I bought a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag shotgun a couple years ago. I have only shot it on 2 outings ever, at skeet. I have put about 50 to 75 shells through it. It is in like-new condition.
I took it out of the gun cabinet today to clean it and set it down on the table while I got out my cleaning kit. When I went to pick it up, I picked it up with one hand on the grip of the stock, so the weight of the gun was on the stock. I heard a rather quiet cracking noise and piece of wood fell on the floor. See for yourselves.
I am baffled. I have barely used this gun and taken very good care of it. I have not done anything to the wood, not even cleaned it. The gun has been kept in a gun cabinet or in a padded plastic gun carrying case except for when being shot. It has never been dropped, run over by a car, or otherwise abused. It's like the stock is made out of balsa wood or something. How did it break so easily? :banghead:
Does anyone have any experience with Mossberg customer service? Is there any chance they will help me out here? I think this kind of breakage is utterly ridiculous and indicative of some kind of flaw in the wood of the stock. And I was gonna go skeet shooting Saturday morning
I took it out of the gun cabinet today to clean it and set it down on the table while I got out my cleaning kit. When I went to pick it up, I picked it up with one hand on the grip of the stock, so the weight of the gun was on the stock. I heard a rather quiet cracking noise and piece of wood fell on the floor. See for yourselves.
I am baffled. I have barely used this gun and taken very good care of it. I have not done anything to the wood, not even cleaned it. The gun has been kept in a gun cabinet or in a padded plastic gun carrying case except for when being shot. It has never been dropped, run over by a car, or otherwise abused. It's like the stock is made out of balsa wood or something. How did it break so easily? :banghead:
Does anyone have any experience with Mossberg customer service? Is there any chance they will help me out here? I think this kind of breakage is utterly ridiculous and indicative of some kind of flaw in the wood of the stock. And I was gonna go skeet shooting Saturday morning
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