Looking for info on a Lakefield Mossberg 500a.

[happykal]

Father in law owned/owns a Lakefield Mossberg 500a. This thing was covered in old style camo tape. The wood is beat to hell. The bluing is all but gone. Except on the receiver that seems to have held up. The forend has a lot of play in it. But it's still a functioning gun. Except the safety slide piece is missing. Hardware is still there but the safety slide that gets screwed done. I basically wanted a project. Clean it up the action, get a nice thin coat of oil on it. I want to sand the wood and use true oil to try an bringer back. The barrel and receiver i haven't decided whether to re-blue or krylon matte black.

I am by no means on the Mossberg band wagon. I'm an 870 guy, but I love guns. All guns. Do not get into which is better coke or pepsi discussion please. Now that being said the only info or anything Ive heard about this specific model is they were made in lakefield Ontario and it's a Mossberg 500a. Is there any truth to the origin?

Thanks CGN

 

[madtrapper143]

The gun parts were made in the USA at Mossberg and assembled in Lake Field by Lakefield Mossberg Canada. There may have been some minor parts made here. I think the model 400 was only available in Canada. It was a very plain model 500.

Darryl

 

[happykal]

The gun parts were made in the USA at Mossberg and assembled in Lake Field by Lakefield Mossberg Canada. There may have been some minor parts made here. I think the model 400 was only available in Canada. It was a very plain model 500.

Darryl

has lakefield mossberg 500a punched in the bottom of the receiver buy the tube. If that helps. So it's just a beat up run of the mill 500. Good to know. Still deciding if it's worth the time.

 

[madtrapper143]

The 500 platform is a very well built and well designed shotgun. I have a 500 in 16 gauge that I would never let go of. The 500 is easy to work on, simple to maintain and has tons of parts available when and if rarely needed. The great jack O Connor gave the Mossberg 500 great reviews when it was intorduced in 1961 or so. Mossberg has built 10 million 500 variants since then. The main complaint is the plastic trigger guard assembly. I know that 90% of the problems with that is dummies reassembling the gun wrongly and breaking off the retainer tabs. The material is tough and will take a beating beyond being forced back into the receiver. Your gun is worth the time to bring back and it would be a worth while project.

Darryl