Mossberg 590 and the bayonet lug

[Slater]

Mossberg (as far as I can tell) continues to offer it's 590 series with the bayonet lug. Do you think they'll cave in to PC and delete this feature at some point?

 

[MrAcheson]

Not unless AWB II passes. At that point they will have to change it in order to comply. Frankly I don't see the point of the bayonet lug on a standard 590. I would think the barrel would get bent if it was ever used. Isn't that the whole reason for the heavy barrel model?

 

[Lovegasoline]

I had read somewhere that the heavy barrel requirement on the milspec 590A1 shotgun was a provision put in by the Navy as they wanted a barrel better suited to the tighter confines of a ship's steel interior...allowing it to withstand damage caused by inevitable rough handling, knocks, & accidental banging around while traversing the ship's unforgiving confined spaces.

 

[Devonai]

All I can tell you is that my friend's 590 stood up just fine when we went all stabby on a tree stump the other day.

 

[Kharn]

Its not a "bayonet lug", its an "accessory lug" according to Mossberg's website

Kharn

 

[Dorian]

all stabby on a tree

hahaha!

 

[c-bag]

Do you think they'll cave in to PC and delete this feature at some point?

Like MrAcheson said, I don't think they will unless required by law. Don't forget that Mossberg has always been the scattergun maker that wasn't afraid of pissin' off the PC's; unlike some makers I won't mention ahremingtonhuh sorry, something in my throat.