Mossberg 500 12ga Pump
12-20-2011, 04:53 PM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9
I would bet everyone here has or has owned a mossberg pump shotgun. They are solid guns for the money but there are definitely nicer shotguns out there!!! That being said I still have my mossberg 500 pump and a mossberg 500 slugster. My 500 has been my only 12 ga going on about 7 years now. Prob going to a benelli vinci next year once I try out my brothers xmas present after I give it to him... Not real impressed with my mossberg slugster, I have only found a few slugs that actually print decent groups at 100 yards with it. As for the mossberg 500 pumps, you won't find a better pump gun for the money. I would suggest saving a little more or shopping around and finding a Remington 870 to pick up rather than the Mossberg. JMHO...
Last edited by tnts79; 12-20-2011 at 05:08 PM.
12-20-2011, 04:57 PM
#3
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 52
Love it in a slug gun, It shoots 3" shells unlike the 870 in which you have to get the magnum reciever for. You can get a home defence, 26", rifled, muzzeloader, and a bunch of other custom made barrels for it. More versatile than the 870 IMO
12-21-2011, 12:08 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren County NJ USA
Posts: 3,899
I have one in 20ga slug, they are a working mans gun, nothing fancy, but they do the job for a great price. I picked up from Dicks Sporting Goods the combo, rifle/cantilever barrel, with a field barrel for $300 a few weeks ago. This will be a back up deer gun or if I just felt like using a pump. It will not out shoot my Savage 220f, or H&R Deluxe. Dollar for Dollar it's one of the better guns out there
12-21-2011, 05:12 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
I've had my 500 for about 20 years. It has never broken or malfunctioned. I got a combo gun, came with a bird barrel (fixed modified choke) and a smoothbore slug barrel with rifle sights. I have since bought a barrel that accepts choke tubes, and that is what I use for turkeys. The full choke does real well with #5 and #6 turkey loads. I've killed them no problem out to about 35 yards. Of course there are better tubes out there that will allow you to shoot out to 50 or more, but the fun of turkey hunting is calling them in close. I've shot deer, rabbit, woodcock, grouse, pheasant, and a few other things with the gun.
I like the older ones better than the newer ones. I don't like the new fore-stock shape or the lighter stock color. I'd guess the new ones still function the same though, and I've not heard anything bad about the reliability of the new guns.
They are a snap to strip and clean too. I don't know how that compares to the 870.
You can't go wrong by buying a 500, or a 535 for that matter. Just realize you're buying a Chevy, not a Cadillac.
I like the older ones better than the newer ones. I don't like the new fore-stock shape or the lighter stock color. I'd guess the new ones still function the same though, and I've not heard anything bad about the reliability of the new guns.
They are a snap to strip and clean too. I don't know how that compares to the 870.
You can't go wrong by buying a 500, or a 535 for that matter. Just realize you're buying a Chevy, not a Cadillac.
12-21-2011, 07:14 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adirondacks
Posts: 1,305
It was my first shotgun about 35 yrs ago.Pretty good for the money but I had a few problems with it.The first time I shot it with the slug barrel the front sight flew off on the third shot.After about 9 yrs the action wouldn't lock up.Later the plastic safety button cracked.I bought the gun from Leslie Edlmans who offered a lifetime warrenty on all firearms for an extra 10 bucks which I went for but only the slug barrel got fixed free.They were out of business by time the other failures occurred.Not to bad I guess.I like that you can get an ML barrel for it.A few years ago I traded it in towards the 835.
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