Hunting Shotgun: Mossy 500 or Remy 870
- Thread starter ranger_dave
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There's nothing "magic" about any pump gun. Each can do the job just fine. What WILL be important to you is how each feels and fits for you. One may have a wrist that feels too fat or puts your hand at a strange angle; the safety button could be on the tang or in front of or behind on the trigger guard - which do you like? The forearm may put your hand out too far, or the pitch of the butt doesn't suit you. Maybe you just don't like the feel of the stock. One maker's 28" barrel may feel too muzzle-heavy against the others. Feel and mount every gun and model you can, better yet shoot them. You aren't likely to wear any of them out in your lifetime.
Remmy 870 has been great.
I tossed it around in the woods and out in the mud a few times and it continues to shoot great.
not once did it fail on anything.
though the internal does get that black layer of crap if you don't clean it after a few weeks.
If you prefer the Mossberg brand, go with the 590 instead.
I tossed it around in the woods and out in the mud a few times and it continues to shoot great.
not once did it fail on anything.
though the internal does get that black layer of crap if you don't clean it after a few weeks.
If you prefer the Mossberg brand, go with the 590 instead.
so... if you happen to drop the mossberg and it damaged the tube/receiver area...
you take it to a gun smith and he said he'd have to take a few days to re-machine the entire thing and re-fit it for $300...
Vs.
870 you dropped it and the mag tube broke and came loose...
you take it to a gunsmith and he said he'll have it ready for you by the end of the day with a cost of $80-100
humm...
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uhh, or more realistically you just buy a new mag tube on Ebay for $10, for $25 from Brownells brand new, or already have one laying around at home.
nice try though
if you hit a gun hard enough to actually damage the receiver area, then you are better off looking into a new receiver. with either the 870 or mossy 500 this is a cheap proposition.
the nice thing with the simple magazine swap with the mossbergs is the ability to change a gun from an extended magazine tube setup like the persuader into a typical hunting setup like the field in 5 minutes with an inexpensive mag tube and barrel change.
if you dent your mag tube or damage it - a far more likely scenario than actually bending your receiver - then it is a very cheap and simple fix at home as opposed to gunsmithing.
I don't jump into the dumb Remington bandwagon. Regardless, the bet hunting shotgun, IMO, on the face of the earth, is the R870 Wingmaster. Note that I said Wingmaster, and wingmaster only. Fit, finish, looks, comfort, it wins in every respect.
For a defensive shotgun, it's the M590A1, the #51663. Accept no substitutes when you need it to cycle and fire 100% of the time, without fail, and you could bet your life, the life of your family and all your belongings on that shotgun cycling every shotshell and firing every single one of them from here to the end of shotshells.
I can go into detail for each choice, but for now, as a hunting gun, 870 wingmaster, and as an everything else gun, 590A1.
For a defensive shotgun, it's the M590A1, the #51663. Accept no substitutes when you need it to cycle and fire 100% of the time, without fail, and you could bet your life, the life of your family and all your belongings on that shotgun cycling every shotshell and firing every single one of them from here to the end of shotshells.
I can go into detail for each choice, but for now, as a hunting gun, 870 wingmaster, and as an everything else gun, 590A1.
