DustyGmt
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Just picked up a nice new Mossberg 590. Got a good deal on it, probably a great deal in this market considering the run on guns and the lack of availability, seems to have hit pump action shotguns from Mossberg and Remington particularly hard, lord knows there is no shortage of turkish pumps and kalishnakov style semi's but those arent really ones i have interest in.
I've got a couple extra plain nylon slings laying around but was thinking about adding a couple practical upgrades to it and didn't know if I could get some leads on quality gear. Thinking about the possibility of a sling that will hold shotshells but don't want something cheap with cheap elastic or I'll forego it altogether and just get a plain quality nylon sling.
I was also thinking about attachment points, I never really run a sling on shotguns but I notice alot of guys that do don't even use the existing sling attachments on the mag tube cap and stock, instead using a clamp on attachment just forward the pump/forend and a little spacer/attachment point in between the receiver and stock. Do any of you guys run them like that or just use the provided, stock attachment options?
Also don't want to put on a metal or plastic side saddle and will instead probably opt for the hook and loop velcro adhesive square on the receiver and 6rd Esstac shotgun cards that you can just take on and off without adding alot of bulk to the shotgun.
I've got a Mossberg 500 I've had many years and it's seen better days and i need to get some replacement parts for it, I've had an 870 Wingmaster that I hold high above a Mossberg anything, I haven't got much of anything negative to say about the Mossbergs I just feel the 870 is superior in craftsmanship, fit, feel and overall quality and that pretty much goes double in the case of the wingmaster but one thing I'm really liking about the 590 is the ease of loading shells up the tube or dropping a shell into the action. It seems to have a slightly larger ejection port for dropping a round in and stuffing shells up the tube is a lil nicer to me when you don't have to push the elevator out of the way. Mind you these are small "improvements" but they make a difference.
The 590 is also very light and handy and I would much rather haul it around camp, toss it in the vehicle and just generally feel a lil better about treating it harshly sooner than I would my Wingmaster. I have to say even though the Mossberg feels like a toy compared to the 870 it really is quite decent and I don't mind the tang safety on it.
Any of you guys have both and like both shotguns basically equally even though they are quite different? If the 500/590 wasn't a proven design and the 870 was my only frame of reference for a pump shotgun I would probably immediately write off the mossberg as inferior trash but I obviously know better.... it's a nifty shotgun.
I've got a couple extra plain nylon slings laying around but was thinking about adding a couple practical upgrades to it and didn't know if I could get some leads on quality gear. Thinking about the possibility of a sling that will hold shotshells but don't want something cheap with cheap elastic or I'll forego it altogether and just get a plain quality nylon sling.
I was also thinking about attachment points, I never really run a sling on shotguns but I notice alot of guys that do don't even use the existing sling attachments on the mag tube cap and stock, instead using a clamp on attachment just forward the pump/forend and a little spacer/attachment point in between the receiver and stock. Do any of you guys run them like that or just use the provided, stock attachment options?
Also don't want to put on a metal or plastic side saddle and will instead probably opt for the hook and loop velcro adhesive square on the receiver and 6rd Esstac shotgun cards that you can just take on and off without adding alot of bulk to the shotgun.
I've got a Mossberg 500 I've had many years and it's seen better days and i need to get some replacement parts for it, I've had an 870 Wingmaster that I hold high above a Mossberg anything, I haven't got much of anything negative to say about the Mossbergs I just feel the 870 is superior in craftsmanship, fit, feel and overall quality and that pretty much goes double in the case of the wingmaster but one thing I'm really liking about the 590 is the ease of loading shells up the tube or dropping a shell into the action. It seems to have a slightly larger ejection port for dropping a round in and stuffing shells up the tube is a lil nicer to me when you don't have to push the elevator out of the way. Mind you these are small "improvements" but they make a difference.
The 590 is also very light and handy and I would much rather haul it around camp, toss it in the vehicle and just generally feel a lil better about treating it harshly sooner than I would my Wingmaster. I have to say even though the Mossberg feels like a toy compared to the 870 it really is quite decent and I don't mind the tang safety on it.
Any of you guys have both and like both shotguns basically equally even though they are quite different? If the 500/590 wasn't a proven design and the 870 was my only frame of reference for a pump shotgun I would probably immediately write off the mossberg as inferior trash but I obviously know better.... it's a nifty shotgun.