What to buy for my new 590A1?

[inSight-NEO]

I would suggest replacing the stock mag tube spring with a Wolff spring. Dont buy the "pre-fitted" spring; rather, get their "generic" heavy duty spring instead. Then cut and shape to fit as needed.

My 590 jammed up within a few rounds when I first shot it...but, it continued to function relatively well the rest of the day despite a few misfeeds and such. Now, when I got home and proceeded with the breakdown, I noticed the stock spring had actually bent back on itself and was quite distorted. I contributed this to the fact that the Mossberg springs have tapered ends vs. the usually "straight" ends found in my other shotguns. After I replaced this spring with a Wolff spring (which I cut and shaped), the previous issue(s) disappeared.

In addition, might I suggest going with a Vang Comp stainless steel follower as it seems to me that the stock follower is a bit shallow.

Also, if you have the front bead sight setup (and are interested in using this weapon for HD), I may also suggest going with a Meprolight tritium front bead.

I have everything listed here on my 590 and have yet to encounter issues with any of it.

 

[Fred Fuller]

IF I had a 590 I expected to run forever, I'd buy an extra complete gun identical to the first, and then lay in a few spare parts just on GP:

-a complete trigger plate assembly (that way any fire control 'fix' is pretty much a drop-in)
-a spare bolt assembly (ditto)
-spare receiver pin or two
-a replacement magazine tube, extra mag springs and magazine cap
-an extra barrel
-an extra stock, and a spare forearm/action bar assembly
-a couple of firing pins and springs, extractors with springs and plungers, replacement parts for the safety assembly, ejectors and screws etc.

That's overboard for most people, admittedly, but if you want to have a gun that can be kept running, you need to be prepared to fix anything that breaks, is damaged or comes off and gets lost. I run 870s with that in mind, and if I can't take a stripped receiver and build a complete working gun out of my spare parts bin without buying parts, then something is wrong IMHO. The advantage with 590s is that the magazine tube is owner replaceable, not so with 870s. And keep in mind, the list above should realistically support a half dozen 590s for a long time, unless they are in the hands of gun-destroying klutzes.

fwiw,

lpl

 

[inSight-NEO]

IF I had a 590 I expected to run forever, I'd buy an extra complete gun identical to the first

My thoughts exactly...Im currently "in the market" for another 590A1, but with a shorter barrel. Either way, in wanting another one, I have thought about the advantage(s) of having, essentially, two identical weapons.

But, this is not something I do on a regular basis as there are just too many weapons out there Id like to own vs. spending all of my cash on duplicates.

 

[Fred Fuller]

NEO,

Only problem with the 'buy a duplicate gun' approach is that what tends to break, wear out or get lost on one example of a given make/model is probably going to eventually happen to the other copy as well. It's embarassing to wind up with two guns broke the same way 8^)- therefore, I think a reasonable supply of likely spare parts is a good idea no matter how many copies of a given gun are in inventory.

JMHO, YMMV...

lpl

 

[inSight-NEO]

NEO,

Only problem with the 'buy a duplicate gun' approach is that what tends to break, wear out or get lost on one example of a given make/model is probably going to eventually happen to the other copy as well. It's embarassing to wind up with two guns broke the same way 8^)- therefore, I think a reasonable supply of likely spare parts is a good idea no matter how many copies of a given gun are in inventory.

Agreed. Thats why I limit "duplicates" only to proven platforms/models as well as those I tend to shoot the most. In addition, I do try to keep various "spare parts" around...as needed. Of course, I tend to "duplicate" shotguns only. When it comes to handguns, I favor variety.