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Looking to buy a Mossburg 590

Posted on 10/07/2016 1:15:41 PM PDT by Da_Shrimp

I'm in the UK and sadly we're limited in what we can buy gun-wise, but I already shoot clays and have a gun licence. I recently saw a Mossberg 590 for sale and I really like it. Any opinions on this gun? Worth getting?



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To: NC_Gravely

The Remington model 870 is probably the greatest pump ever made. It is even better than the Winchester models 97 and 12.

I taught skeet at the University of Southern Mississippi for two years. For those students who didn’t have their own guns the University supplied three Remington 870s. These guns were pretty old and I roughly calculated that they probably had fired a combined 400,000 rounds with no problems.

One of them finally began to sometimes fail to hold the next shell in the magazine. I had no idea how long it had been since they were cleaned. The school had no cleaning supplies so I finally brought some from home and gave them a good going over. The shell stop problems went away and they continued to keep firing as long as I was there.


61 posted on 10/07/2016 5:19:11 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: mrmeyer

The Bayonet lug really comes in Handy!


62 posted on 10/07/2016 5:28:59 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Steel Safety,,,,
Probably best from Mossberg, correct?


63 posted on 10/07/2016 5:33:54 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Da_Shrimp

Love me some Mossberg,
Can’t go Wrong!


64 posted on 10/07/2016 5:36:13 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Chainmail

I don’t know why but Remington gas rings are the only reliable long lasting ones to use on a semi ...


65 posted on 10/07/2016 5:46:18 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: Da_Shrimp

An excellent firearm!


66 posted on 10/07/2016 7:51:18 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (Okay, the Primaries are over and it is us against the DC Uni-Party!)
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To: mrmeyer

Have you done some “Pattern” shots?

How do the sights work with “Slugs” ?


67 posted on 10/08/2016 8:03:02 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

Sights are great. I can put 5 breneke k.o. slugs in a group the size of my first at 50 yds standing.


68 posted on 10/08/2016 3:51:07 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: mrmeyer

XLNT!
I’M all set to check it out soon,
Thanks.


69 posted on 10/08/2016 3:59:49 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

I hunt with a Mossberg 835 with a scoped rifled cantilever barrel. It’s sick what that does to deer when shooting lightfield sabot two and three-quarter inch slugs. I have a Bushnell banner variable scope on it. Wicked accurate.


70 posted on 10/08/2016 4:07:23 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Da_Shrimp

Mossburg makes quality weapons.


71 posted on 10/08/2016 4:13:03 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: mrmeyer

835 ,
A hunter!
Home Page is Great too,
Thanks


72 posted on 10/08/2016 6:32:25 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: smokingfrog
A shoulder thing that goes up?

? It's a 590A1. The heat shield is fixed around the barrel. I also have the bayonet lug, and bayonet (which will come in handy when lib zombies attack). The A1 also has the metal safety and trigger guard, unlike the non-A1. Collapsible stock. Don't know what is meant by shoulder thing that goes up, I'm a novice on that.

73 posted on 10/08/2016 9:41:46 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

http://youtu.be/WhNkIsP59pM


74 posted on 10/09/2016 6:50:51 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Big Red Badger

I just checked Amazon and their are a number of over-sized steel replacements from aftermarket manufacturers.


75 posted on 10/10/2016 5:28:14 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE

Good to know,
A spare may be in order,Amazon,check!
Thanks


76 posted on 10/10/2016 6:40:09 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: yarddog
What's the firing chamber PSI for a skeet round?
 
I can't even seem to find any info on muzzle energy for skeet shot.
 
The heavy-duty 1600fps "military grade" shotshells make from 2400ft-lbs [00] to 3100ft-lbs [slug] at the muzzle.
77 posted on 10/16/2016 12:16:03 PM PDT by NC_Gravely
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To: NC_Gravely

I have no idea tho I would assume the chamber pressure is on the mild side.

I still have maybe 20 boxes of Winchester skeet loads which have been setting around for maybe 20 years.

I haven’t shot a round of skeet since then.


78 posted on 10/16/2016 12:29:29 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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