you are properly right Paul i did a search and wikapidea said basically the same thing but did not say where they were made but said there assb. in Texas one note my box for my 500 says for repair send to maverick address then Texas
it says nothing about conn. were the 500 is made but it is a 500 and says Mossberg 500 on the stick for shipping so who knows should get a response from Mossberg in a day or to but i expect it will the same as wikapidia and five other sights i got the same exculpation