I currently have a mossberg 590a1 with ghost ring sights and I really like it, but I've got a fever, and the only cure is a semi-auto shotgun. I'd like something with similar features and something that doesn't cost a LOT.
I like my mossberg just fine, but am not a huge fan of the safety. It was kind of an impulse buy, and in retrospect and maybe should have purchased the 870 and put ghost rings on it.
Anyway. I was all rip rearin to buy the mossberg 930 spx when I saw a picture of the FN SLP. Now, they're both very similar, except the SLP has the safety mounted down on the trigger guard, where i'd prefer. And the SLP has two chokes (cylinder and improved cylinder i think). It also has two gas valves, but from the sounds of it i'd only be using one.
To me the SLP looks a little more sturdy, but it's a good $250 more than the mossberg. The one factor that could swing this for me is reliability. I've read more horror stories from SLP owners then I have 930 owners, but most of the threads are pretty old. Does anyone here own either of these guns?
Gratuitous photos:
Mossberg
FN
I like my mossberg just fine, but am not a huge fan of the safety. It was kind of an impulse buy, and in retrospect and maybe should have purchased the 870 and put ghost rings on it.
Anyway. I was all rip rearin to buy the mossberg 930 spx when I saw a picture of the FN SLP. Now, they're both very similar, except the SLP has the safety mounted down on the trigger guard, where i'd prefer. And the SLP has two chokes (cylinder and improved cylinder i think). It also has two gas valves, but from the sounds of it i'd only be using one.
To me the SLP looks a little more sturdy, but it's a good $250 more than the mossberg. The one factor that could swing this for me is reliability. I've read more horror stories from SLP owners then I have 930 owners, but most of the threads are pretty old. Does anyone here own either of these guns?
Gratuitous photos:
Mossberg
FN