Actually it is an 8 shot shotgun. I happen to own 3 diffrent 500 in 12, 20, and 410 ga. All of which I own have 20in barrells and 8 shot tubular magazines. You can get them in 9 shots if you which. They can be misidenifided. You can have the 500, the 500 presuader/cruiser, or the 500 special...