JClendenin
Member
Hey everyone,
I'm having a heck of a time removing the dowel rod from my Mossberg 500. It's a 12 gauge combo. In other posts I've seen the solution is very easy - remove the mag cap and take out the rod! My gun is not set up that way. The cap at the end of the mag tube is also a screw that keeps my barrel locked to the stock, if that makes sense. When I unscrew it (to remove/change the barrel), the only thing there is the threads. In other words, I cannot see the dowel rod at all or anything else for that matter. The only solution I can think of is to unscrew the whole mag tube which is damn tough and so far I cannot get the thing off. Does anyone know if that's what I need to do or is there another solution? The manual is no help, nor is the Mossberg website. Thank you for any ideas you might have.
Josh
I'm having a heck of a time removing the dowel rod from my Mossberg 500. It's a 12 gauge combo. In other posts I've seen the solution is very easy - remove the mag cap and take out the rod! My gun is not set up that way. The cap at the end of the mag tube is also a screw that keeps my barrel locked to the stock, if that makes sense. When I unscrew it (to remove/change the barrel), the only thing there is the threads. In other words, I cannot see the dowel rod at all or anything else for that matter. The only solution I can think of is to unscrew the whole mag tube which is damn tough and so far I cannot get the thing off. Does anyone know if that's what I need to do or is there another solution? The manual is no help, nor is the Mossberg website. Thank you for any ideas you might have.
Josh