Talk:Mossberg 500

message: This article requires mention of the Mossberg's tang safety, which is probably the most attractive feature of this defense favorite. RPellessier | Talk 17:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Or maybe overdone, I also included how to field strip it :)  scot 18:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tang safety? 

message: Harold Murtz in Gun Digest Treasury (DBI Books, 1994), p.193-4, says the 500 was number-two selling pump shotgun in U.S. history, after the Rem870. Trekphiler 01:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Number 500

message: Would it be possible to take the trigger group from the 590A1 and put it in a 500, replacing the plastic(polymer) tigger group? 12.177.80.3 (talk) 23:31, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe; the trigger group is a "restricted" part according to Mossberg's owner's manual, so you'd have to see if the factory would fit the part for you, or track down a used part from Numerich or the like.  In fact, a quick look at Numerich shows them listing the same part number for the 500 and 590.  Of course, the plain model 500 is still in service with the military, as the 2004 photo from Iraq shows (check the magazine cap).  scot (talk) 19:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The only "restriction" is Mossberg's; the receiver is the only thing with a serial number on it, and as such it is the "firearm" in U.S. law; anything else can be swapped out. The two trigger groups are identical between the 500 and 590; the ONLY difference is the mag tube's endcap. So, if you can buy a 590A1 trigger group, it should just drop in. Liko81 (talk) 21:20, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

text: "Unlike Model 500 and 590 shotguns (with the exception of ghost-ring sight 590 models), Model 590A1 shotguns cannot be easily fitted with the factory heat shield, due to the heavy barrel. A heat shield and bayonet lug are required for military 3443G Type I riot shotguns,[2] and some 590A1s are so equipped, but it is not clear if the 590A1 heat shields have ever been offered for sale outside of the military market."
I currently own a 500 special-purpose that has the heavy barrel (good thing too; it's got a lil' kick with 00 Buck). This same barrel, with the 590 magazine retainer ring instead of the 500, is the 590A1's barrel. My shotgun has a heat shield. It is thus logical to assume that if you can get a 590A1, any heat shield that will fit a 20" heavy barrel will work, and those heat shields are indeed available, so the last clause of the above quote seems erroneous.Liko81 (talk) 21:14, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

text: The problem is to find a source that offers the heat shield specifically for the 590A1; the version offered by Mossberg version specifically says "thin wall barrels".  They may be, or have been, available, but I can't prove that without a source that says that.  If you're thinking of any 50XXX models, like the catalog number 50660, that's a 590, NOT a 590A1, and has the thin wall barrel; the only model 590 that lists as having the heavy wall barrel is the 51663 model.  (Annoyingly, Mossberg uses pictures of the SAME GUN for the 50663 and 51663, which should differ only in barrel thickness and trigger group material, but you can tell they're the same by the scratches in the finish of the magazine tube.)  See here for the Mossberg specs on the current models.  I have seen mentions of the 51660, which sounds like what you have, but they all point to a dead law enforcement catalog URL, I can't find the LE catalog on Mossberg's website.  Granted, it's not an NFA gun like the 14" models, so you can legally buy it if you can find someone to sell it to you, but it is technically not on the civilian market if it's only offered in the LE catalog.  scot (talk) 22:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accessories 

message: It says in this article that "Other varieties of pump shotgun previously used by the military...have been phased out as of 2005." However, the Remington 870 article says the 870 "is also commonly used by U.S. police and the U.S. military." So what is it? 69.234.138.13 (talk) 05:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Mossberg article is in error. The Remington 870 is still in use in the US Air Force, US Navy, and USMC. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 12:39, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: The title of this article should probably be changed to "Mossberg Persuader" since it's not only about the 500, but about all the persuader models (500, 590 and 590A1). We can make "Mossberg 500" and the names of all the other Persuader models redirect here.
What say y'all? Hoplophile (talk) 19:55, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Persuader name is a lot newer than the 500 so it would be inaccurate.⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 00:35, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Title 

message: I think that some comments about the timeline of the development of the 500 would be interesting. For example, was it always made with the polymer trigger assembly and safety? If not then when was it first so made? When was the 590A1 first made?  When was the model 500 used by the military and which models were used?  How many have been made? The Remington 870 recently passed 10 million. How does the Mossberg compare?  I am sure that there are many other similar questions.
Alexselkirk1704 (talk) 16:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Development History

message: I have checked both the fy 2007 and 2005 budgets. At no point is a mossberg purchase, shotgun purchase, or the sum of $316 dollars ever mentioned.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.165.165.239 (talk) 06:11, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation 11 or "Department of the Army Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Budget Estimates" is a dead link. Furthermore, when a legitimate link is viewed, the claim the citation backs is false. 

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message: I've been looking for sourcing to support the model's availability in 16 gauge.  The previous citation was removed as being a deprecated source though it was later found to fail V.  Here are some sources that confirm the 16 gauge was offered.  It would be great if we could establish introduction and discontinue dates.  
:Field and Stream, 1971 for the Mossberg 500, it shows the 16 gauge as an option [].  
:This source says the 16 gauge was introduced in 1963 but doesn't say when it was discontinued.  [].  
:Here is a buyers guide listing 16 gauge models.  []
I think this is sufficient to prove the model existed and that it was discontinued.  Springee (talk) 19:41, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing for 16 gauge  

message: Seeing as how the 835 is basically just a 500 stretched out to fit 3 1/2in shells, isn't some mention of it relevant to this page? Many of the external accessories are compatible with both, and mechanically they are identical in function and layout, although I doubt most of the parts are interchangeable (I have never compared a 500 and 835 bolt side by side). Maybe the trigger group and magazine parts. Buttstocks are interchangeable, although I've had fitment issues with fore ends, due to the longer length of the thick chamber segment of the barrel on the 835, even on products sold as fitting "500, 590 and 835 Model" firearms. In any case there is an obvious direct relationship between the two models.
70.20.34.99 (talk) 03:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mossberg 835