mossburg Silver reserve o/u

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I need some advice. Thinking about getting a mossburg silver reserve o/u. Any one got an opionion on one. Are they good or bad. Its for upland birds.
 
Bad idea, lots of problems, never heard anything good about them except from those trying to sell them. Def. probs. with firing pins, don't dry fire.
 
At this time I have to agree with above post unless the problems have been addressed. In the lower priced over/unders I would either go CZ/Huglu or Yildiz. Or look for a nice condition used gun.
 
I shoot with 2 guys that collectively have the 410 28ga and 20ga. They collectively all have problems and they fire both barrels quite often. I love mossberg but their o/u's are horrible
 
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S.A.C said:
I need some advice. Thinking about getting a mossburg silver reserve o/u. Any one got an opionion on one. Are they good or bad. Its for upland birds.
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A few guys have them at our trap club, very poor quality, you are better with a better quality gun like a browning citori
 
I recently inherited a 12Ga Mosberg Silver Reserve. What are the actual problems that people are having?
Is Mosberg doing anything to corect the problems?
Pete
 
My first experience with them was at the Trap range when a fella had a new one and was breaking it down after some shooting. He dry fired it and we heard something bang off the tin roof above us, turns out it was a firing pin and we never could find it. He had another firing pin problem and got rid of it PDQ.
 
They're total POS.

However, one main problem is due to common user error:

If you close the action with the firing pins in the unretracted position, the lower firing pin will hit the bottom of the monoblock, as there's no built-in purpose-designed mechanism to prevent this from happening - as with many other more expensive O/U's. Over time, not only does the lower edge of the monoblock get dented-up, but the constant assault on the firing pin will eventually lead to the pin(s) breaking. Also, constant denting of the lower edge of the monoblock can affect the action itself - not good.

This issue affects many O/U's, not just this cheap-a$$ Mossberg model, and the solution is the same...

A simple solution is to carefully, and ever so slightly, file the lower edge of the monoblock. Now, if you close the action with the firing pins in the unretracted position, which is easy to do, the firing pin will slip past the monoblock and simply stop on the lower edge of the cartridge and only dent the casing -- no big deal for a $1 cartridge. Of course, if you kung-fu grip it and slam the action shut with too much force, you risk a slam fire, though I have not heard this happen before.

The other main problem with this model is the quality of the firing pins: cheap-a$$ steel. After a while, they will break with normal use.

I understand that Mossberg has dealt with these issues with their newer batch, though I can't be certain.

Overall, however, the quality of this model is sorely lacking, and personally I wouldn't spend a dime on one. Save your coin and buy a better quality O/U, or spend the same amount on a nice, mildly used, but far better quality O/U.
 
It would be nice to hear from someone that actually owns one and has used it for themselves and not just, I know a guy or I heard about. I just bought one and will find out for myself. Many people on here flame norico products constantly but have never use any. I don't own any but have used their pistols and rifles and have not had problems. Although the fit and finish are not great. All I have been told is not to expect the Mossberg o/u to last if you are going to shoot 1000's of rounds every year. If you have never used one extensively or owned one it is pretty hard to give a decent opinion about the function. Just my thoughts.
 
maliboy67 said:
It would be nice to hear from someone that actually owns one and has used it for themselves and not just, I know a guy or I heard about. I just bought one and will find out for myself. Many people on here flame norico products constantly but have never use any. I don't own any but have used their pistols and rifles and have not had problems. Although the fit and finish are not great. All I have been told is not to expect the Mossberg o/u to last if you are going to shoot 1000's of rounds every year. If you have never used one extensively or owned one it is pretty hard to give a decent opinion about the function. Just my thoughts.
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To quite some degree you can go by what others say. Many times you will get varying opinions about a gun (especially lower priced ones) that often run 50% for and 50% against because a lot of times it is hit and miss with the quality of these. But if 90% or more of the opinions you read are against, that should tell you something. If you don't want to heed people's opinions or hear only what you want to hear as validation for buying one, then that is your choice. When you look at the opinions on here so far, none are positive. I would hear what people are saying. A couple of years ago it was the same with CZ/Huglu. There actually were problems with the earlier guns that manifested which caused many, many negative opinions. But if a gun company listens and recognizes the problems and does something about them, slowly people recognize the change in quality and opinions change. CZ/Huglu made changes and many of the people who were against them a couple of years ago are now saying they are a gun worth giving consideration, depending on intended use. And that intended use is really not for thousands of rounds per year. Now with the silver reserve, most opinions at this time are negative because there are problems. It is very easy to make a gun look pretty on the outside which entices people to buy. But it is what's on the inside that counts. Of course not all guns are going to have a problem so if you want to gamble, it's your money. Or if Mossberg ordered changes for the better, then that will become obvious and opinions will change.
 
As long as opinions are based on experience and not something that has been read or heard from third party conversation. I have also read some reviews found on the net that have said the silver reserve works well and had no problems. All I would like is to hear from people with actual experience and not based on what they heard or read. Pretty simple.
 
maliboy67 said:
As long as opinions are based on experience and not something that has been read or heard from third party conversation. I have also read some reviews found on the net that have said the silver reserve works well and had no problems. All I would like is to hear from people with actual experience and not based on what they heard or read. Pretty simple.
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I'm not sure why you are interested in other's opinions because you already bought the gun. It is a little late to even seek opinions now unless like I said you are trying to validate your purchase. I too have read reviews on the net that were favourable but the reviews against greatly out numbered the good. In fact I was going to buy one just over a year ago but didn't because of what I read. You will find out soon enough how it is if you do any amount of shooting. If it is a newer production gun hopefully you will have no problems, if Mossberg corrected them.
 
I really am not trying to validate anything. If you read my posts I'm simply asking people if you have never used or owned a piece of equipment how can you give a valid opinion of how good or bad it is if you have never used it? I certainly would not tell someone that anything was a POS or the greatest if I had never used it. I'm not attempting to start an argument but would like to see thoughts from people with true experience with said equipment. I don't think that is too much to ask. I got mine in a trade and did so as a beginner to trap and skeet. If I grow to enjoy it which I think I will. I will for sure buy a better shotgun and keep the Mossberg for a backup or for nasty hunting days. I hope to have a good opinion to pass on to others after using the gun for myself. It may or may not be trouble I will certainly find out.
 
It seems that there was/is a problem with Firing pins in some guns. Mosberg has identified the serial#'s of the guns that are afected and will replace these firing pins with updated pins that are suposed to cure the problem.

Pete
 
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