Stevie Ray
.22LR
Hello, I am new to this forum and have a bit of a question, I've just bought a used 500E in 410 gauge and have just installed the front swivel for a sling, now although the magazine cap was pre-drilled and tapped in the factory the stud was missing when i bought the gun, so I managed to get the stud from the only Mossberg dealer in Ireland. It arrived in the post this morning so I went about fitting it. However although the stud was the correct thread for the hole in the magazine cap I could'nt exactly center it due to the modertor fitted to the gun not giving me enough room, the moderator is 16 inches long and extends right back to within perhaps half an inch of the magazine cap where it is threaded onto a cone just above the front of the magazine tube, as far as i know it's the factory fitted moderator.
So, what i did was loosen the magazine cap just enough to get some clearence to start the threads onto the stud, i then tightened the mag cap and kind of slightly forced the stud to rotate with the magazine cap, this shaved a very small amount of aluminium off the cone (moderator seat). Seems good, I guess maybe Mossberg make a smaller sling stud for the modearated gun but i'm only guessing.
Next job is to drill the stock to mount the swivel for the other end of the sling.
Does this sound ok ?
So, what i did was loosen the magazine cap just enough to get some clearence to start the threads onto the stud, i then tightened the mag cap and kind of slightly forced the stud to rotate with the magazine cap, this shaved a very small amount of aluminium off the cone (moderator seat). Seems good, I guess maybe Mossberg make a smaller sling stud for the modearated gun but i'm only guessing.
Next job is to drill the stock to mount the swivel for the other end of the sling.
Does this sound ok ?