Not new to shooting ... forty five years ago, discovered I was good enough with a .22 ... shortly after that, found out a muzzle loader was stupid easy to shoot very accurately ... guess I had a knack for long rifles.
Fast forward to Spring of 2020, up here in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Have lived my whole life, never really feeling a desparate imperative for serious self defense. Watching the ... "motivated people" ... scare the police out of their own house so it could be burned down, along with a nice slice of urban businesses, sort of re-arranged my perspective.
One freind of mine showed me his built-to-the-hilt 590. Piece of Art. Niiiiiice. Another friend, leads me to an ostensibly reputable dealer up here in my own 'burb. So I drop down the ching for a 590A1, if I'm gonna do it, why not be serious, and 590 "Persuader" 20 Ga. so me and the war committee (Missus, chief procurer, whatever you want to call her) can get some practice and still have shoulders. Certainly excited, already imagining following on the 590A1 purchase with the "Retrograde" version of same.
One more jump in time, ten months plus forward to this week ... Now we have more riots up here, this time basically on the other side of the Mississippi river from our house ... but nothing to show from Mossberg.
Ahh, FINALLY, the point, the "Why?" TEN MONTHS on order, paid in advance, paid in full ? The Dealer is one listed almost at the top (okay, three down) on the Mossberg recommended dealers in my area, heck, why not the one geographically closest, and they are a well established biz with three locations in the general area. Nothing but crickets from this dealer, all along, stop in once every two months to get fed a bill of goods about "it's in the ordering chain somewhere."
Dropped a message to Mossberg yesterday. The semi-automated "we are shipping, go screw yourself" response was ... not really inspiring.
My question to a likely knowledgeable audience, of people whom I fully believe are passionate with good reason for what is discussed in a forum such as this, is "Why don't I just of give up, get my money back, I am not meant to be amongst the select?"
Those same bucks could buy me a damn nice Mare's Leg, which is Made In America ... unlike these 590's which apparently, are Not Made At All ?
Sorry, I had to do that. Cheap therapy.
(edit to correct typo.)
Fast forward to Spring of 2020, up here in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Have lived my whole life, never really feeling a desparate imperative for serious self defense. Watching the ... "motivated people" ... scare the police out of their own house so it could be burned down, along with a nice slice of urban businesses, sort of re-arranged my perspective.
One freind of mine showed me his built-to-the-hilt 590. Piece of Art. Niiiiiice. Another friend, leads me to an ostensibly reputable dealer up here in my own 'burb. So I drop down the ching for a 590A1, if I'm gonna do it, why not be serious, and 590 "Persuader" 20 Ga. so me and the war committee (Missus, chief procurer, whatever you want to call her) can get some practice and still have shoulders. Certainly excited, already imagining following on the 590A1 purchase with the "Retrograde" version of same.
One more jump in time, ten months plus forward to this week ... Now we have more riots up here, this time basically on the other side of the Mississippi river from our house ... but nothing to show from Mossberg.
Ahh, FINALLY, the point, the "Why?" TEN MONTHS on order, paid in advance, paid in full ? The Dealer is one listed almost at the top (okay, three down) on the Mossberg recommended dealers in my area, heck, why not the one geographically closest, and they are a well established biz with three locations in the general area. Nothing but crickets from this dealer, all along, stop in once every two months to get fed a bill of goods about "it's in the ordering chain somewhere."
Dropped a message to Mossberg yesterday. The semi-automated "we are shipping, go screw yourself" response was ... not really inspiring.
My question to a likely knowledgeable audience, of people whom I fully believe are passionate with good reason for what is discussed in a forum such as this, is "Why don't I just of give up, get my money back, I am not meant to be amongst the select?"
Those same bucks could buy me a damn nice Mare's Leg, which is Made In America ... unlike these 590's which apparently, are Not Made At All ?
Sorry, I had to do that. Cheap therapy.
(edit to correct typo.)