Which would you choose and why,,,,,, MMossberg 500 or Smith and Wesson 1000?

Well the 500 is a pump action and the 1000 is a semi-auto. You're not really comparing apples to apples. Released in 1961, the 500 is a rock solid pump, available in 12 and 20 gauge with a real track record and available in different variations.

The S&W 1000 is made by Howa in Japan for S&W. If I recall it is 12 gauge only. It was dropped by S&W then picked up and marketed as...........the Mossberg 1000. The gas system does not like oil and oil there causes problems but they are fixable. A buddy has a Moss 1000. He likes it alot and shoots it well.

What are you looking for?

Mossberg 500 all day. I do like my mossberg 1000 but between the two the 500 is more reliable and is as far as i know still manufactured

I say the Mossberg 500 and its due to if parts are ever needed they will be way easier to find
that if your looking for a gun to go and shoot
NOW if your on the collecting side of things, the S&W for sure there just isn';t as many out there
but it is NOT and never will be a money gun
falls more into the game of just being able to say you have one. LOL
I have owned a few S&W shotguns over the yrs
nothing special about them, other than some of the riot guns I had ,
kicked like a mule LOL
finding extra barrels or adding choke 's will be way easier on the 500, as would finding better stocks or, about ANY part period
the 500 is a long standing solid gun!

Mossberg 500 is good, but I don't like how recoil is terrible with 3" loads and the degree to which the forearm rattles and twists. What is cool to me is that they do sell slug/bird combos.
http://www.basspro.com/Mossberg-500-...hart-container

I don't know what you'll use it for, but if you're going after turkeys, I'd suggest a Remington 870 or a Winchester SXP, instead. Easier to get a 3.5 chamber, if you want it.

I'd go with the Mossberg 500, for all the reasons mrbb listed.

Neither...

I'd choose a Remington 870. Everybody has an 870. Everybody's dad has a beatup original 870 from back in the day. They are virtually everywhere. There are laws somewhere that state that every gun safe is required to have an 870 in it!

As a kid my dad had the S&W and now as an adult with the Mossberg 500 I was thinking of listing mine to find one like dad had. My Mossberg mainly hangs out in the safe only to be shot once in a blue moon. Which is what would happen with the S&W.
Trying to remember specifics of a shotgun from over 30yrs ago is rough. I remember it was a S&W, 12g,, now through the interweb I assume it was a 1000. Except I remember the grip plate being black with gold logo. The ones I've seen are silver. Were there other models?