I run S&J polymer followers in my Mossberg 500 and Rem 870's. I believe they are an upgrade over the factory followers. I have read stories about the stainless aftermarket followers binding in mag tubes.
This might be considered blasphemy here but.......the Remington mag limiter that comes with the older 870's (the 2 that I have) is plastic and much larger diameter than the wood dowel that a Mossberg comes with. I bet it would work perfect in the 4 round tube on a Mossberg. I'll have to dig one...
No hunting with this 7+1 Persuader, its a HD/SHTF gun only, so a mag limiter will never be in this guns magazine. I can see where it might be a problem with the wooden dowel mag limiter. S&J makes other style followers for the Remington 870 but only offer this type 3 with the hole in it for...
The S&J Hardware follower is a high vis flo green and has a hole in it to feel for an empty magazine. Loaded and cycled some dummy rounds and everything works perfectly.
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I've had a S&J Hardware type 3 follower and Wolff XP magazine spring laying around for a couple years now and finally decided to tackle the mag tube removal job on my 7+1 Mossberg 500 Persuader. Never had any problems with the factory follower and spring but wanted to upgrade anyways. I used...
I bought my 20 inch Mossberg 500 cruiser/persuader a few yeas ago. I quickly put a Hogue 12 inch LOP stock/forearm kit and a factory Mossberg steel safety on it. A couple of weeks ago while scanning the shotgun parts for sale on an AR15 forum that I visit daily, I found a new take-off...