checked the website and found there is a recall where you send in the bolt, they send you a check and you then have the rest of a shotgun you can't use.
 
Romulus,

No shame in bolt action shotguns. They fill a unique niche. Of course the o/u elitists at the skeet/trap range who would sneer at my pump action might have something different to say.

In my case I haven't had a whole lot of use for long guns in general. I picked up the pump shotgun for the specific purpose of being an evidence locker queen in the event I need to dischcarge a weapon in my home for protection. Better that than my 686+ with its sentimental value.
 
Guy, it sounds like we think along the same lines. A bolt shotgun represents VALUE....other things that pop to mind are....a flat bottom skiff and Zebco tackle...an 8.00 compass...a single-shot.22 and all sorts of cheap stuff..........Essex
 
I have a Mossberg 183T in .410. I like it for around the house. It has been seeing a good workout around here during the spring. Works great to keep pesky grape, mulberry, and pecan thieves down to an acceptable level.
Will
 
Stevens Model 59A

I was handed down a Stevens .410. It has dispatched many thousands of animals (or so the stories go).
 
I didn't know that bolt shotguns were considered lowly, I kinda thought the one I just inherited was pretty clever, actually.

Not that its all that thrilling of a firearm, its an old Higgins 583.1101. Belonged to my wife's grandfather. I guess I should find out if its in the recall list to determine if I'm ever going to try it out at the trap range, even if its unsafe, it's something that'll live in the cabinet as something to smile at...
 
Mossberg

I will proudly admit to owning a Mossberg bolt-action .410. It was my first "real gun" after the Norinco ATD (Browning copy).22 rifle. It has dispatched more than it's share of small game and even the wood duck in the thick cover on granpa's pond.
 
I'll confess that I once bought a Mossberg .410 by mail order and sent it back after I discovered that it wouldn't cycle ammo. I wondered whether they were all that dysfunctional, but this thread shows otherwise. Some of the slug models had appeal as well as the Savage Turkey, but alas, I haven't yet again taken the plunge.
 
I have a buddy who owns an old Mossberg bolt. He has to hold up on the mag to get it to cycle. We both figured it is just on old pos, but from what you guys are saying, it might not be.

Does his problem sound mag related or gun related?
 
The magazine is a stamped steel thing with a 'seam' along the side that locks into the well. Mine began bending open with normal use and I had a weld put on the seam. Still a bit awkward, but it works.
 
Thanks Guy, it's been awhile since I seen it. He don't bring it anymore because of the problem and he has others. I'll have him dig it out and we'll check into it further.
 
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