My first Mossberg 500a I bought back around 2005 was smoother and a joy to have until it got exposed to moisture and rusted up quickly (over night camping trip) since then I've been very diligent with my lube/oil application and haven't looked back. Now getting back on point to this post. This...
Welcome and I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about the inside of the loading port. I love how the simplistic changes that you've made are very practical and finely executed. I plan to make the same radius cuts myself and have an idea to get slightly longer screws for the hand...
So I bit the bullet and got one of those grips. When attached the overall length isactually longer than with the Shockwave Grip. Although once I put it on and practiced racking it and bringing it up to shoot I decided the ergonomics of the Shockwave Grip is superior. I do still plan to take it...
I know a lot of people have been using Talon Grips and I do like the idea. Although while fiddling in the basement tonight I had a Eureka moment. During my cleaning I found an old cut up bicycle inner tube and noticed the diameter appeared too perfect not to try. So here’s the results.