Zeke Menuar
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Hello All
This winter I am going take a break from milsrup madness and refinish the wood on my Western Field 550A (Mossberg 500). I have looked in the Brownells catalog for the appropriate tool to remove the forearm. Has anyone ever got one of the Brownells tools and how do they work? There are two or three types. I would like to get the best tool for my application. I don't think I'll make one. I am more of a "Right Tool For the Job" kinda guy.
As a part of this project I will be replacing the factory recoil pad. It seems to have turned a bit hard over the years. A perfect excuse to put a Decelerator pad on it. Does the Mossberg 500 Decelerator "pre-fit" pad actually fit pretty close like advertised?
Before someone asks "why in the (insert expletive here ) would you waste your time on refinishing a Mossberg?" The OEM stock has some really neat burls and swirly stuff in the buttstock that is begging for a decent refinishing job, and most of the finish has worn off the buttstock. I also want a project that doesn't start out dripping in primordial gun ooze.
Thanks
ZM
This winter I am going take a break from milsrup madness and refinish the wood on my Western Field 550A (Mossberg 500). I have looked in the Brownells catalog for the appropriate tool to remove the forearm. Has anyone ever got one of the Brownells tools and how do they work? There are two or three types. I would like to get the best tool for my application. I don't think I'll make one. I am more of a "Right Tool For the Job" kinda guy.
As a part of this project I will be replacing the factory recoil pad. It seems to have turned a bit hard over the years. A perfect excuse to put a Decelerator pad on it. Does the Mossberg 500 Decelerator "pre-fit" pad actually fit pretty close like advertised?
Before someone asks "why in the (insert expletive here ) would you waste your time on refinishing a Mossberg?" The OEM stock has some really neat burls and swirly stuff in the buttstock that is begging for a decent refinishing job, and most of the finish has worn off the buttstock. I also want a project that doesn't start out dripping in primordial gun ooze.
Thanks
ZM