Detritus
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just got back from a local sporting goods chain (went to buy boots). while there i spoke with the gun/hunting clerk and looked at a standard Mossy 590 (wife wants one, long story). and then asked if he knew of a source for or even IF a 590A1 trigger guard and Safety "slider" (don't know right term) could be bought and installed.
his response was to the effect of "you won't get the parts from mossberg, and you won't get a 590A1 either. they're only gonna sell em to LEOs!! " he claims that, the mossy sales rep that deals with their chain has stated that the 590A1 is no longer going to be sold to anyone without a badge, and that Dept letterhead WILL be required.
now i'm sorry but that strikes me as being complete BS, or possibly a smoke screen on the part of the sales rep to keep from saying "we won't sell YOU (the chain) any without that b/c we don't think you'd sell enough to bother with".
anyway i thought the regs stated that unless it was a gun covered under the NFA or AW ban that that even the "LE only" stamped guns were fair game (i KNOW the savage 10FPs so marked, are)??
maybe i'm a little over sensitive b/c in my case i'm interested in it because of my wife, and as i understand it the difference in a 590 and a 590A1 is that the A1 uses metal instead of plastic for the trigger housing and safety. and if this is so then there is no reason at all for THAT to make it an item less suitable for "civilian" use.
oh and just to cover the obvious, i don't take ANYTHING that a clerk in a store like that says as resembling reality much less as gospel. and also in the 3 years i've leived in the region that store serves i have NEVER seen a 590A1 on the rack. seen plenty of regular 590s but never the upgraded version.
so what's the word in the world?? is this guy blowing smoke out his posterior or is mossberg reallly going to pull the better version of their HD shotgun off the civy market??
thank you for you time adn your indulgence of my lack of knowlege.
his response was to the effect of "you won't get the parts from mossberg, and you won't get a 590A1 either. they're only gonna sell em to LEOs!! " he claims that, the mossy sales rep that deals with their chain has stated that the 590A1 is no longer going to be sold to anyone without a badge, and that Dept letterhead WILL be required.
now i'm sorry but that strikes me as being complete BS, or possibly a smoke screen on the part of the sales rep to keep from saying "we won't sell YOU (the chain) any without that b/c we don't think you'd sell enough to bother with".
anyway i thought the regs stated that unless it was a gun covered under the NFA or AW ban that that even the "LE only" stamped guns were fair game (i KNOW the savage 10FPs so marked, are)??
maybe i'm a little over sensitive b/c in my case i'm interested in it because of my wife, and as i understand it the difference in a 590 and a 590A1 is that the A1 uses metal instead of plastic for the trigger housing and safety. and if this is so then there is no reason at all for THAT to make it an item less suitable for "civilian" use.
oh and just to cover the obvious, i don't take ANYTHING that a clerk in a store like that says as resembling reality much less as gospel. and also in the 3 years i've leived in the region that store serves i have NEVER seen a 590A1 on the rack. seen plenty of regular 590s but never the upgraded version.
so what's the word in the world?? is this guy blowing smoke out his posterior or is mossberg reallly going to pull the better version of their HD shotgun off the civy market??
thank you for you time adn your indulgence of my lack of knowlege.
