Even before I had my 20" 590, I knew I wanted an aftermarket follower and looking around, I settled on the GG&G stainless follower with red aluminum insert. Some time passed after I got my gun and while I was out shooting it and getting familiar with it, I thought it was malfunctioning when the last round wouldn't load. Some investigation revealed that the shell hung up in the receiver because the aftermarket follower didn't push it out enough. There's a little lip under the barrel in the receiver that the shell can catch and it consistently caught on the last round. I lived with it for a while until I made a series of videos about my 590 with information I've learned like this one:
Since then, it's been bugging me that I have a built-in malfunction. More research ensued and I found out Vang Comp has a follower that looks a bit taller. I contacted them and talked about it, they said there's no reported issues so I ordered one. Got it in today, just an hour ago and it fails the same way the GG&G follower fails. It doesn't push the shell into the receiver far enough. I'm disappointed. The factory follower is very tall and I'm surprised I haven't read more about these issues.
Does anyone else have an aftermarket follower and does it cause the same issue?
Here's some pictures on the issue:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-29 17.36.15.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-04 13.20.14.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-04 13.26.12.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-29 17.42.09.jpg
Since then, it's been bugging me that I have a built-in malfunction. More research ensued and I found out Vang Comp has a follower that looks a bit taller. I contacted them and talked about it, they said there's no reported issues so I ordered one. Got it in today, just an hour ago and it fails the same way the GG&G follower fails. It doesn't push the shell into the receiver far enough. I'm disappointed. The factory follower is very tall and I'm surprised I haven't read more about these issues.
Does anyone else have an aftermarket follower and does it cause the same issue?
Here's some pictures on the issue:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-29 17.36.15.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-04 13.20.14.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-04 13.26.12.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/guns/Mossberg 590/Pictures/2016-02-29 17.42.09.jpg