Mossberg price
 

hey guys went to the shop and looked at a very mildly used mossberg 500A 12 gauge, comes with a 4 chokes, the stock barrel, and a deer slug barrel, and a hard carrying case. The shop owner said $255 for all of it.

What do you guys think?

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Sounds like a great deal. A 12ga. 500 goes for 200 even at Wal-Mart here. And that is with just a shot barrel.

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I'm not sure what standard used 500's go for, but you can get a new one for around 250 after taxes and they come with three chokes. I beleive the combo models that come with a rifled barrel and standard barrel are around 3-4 hundred dollars.

If it is in good shape I think it's worth it considering it comes with two barrels and a hard case. If it's beat to heck you might want to consider forking up the extra cash and getting a new one.

Is the rifled barrel a cantilver for scope mounting or rifle sights and which would you want when deer hunting? If you want to mount a scope and it has iron sights I would pass. Even though the mossbergs come drilled and tapped for a scope rail on the reciever you would be much better off getting a cantilever barrel and mounting the scope to the barrel. More accurate and cosistant that way.

You could check gun broker.com to see what a 500 goes for used. If it were me and it had a cantilever barrel with it I would probably get it. If I had the spare cash that is.;)

Paul

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yea to be honest i thought it was brand new

until i read the tag saying it wasnt

the shop owner said it was a gun that he had recieved at auction from the state, must have been confiscated from a drug dealer or something lol.

but yea gun was in great shape, chokes and barrels all had their own little cases inside the large hard gun case.

im not much of a scope guy so the slug barrel doesnt really matter to me.

What is the capacity? the owner seemed pretty sure it was 4 rounds

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also what choke should i be using for trap shooting?

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that aint bad. isnt a steal...atleast around here. most used 500s with shot barrel and chokes go for 135ish. that rifled barrel does sell new for 100-150 i believe..so thats about the going price...good gun exspecially for the money. i beat mine to death and never ever had a problem. one morning i was beating it up goose hunting. heavy 3 inch steel loads..in and out of a canoe ect...had lunch..then it was about 250rds of dove loads pretty much non stop.

for shooting trap id use probably a modified choke tube. though it depends on how far and fast the targets are..

general chokes tightest to open:
extra full
full
modified
improved
cylinder

if the targets are close go with an open choke..if they are far or you want a really tight pattern(like turkey hunting) go with a tight choke..but pattern the gun with diffrent loads and chokes and learn how it shoots. alot of guys will argue but i think alot of guys use shot that is too big and chokes that are too tight. they laugh when i show up to grouse hunt with a improved or modified choke and 8 shot or 7.5 for grouse..they use 6s in mod chokes and thats just too tight of a pattern for our close quick grouse hunting..im the one always carrying birds in the game bag!

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alright cool thanks

does this seem like a deal i should in fact take for my first gun?

and how many rounds does this shotgun hold?

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Personally, I've never had any great accuracy from Mossbergs.

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I've never had an issue when it comes to accuracy with the Mossbergs, however, no two guns are the same. Mine's a different model (835 Ulti-Mag Thumbhole Turkey Series) though.

I've had issues with different loads for my Mossberg. Federal Mag-Shok #5High Velocity Turkey Loads seem to be the best for mine.

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ok cool, from what i've been told they're a solid shotgun


so all in all everyone votes buy it?

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ok so i found out it actually comes with another barrel.

so its got a 20inch and a 28 inch regular barrel as well as a 24inch deer slug barrel with sights on it.

as well as the 4 chokes and the hard case for $255

so overall good deal?

i was thinking the 28inch with the modified choke for trap, that sound good?

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ehhh bump? lol

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any extra words of wisdom would be appreciated

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If I were you I would buy it!! It sounds like a tremendous deal. I have a 500 and I couldnt be happier with it. My 500 cost me $215 from academy and it only came with the 28" barrell. My girlfriend ordered me the rifled barrel and scope combo off walmart.com today and that was $150.00.

You should definately buy it. I dont remember how many shells it will hold, I typically use it for dove hunting and I am only allowed three shell capacity due to oklahoma regs.

At that price you could buy it then sell just the two extra barrels on ebay and the shotgun would be free!!

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hmm i like that idea, i will keep it.

I like the idea of keeping the extra barrels though. Short one for HD, long for trap and the rifled for deer. Makes sense dont ya think?

although selling them is tempting

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Yes if I were you I would keep all of the barrells. Best of luck to you with your new shotgun. My girlfriend just ordered my rifled barrel and scope combo today so hopefully I will have it early next week then Im off to the range to sight it in. Have fun with your new gun

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thanks dude i will, its my first gun and i want to keep it for awhile and this package seems like a very economical way to get into hunting and shooting.

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Dont pass up dove season, It is Sept 1st here in oklahoma. You will have a blast

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yea i gotta look up when it is here in rhode island, is there much on them to eat?

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I just breast them out. Then I wrap them in bacon slid in a toothpick to hold it together and throw it on the grill. Baste them with whatever you like. They come out really tasty! I have heard some folks do the bacon trick but then they stuff them into peppers. That sounds good as well.

I read somewhere that on opening day of dove season more shots are fired in theUS than any other day. Its tons of fun

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finally got the gun and the next day i proceeded to put about 85 rounds through it, I'm absolutely in love with this gun, fits me like a glove