m24shooter
.270 WIN
Re: Newby Question...
Glad it is working now.
Glad it is working now.
Mossberg 930 Autoloader Troubleshooting
- Thread starter DHonovich
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Re: Newby Question...
It's Baaaaaaaack!!!!.....Well, I cleaned the 930 today, attempted to manually cycle the 4 in the mag with various ammo & the only thing that cycled one was the Winchester target load. Neither the Winchester or Remington buck would work. Kind of makes it hard to leave the 930 "cruzer ready" if it won't cycle from the mag. Any other suggestions? Thanks again!
It's Baaaaaaaack!!!!.....Well, I cleaned the 930 today, attempted to manually cycle the 4 in the mag with various ammo & the only thing that cycled one was the Winchester target load. Neither the Winchester or Remington buck would work. Kind of makes it hard to leave the 930 "cruzer ready" if it won't cycle from the mag. Any other suggestions? Thanks again!
Conclusion to problem: I ended up sending the entire gun back to Mossberg, and they replaced the barrel. I can see now that the gas piston can easily be pulled out of the gas cylinder by hand, which was not the case before I sent it back. So, the 28" barrel I purchased while waiting for my SPX barrel to be replaced appears to have had a misaligned gas cylinder. The gun came back with both barrels, SPX and 28", two gas pistons, and everything working properly. It took a bit of patience, but Mossberg service was excellent. They definitely stood behind their product, I didn't pay for any shipping for either issue. Would definitely recommend Mossberg to friends and associates in the future.
gunsandthings
.22LR
Sometimes, some good WD-40 will do the trick. Lubricate the gas piston assembly as well as the feeding mechanism and you will be good to go for the most part. WD-40 is inexpensive and very effective. Yes, sometimes the low brass light loads do cause for the gun to misbehave. Maybe changing the brand and brass can help. Sometimes Black Cloud causes internal problems and after that, the 930 might not cycle anything else. Sometimes using 3 1/2in shells will ruin the cycling mechanism and then it won't eve take the 2 3/4in or 3in loads. But remember, WD-40 does your gun good! 
Alright, registered here to see if anybody might be able to help as I haven't had any luck finding answers elsewhere. I swapped the stock safety out on my 930 SPX for a metal vang one and now it will fire with the safety engaged. This is with the bolt/bolt carrier and trigger group installed but the rest is disassembled. I have tried it with and without the plate that came with the original safety, with the original safety reinstalled, and with the safety block oriented in both directions that it will go in.
Looking inside of the receiver, I feel like I must be missing a part or something, though I have scoured my workbench to make sure that is not the case. Normally I am pretty good at visualizing how everything interacts and solving the problem on my own, but I can't make out how the safety works in the 930 as the block doesn't seem to do anything other than provide a place for the safety to screw in and I don't see anything else that would be interacting with the trigger group. I can't find any detailed pictures or diagrams of the safety system or inside of a 930 receiver online so I have nothing to compare it to. Anyhow, if anybody has any ideas I would be much obliged.
Looking inside of the receiver, I feel like I must be missing a part or something, though I have scoured my workbench to make sure that is not the case. Normally I am pretty good at visualizing how everything interacts and solving the problem on my own, but I can't make out how the safety works in the 930 as the block doesn't seem to do anything other than provide a place for the safety to screw in and I don't see anything else that would be interacting with the trigger group. I can't find any detailed pictures or diagrams of the safety system or inside of a 930 receiver online so I have nothing to compare it to. Anyhow, if anybody has any ideas I would be much obliged.
Not consistently loading to capacity !!!!!
We purchased 3 930's and although they cycle any ammo out there except for special purpose rounds ie bean bags, cs, .... It is inconsistent in it's ability to receive a full magazine capacity. We took them apart several times and adjusted the Choate extender several times. Them damn things just would not constantly take a full tube! So we looked on the blogs and found we are not the only ones. I contacted customer service at Mossberg and along with just being able to understand him through the accent he would not talk to me about the issue and just said to send the gun in. I relayed the info I had gathered from the net told him I was not the only one experiencing this problem and there must be something we can check like tolerances in diameter spring tension anything. His exact statement to me was "Sir this is the first i have heard of this problem" I at this point I told him that either he was not being truthful or he is lying to me. The conversation went on but the lack of his knowledge and being truthful was all I could stand. I like this gun from a shooting stand point and the reviews are obviously very positive but if they are going to treat customers like this and the gun will not reload reliably, I am going to take it back and get two 870's for the price I paid for one of the 930's. I bought it based off the reviews and wanting auto loaders to add to the existing shotguns. I don't want to be without the gun for their 4 weeks they say they need.
I also posted this on shotgun world. After reviewing this site I am now confident that the customer service rep was lying! Something that will turn me off to this product quicker than anything. I realize that it is one person representing the company which I understand ..........but the fact that he said he had never heard of this issue before just freaking chaps me.....it's all over these sites!!!
I really like these guns when they are working, at this point I can't depend on them to operate correctly.
Any suggestions on how to correct this issue or should I just take them back.
We purchased 3 930's and although they cycle any ammo out there except for special purpose rounds ie bean bags, cs, .... It is inconsistent in it's ability to receive a full magazine capacity. We took them apart several times and adjusted the Choate extender several times. Them damn things just would not constantly take a full tube! So we looked on the blogs and found we are not the only ones. I contacted customer service at Mossberg and along with just being able to understand him through the accent he would not talk to me about the issue and just said to send the gun in. I relayed the info I had gathered from the net told him I was not the only one experiencing this problem and there must be something we can check like tolerances in diameter spring tension anything. His exact statement to me was "Sir this is the first i have heard of this problem" I at this point I told him that either he was not being truthful or he is lying to me. The conversation went on but the lack of his knowledge and being truthful was all I could stand. I like this gun from a shooting stand point and the reviews are obviously very positive but if they are going to treat customers like this and the gun will not reload reliably, I am going to take it back and get two 870's for the price I paid for one of the 930's. I bought it based off the reviews and wanting auto loaders to add to the existing shotguns. I don't want to be without the gun for their 4 weeks they say they need.
I also posted this on shotgun world. After reviewing this site I am now confident that the customer service rep was lying! Something that will turn me off to this product quicker than anything. I realize that it is one person representing the company which I understand ..........but the fact that he said he had never heard of this issue before just freaking chaps me.....it's all over these sites!!!
I really like these guns when they are working, at this point I can't depend on them to operate correctly.
Any suggestions on how to correct this issue or should I just take them back.
Re: Not consistently loading to capacity !!!!!
Contact "edna" here on this site as she works for Mossberg and will get your issues resolved. Have you check the length of the magazine spring yet? Sometimes they come from the factory way to long.Remadl700 said:
Re: Not consistently loading to capacity !!!!!
I will call her. thank you.
As I spoke with m24shooter: First of all thank you for your quick responses!
What I would like is a list of spec's to check off on the 930 so we can make sure we eliminate factory tolerance issues. Then a list of checks to perform on the Choate tube or ideas of how to get it fully functional (As in filing .....or ?). Bottom line is that if these aren't 100% reliable they are all going back.
DHonovich said:
I will call her. thank you.
As I spoke with m24shooter: First of all thank you for your quick responses!
What I would like is a list of spec's to check off on the 930 so we can make sure we eliminate factory tolerance issues. Then a list of checks to perform on the Choate tube or ideas of how to get it fully functional (As in filing .....or ?). Bottom line is that if these aren't 100% reliable they are all going back.
