Yes, the new ones. Its right there in the book that comes with the gun. The only Mossberg barrels I know of that you can' t use steel in are the fixed full choke barrels but those are old. I don' t even think they make a fixed full anymore.

Thanks for the all the info. I' ll probably pick one up this weekend. I' m not really into shotguns that much so didn' t want to put alot of money into something that would only be used a few times a year. Thanks again!!

Shane

frizzellr,

What you said makes sense, mine does have the fixed choke and it is rather old!

I own one and ill tell you I have sold alot of theme to try the others and I go back to the mossberg every time all take mine over any thing out there and Iv had about every thing out there if I had to give up all my gun but one my 500 in wood land camo would be the one that I would keep I drop mine in the river last year it was 17 degress it was soled ice and it steel shoot you wont be disaponted going with a mossberg good luck

I' ve owned my 500 for about 15 years now and other than a few scratches its pretty much like brand new...and it has the plain tube with full choke!Might upgrade the barrel one of these days to a screw in choke barrel...who knows....its worked great for years why change now?

I have a mossberg 500 and I have used it with 3 different barrels.

24" slug barrel
28" ribbed barrel
muzzleloader conversion barrel

It has been great.
Obviously it is not the best for each one of these tasks but it was gift many years ago and it has never caused me a single problem.

I went into Walmart last fall to buy some shells for, you guessed it, my 870. While in there I saw the Mossberg 500 WITH all three choke tubes for $169. Instead of walking out with shells I came out the door with the Mossberg and shells. Last winter I shot maybe 50 boxes of shells at crows and the only problem I had was when I dis-assembled the gun for cleaning. Parts fell out and it took me a few minutes to figure out where everything went back. []
As far as the gun goes I couldnt be happier. The reason for the purchase for me was so I wasnt wallowing around in the bottom of a muddy blind with my remington, I could use the ' cheap' gun instead. The Mossberg is lighter than the 870, swings and fits good, shoots true. I sorta wished I hadnt bought it though. Now my Remington never leaves the gun case. [&o]

GB

I own both the remington 870 and the mossberg 500. I take the mossberg out more but they' re about the same.

The remington feels more solid, the mossberg has a better trigger and smoother action. The remington has a smaller bead that I can get on a squirrels head easier, the mossberg has a double beaded barrel that I can line up better.

It' s all personal preference. Just for shooting small game I' d go with the cheapest gun I could get.

One thing I noticed is that mossberg 500s seems to be more accurate out of the box with rifled slugs then remingtons. But the mossbergs seem to be more funny about what brand of shot they like. Either way, it' s all in which one you like.

I got mine for my 8th birthday in 1976. There is no telling how many shells have gone through that gun, probably a million. It has just started giving me slight problems, Has got to where every once in a while it won' t eject a high brass shell, but I don' t shoot that many through it anyway. I say buy the gun, and it will be around for along time.

I' m about to purchase the same gun as I found it in camo for 239. Will do the job no problem!!!