Hello all. I have owned Mossberg weapons for many years, and I just recently came across this forum. The only Mossberg I currently own is a 500, and it's one of my favorites. I have an 18.5-inch barrel on it at the moment, and I own a rifled slug barrel and a .50 caliber black powder barrel for it as well. Gotta love multi-purpose!
Hello from Kentucky
- Thread starter Slade797
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Hi Slade, Welcome to Mossberg Owners!
Certainly happy to have you and I agree with your perspective on multi-purpose, though for me, I keep a 20" 12 ga. for both bird huntin and HD!
But what the heck, cant have too many guns anyway!
Certainly happy to have you and I agree with your perspective on multi-purpose, though for me, I keep a 20" 12 ga. for both bird huntin and HD!
But what the heck, cant have too many guns anyway!
Welcome aboard!
We've got a great group of folks here on Mossberg Owners and the atmosphere is very laid back. The only thing we like better than discussing each other's guns is lookin at 'em, so be sure to post pics of your new 500 and any other firearms you own in the various sub-forums. You'll find that we're into a lot more than just Mossberg around here. Let us know if you have any questions.
Enjoy the site!
We've got a great group of folks here on Mossberg Owners and the atmosphere is very laid back. The only thing we like better than discussing each other's guns is lookin at 'em, so be sure to post pics of your new 500 and any other firearms you own in the various sub-forums. You'll find that we're into a lot more than just Mossberg around here. Let us know if you have any questions.
Enjoy the site!
Slade797 said:
Its a 5 round model i'm guessing? I dont know there are any 20" barrels made for it. There may be 22" and for sure 24". My daughters 500 is a .410 with a 24" VR barrel. Really nice shooting gun! If i were to get another barrel for any of mine, I'd like to get a 22" VR I think, but I have the opposite problem in that all mine are 8 or 9 round guns locked into the 20" barrels!
MikeD said:
It performs very well. I bought it mainly because it was priced at $75 for the whole gun, and there was no way I was passing that up. It is about as accurate as my Optima muzzeloader, and I plan to try it with a low-power scope on my Weaver Converta-Mount. It's a very simple setup. The junk that blows back into the receiver is negligible, really. I would compare the nastiness to that generated by shooting Wolf ammo in an AR, in that it smells like cat piss, but it's no a big deal to clean up. It performs as advertised, and I like having the fallback option. If you can pick one up cheap, I recommend it.
You found a very informative sight. Welcome from PA!
KentuckyWindage
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Welcome fellow Kentuckian!
Hillbillies and shotguns go together...that's some Americana.