I have had it for three months now, I bought it used off Gunbroker.com. The original owner said he only shot twenty-five 00 buck shells through it and then put it in his safe and that he was selling it to fund another project. Said it cycled and ran fine...I believed it, he had a reputable selling history.
The first time I shot it was the day it came in. I put about thirty 00 buck shells through it with 3 failure to feeds and one to eject. I lubed it up and ran fifteen more and it worked fine. But still in my head something kept telling me "Hey this thing isn't fully reliable, nothing near a pump." I kept it beside neglecting my Winchester 1300 Defender who lost it's bedside title when the 930 SPX arrived. So finally I told myself Saturday morning, I am going to do a 75 shot reliability test. Mainly with full power 2 3/4 00 buck and slug shells, maybe even a few 3" shells. To my dismay, the Mossberg failed to shoot a single full magazine without a malfunction. The shell lifter would get stuck on the last shell, it wouldnt chamber a shell and i would get a "click", it wouldn't full cycle and eject spent shells.
I had fully cleaned the gun and oiled it prior to taking it out for the test. I am VERY disappointed in my 930 SPX, I had super high hopes for it. Now I have to get a Mossberg rep on the line and try to send it in for whatever repairs can be done. I added a Mesa Tactical Side Saddle, Tri-Rail sling/flashlight attachment, and a Burris Fastfire red dot believing that this would be my be all end all shotgun
Anyone have ideas as to what could be wrong?
The first time I shot it was the day it came in. I put about thirty 00 buck shells through it with 3 failure to feeds and one to eject. I lubed it up and ran fifteen more and it worked fine. But still in my head something kept telling me "Hey this thing isn't fully reliable, nothing near a pump." I kept it beside neglecting my Winchester 1300 Defender who lost it's bedside title when the 930 SPX arrived. So finally I told myself Saturday morning, I am going to do a 75 shot reliability test. Mainly with full power 2 3/4 00 buck and slug shells, maybe even a few 3" shells. To my dismay, the Mossberg failed to shoot a single full magazine without a malfunction. The shell lifter would get stuck on the last shell, it wouldnt chamber a shell and i would get a "click", it wouldn't full cycle and eject spent shells.
I had fully cleaned the gun and oiled it prior to taking it out for the test. I am VERY disappointed in my 930 SPX, I had super high hopes for it. Now I have to get a Mossberg rep on the line and try to send it in for whatever repairs can be done. I added a Mesa Tactical Side Saddle, Tri-Rail sling/flashlight attachment, and a Burris Fastfire red dot believing that this would be my be all end all shotgun
Anyone have ideas as to what could be wrong?
