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Gene L
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Mossberg 590 Shotgun
Gene L
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My shooting bud has a new one of these. It holds about 7-8 rounds, has a heat shield (and a bayonet lug, btw) and is very reliable. First shot was last week when on the first round he rolled up an armadillo with a load of buckshot.
Anyway, he had some slugs, one oz. size, advertised at 1600 fps. They had quite a signature when he fired them. And that's quite an impressive energy transfer. I think an ounce is 438 grains? Like a 45-70 hot round up close.
The thing about this gun and slugs in general is they're accurate! With just a bead front sight, he was able to hit a target at 50 yards, at 12 o'clock. About 4-5" out of the center.
The more I see this gun, the more impressed I am. I wouldn't buy a SD shotgun (have a S&W pump) but if anyone likes pump guns, you could do a lot worse.
Anyway, he had some slugs, one oz. size, advertised at 1600 fps. They had quite a signature when he fired them. And that's quite an impressive energy transfer. I think an ounce is 438 grains? Like a 45-70 hot round up close.
The thing about this gun and slugs in general is they're accurate! With just a bead front sight, he was able to hit a target at 50 yards, at 12 o'clock. About 4-5" out of the center.
The more I see this gun, the more impressed I am. I wouldn't buy a SD shotgun (have a S&W pump) but if anyone likes pump guns, you could do a lot worse.
Concealed carry is for protection, open carry is for attention.
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Is there really a shot gun called a Mossberg 590? I don't see a picture. Seeing is believing.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
In the event that isn't sarcasm, the 590 is nothing more than a 500 with an open-front magazine to facilitate easier cleaning of the tube. There have been military variants for both that are pimped out with metal safeties, metal triggerguards, and - at least for the 590 - thicker barrels.
They're a lot more lefty-friendly / ambidextrous than guns with cross-bolt safeties, they don't have the 870's floppy shell carrier that can give the novice pump-gunner fits, and they're very armorer-friendly. The more I play, the more I like them.:up::up:
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
You speak of uncalled-for Mossberg shame. I wonder if there was ever Remington shame.
I think we're all pretty much too young to remember a time when there WASN'T a Remington 870, but there was a period of about 15 years when it WAS the cheap alternative. When you really dig in and look at one, it's nowhere near as sexy as Winchester's 1897 and 1912, but it drove both of those out of the market by being cheaper, simpler, MUCH more modular, and still pretty to look at. We also have a hard time imagining a world without a Remington 700, but again it was the kinda-sorta pretty, and cheap, option that killed the REAL Winchester Model 70.
Mossberg is going to have to apply A LOT of lipstick before they start winning sales because of "pretty", but they've got the Wal Mart price point, and they've got a gun that idiots have to work even harder than usual on to choke. Gotta respect the thing, even if nothing about it makes you wistful for the bygone age of craftsman machinists.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
This is the first era in my memory when Mossberg wasn't a bad joke. I remember the .22s of my childhood, cheesy looking some of which had fold-down forends that formed kind of an impromptu front pistol grip, pistol grip stocks with aluminum finger-grooves on the pistol grips. Ugly. I'm sure they were accurate enough, however I never owned one.
Eric, my shooting bud, is a pretty good shot, either that or lucky as hell at 50 yards with only a bead sight. We had a pretty good day, I shot my 1894 Marlin and got it sighted [email protected] yards, shot self longbows with another friend. I also shot my 94 Winchester and it shot very well, indeed. Just verification of zero, open sights on all guns. That bullseye looks very small at 50 yards to these 69 year old eyes. And the front sight is kinda hazy.
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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BTW, it came with a pistol grip kit, NOPE, try and shoot some 3" magnums with that. Even shootin a box of 25 bird-shot makes yer hand sting with it attached.
Wow, check out all the models they offer nowadays.
I also got a "Regular" model 500.
BC
http://www.mossberg.com/products/shotguns/pump-action/mossberg-500-tactical
Crap I put the pistol grip from the Cruiser on my 835 once. With 3 1/2" Turkey loads it would pick up and move back grown men a foot or two. That was a fun day with much old produce mulched.
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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Damn the Law of Physics!!! Always getting in the way of a good exaggeration!!
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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Best to stick with reality around here. We aren't impressed with stupidity or flamboyant exaggerations. Lifting a man up and moving him back.................yeah................tone it down, High Speed. Just be normal and stop trying to impress. You'll get along fine here just being grounded. Enjoy.
Not exagerating at all. I am 320 in all of my recent pics.
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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Not talking about your weight, Killer.
Jerry
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Ya gotta watch them armerdiloos. Treacherous and dangerous beasts, night attacks are the worst -- lost Ellie May and Jimmie Roy Bob both last spring.
That young lady shoots a 460 Weatherby and a 458 Winchester mag. Now I know these rifles are not a 12 gauge but she never took steps backwards when firing them.
No doubt!!!
I shall call you................Tiny.
Heck, after Tom Hanks blew up a Tiger Tank with one, you need further convincing?
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
While you think you're cleverly (and pompously) mocking someone for shooting an innocent animal merely to test the effects of a firearm, you're actually displaying a great deal of ignorance. While you in your sheltered city environment may consider them a cute harmless little animal, they are invasive and destructive. We dispatch every one we find as they've been digging in the pasture and create a great hazzard to the horses. If I see one, it's dispatched with whatever I have on hand be it a pistol, axe, pitchfork shotgun, or whatever. I suppose you place little fences around the fireant mounds in your yard (if you have one) to insure their safety lest someone poke fun at you for harming the tiny little ants.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and politician