i love my mossberg its a great "economy" gun there decent priced and ive never had a problem with it the military and police even use them so that should tell you something right there if the military wants them when i bought mine it was the "persuader" model with pistol grips and an 18.5" barrel but i bought a rifled slug barrel and a vent rib barrel so i could use it for more then a toy and its truley a great gun and i think the model 500 has been around for a long time but ive shot alot of shells though this gun from 3" magnum slugs to cheap old walmart taget loads and its never jammed or had a single problem so id have to say yes id definatly buy something else from mossberg and im actually thinking about getting a mossberg turkey gun