[okc-zee]

First,do all Mossys' have dual extractors, and second,Is the entire trigger assembly made of plastic,or just the housing...and third,I read somewhere that on the new ones the forends are now made like the Mavericks,and they are actually molded in w/ the slide rails and can't be changed out. Is that true? Thanks in advance...

[Fred Fuller]

do all Mossys' have dual extractors,
Far as I know, all currently manufactured ones do.

and second,Is the entire trigger assembly made of plastic,or just the housing
Just the housing is, the internal parts like the hammer, trigger, springs etc are steel.

...and third,I read somewhere that on the new ones the forends are now made like the Mavericks,and they are actually molded in w/ the slide rails and can't be changed out.
That I don't know, one of the Mossberg guys will have to answer there. They might even correct something I have said above, if I got it wrong.

lpl

[RandKL]

If you get a Mav 88 forearm on your gun, and I'm hearing that more and more but have yet to see one myself, the forearm itself, the plastic part, is, in fact, riveted to the bars so the plastic can't be changed out by itself. You can, however, simply buy a Mossy 500 action slide tube and change out the entire forearm/slide tube and then be able to use any aftermarket forearms you like as long as they're for the right length tube.

rich

[Jonah71]

I hope none of this is true. Mine should be delivered tomorrow. I'm already wishing I'd just spent more $$.

[RandKL]

I hope none of this is true. Mine should be delivered tomorrow. I'm already wishing I'd just spent more $$.

Welp, I have no answer for that. I thought we were pretty reassuring. I'll skip this thread from now on then. Sorry to make you worry.

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[Zach S]

A note about the trigger housing: I've never heard of someone breaking one through normal use (and abuse). Be more worried about the safety button, as several folks have broke them. You shouldn't expect it, but dont be surprised if it does.

A new aluminum part cost less than $20 from brownells, a Vang oversized goes for about $30.

[MCgunner]

My old 500 is 20 years old, used, and quite abused, and it's still in one piece. Nothing has busted, the forearm is not direct riveted to the action bars. I read that somwhere, too, but have yet to see it and it's likely not applicable to the wood/blue models, either, as there's no way that would work. Mine's a camo/plastic version.

[Jonah71]

I just came from the gun shop. It's not a Maverick. It may be in today. I paid for it (total of $315.68). The ticket reads Mossberg 500 Police mod. Was told the safety switch only was plastic but I could have that changed if I thought it was needed. Now I think I'll look for a site to see just what I bought. Thought I was getting the Persuader 20" but now I'm not so sure. Kinda going about this in reverse it seems lol. But I'm keeping my cell in my pocket in case it's in today's delivery. It's only about 15 miles, but we're supposed to get a lot of snow dumped on us tonight. Besides, I always get impatient when waiting on gun deliveries, just a crazy old man acting like a kid!

[hub]

Was told the safety switch only was plastic but I could have that changed if I thought it was needed.

I've never seen one broken just from normal use. Abuse yes but not normal use. The only one I have broke was on a used 500 that I refinished with a bake on spray. Don't know what the heck I was thinking but I forgot to take the plastic safety off before putting it in the oven. I figured it would be one big molten glob after setting in the oven at 350 degree's for 30-45 minutes but to my surprise it looked just fine. I tried to move it once it was cooled and it was hard to switch back and forth. Once I removed it the only problem was that the plastic had cracked on one side next to the screw not putting the correct tension on the spring and detent ball to let it move freely.

I called Mossberg later that day and was told all safety work was done for free by them so just send it in to them. That was nice but it was cheaper for me to just buy a new one online. I got the whole kit, button, metal detent ball plate, spring, and detent ball for $6.00 shipped. Hard to complain about that. I can't see paying $30-$50 just for a button when I can replace the entire kit in about 2 minutes for six dollars. If nothing else buy a back up kit to put in the tool box just in case.

If concerned about reliability or breakage at the worst possible moment, I would say it is highly unlikely and also like I said before even when it was baked and broke on one side I could still move it to fire it was just hard to move, if you apply firm pressure to both ends of the safety it would switch without much difficulty FYI.