I know of a guy who has a Mossberg 500 12 gauge, pistol grip, shell saddle, with 18.5 inch ported barrel and 5+1 capacity. Says it's like new, only 10 rounds fired. Sent me some pics, looks pretty good. Any thoughts on what something like this is worth, and can any mossy 500 swap out barrels? I know getting a different stock wouldn't be hard if I didn't like the pistol grip. Right now it looks more like a home defense gun, but if I could also use it for other stuff, that just adds to it.
Yep as long as the Mossberg 500 barrel you want to put on it is the same gauge and chamber length (12, 16, 20, 28, or .410 and 2 3/4", 3", or 3 1/2" chamber length). Alot of folks over look chamber length and you could run into problems. If it is a 3" gun you should use another barrel which is has a 3" chamber length. The Mossberg 500 and Remington 870 are the two pump shotguns on the market today that offer the most interchangable, factory and after market accessories, stocks, barrels, chokes, sights, grips, magazine tubes and an array of other accessories. You could virtually make your 500 or 870 a shotgun for any and every prupose with all the accessories on the market today. You could make it into a deer gun with a rifled slug barrel and cantalever scope mount and scope, a turkey gun with a 30" full choke, a skeet gun with a 26" Imp Cyc barrel, a home defense gun with a pistol grip and 18" Cyl bore barrel, etc. etc. etc...
If you can get it for anything less than $250 you would be doing fine. Over $350 and you can almost buy a brand new one, if bought from the right place.
I've owned at least a dozen different mdl 500's over the years. about the best I can say of them is they are inexpensive and very versatile, but 3- 400$ is crazy. the maverick is identical in every way except it has a trigger safety vs a tang safety, both made by mossberg and parts are interchangeable, all the mdl 500's are chambered in 3" you can buy a brand new maverick for under 200$. if the shotgun has intrchangeable chokes I prefer short barrels 20-24"for deer/hogs turkey and even upland game is no prob with a short bbl if you have the right choke. the bad news is the reciever is made of a cheap alloy and scratches easy, the trigger is all plastic and just plain sucks, the composite stocks are cheap plastic and the wood is low quality. that being said, it was my first gun and always have at least one with several different stocks/grips barrells and have made my best shots with one. for that money I'd try and get a wichester mdl 12 with a 3" chamber in whatever condition you can and have a smith shorten the bbl to 20" ( for me ) and thread in some remington choke tubes and for about the same price you will have an all steel gun with much better quality trigger and tolerances, and if needed re-do the stock yourself. jmo N.G.
The Supreme NACHO is correct. They are junk for the most part... Save your money and buy this one for $400.00
