Mossberg Silver Reserve Sporting Question

[Wisconsin_Trap]

Ok, I know there is a thread on here concerning the Mossberg Silver Reserve and its various problems with firing pins. However I never here anything on the differnt grades of the silver reserve and if the problem persists with just one of the models or all of them.

As you probably know Mossberg makes 2 versions of the O/U

1. Silver Reserve: Field

2. Silver Reserve: Sporting

I myself own a Silver Reserve: Sporting that I won at a raffle and have only spent about 10 rounds out of it so I am in no way stating its durability. However when I won the gun I went to the local gun shop to see what my newly won shotgun was worth, they did indeed have a couple Silver Reserve models in stock for me to see but they where the SR Field models with a $500price tag. After checking them out for a few moments I noticed that they just did not seem right in comparison to the Sporting Model I own. The stocks seemed a little cheaper, the detail wasnt as good and for some reason they didnt feel as solid as the Sporting Model that I had won. I then asked the owner what the main difference was between the Sporting and the Field Model. We looked it up in the book and the only real difference that we could see was the Sporting has porting, differnt detail on receiver. However he said that the Sporting would run about $150-200 more than the Field.

SO does that $150-200 mean that you are getting a little better gun with better componants or is it just really overpriced factory charge for a ported barrel ? But as I said there just seems to be somthing about the Sporting that feels a little better and less cheap than the Field version I seen at the gun store.

Now to test my theory that the Silver Reserve Sporting might be a better quality gun than the Silver Reserve Field Id like people to verify what model they have and if they have had any problems with it because noone in any thread I have read has made the determination of which model they actually own. And I as an owner of one now would like to know if the firing pin failure is prone in the Sporting Model as well

Also I know that they do make a few Silver Reserve Side By Sides and if anyone had any feedback on them that would possibly help anyone that would be great.

 

[Wisconsin_Trap]

Thanks

Thanks for moving my thread to the right catagory....Was in a hurry and did not see that there was one for shotguns...

Sorry about that..

 

[ArmedBear]

I would have no reason whatsoever that a Silver Reserve with a wide rib and an extra bead would be any different from the others, when it comes to the firing pins.

I've never seen one or known anyone who owns a Sporting model, mainly because I've known a number of people who have owned the original ones. Every one of them broke, and soon. Nobody who frequents that shotgun range would buy one at this point, least of all someone who wants a gun with "Sporting" in the model name.

If I won one in a raffle, I'd sell it the next day, if I could find a buyer. And I'd feel guilty for selling it to him, unless I sold it to Joe Biden.

What I wouldn't do is shoot it. Wouldn't want to break it before I sold it.

I've put thousands of rounds though a shotgun I bought for $235 brand new, and I've done a good deal of hunting with a old one I picked up for less than that. I'm not a shotgun snob. I've just known too many people with Silver Reserves.

 

[Wisconsin_Trap]

Ok

So this is a newer model than the ones that where posted on with all the problems in 06-07 ? Have you hurd if they have fixed any of the known problems to date ? As I said, I do not really need the gun, but it was free and would make a great "crap gun" for days I do not want to expose my benelli and beretta's to the elements. Also I do like the idea that it does interchange chokes with my benelli's and beretta's.

I have since talked to the guy at the gun store I mentioned and he stated that he has sold about 10 of them in the last 6 months (due to the price) and has not had one come back...Again people do not shoot 1000's or rounds a year around here so maybe that has somthing to do with it.

 

[ArmedBear]

Have you hurd if they have fixed any of the known problems to date ?

I heard that they claimed they did, but I never saw any specifics from Mossberg.

I knew someone who had one fixed twice, and it broke again. AFAIK it was last fixed in 2008 with the new pins. Again, I have no reason to believe that the "new ones" are any better. I could be wrong.

It seems the pins last about 2500 rounds or so. Someone who hunts pheasants in a sparse area, and never practices, wouldn't find out in 6 months.

But this is a "Sporting" model...

Did you get a pretty walnut Benelli? The rubberized-plastic-stocked ones I've used seem like top-notch guns for the real world of nasty weather.

 

[Wisconsin_Trap]

Pretty One

Yes I have a fancy high gloss walnut benelli that you really dont want to sneeze on let alone shoot half the time because you are scared of putting a mark on it, but I know they are very durable and I try to remember that I baught it to have fun with and not to look pretty in the case however I am still not over the $2500 price tag to shoot her everyday.

 

[ArmedBear]

The plastic ones have really nice balance, IMO.

How's the kick on the wood model?

I just moved to a state that doesn't require a plug for upland hunting, so suddenly I have developed a new interest in autoloaders...

If I can have only 3, I'd rather have 2 - in a gun with 2 barrels and 2 chokes.

 

[J_L_A]

I've got the sporting clays model...wide rib....extra bead... ported barrels. I've had no problems with mine at all. I don't believe that the firing pins would be different between the sporting and the field model though. It's not that high of a priced gun to have the manufacture go to that extent as to putting in a more durable firing pin imo. Someone correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[earlthegoat2]

The firing pins are only one of the many problems with that gun. They tend to loosen up after about 100 rounds.

 

[Wisconsin_Trap]

Called Mossberg

Well I called mossberg parts and service and asked them. I told them I had just purchased a Sporting Model Silver Reserve and was leary about it because I read all kinda of horror stories after my purchase about firing pin problems and such.

The service rep told me and I am hoping he wasnt just telling me what I wanted to hear (he did seem like a very up front kind of guy so I will take it as him being honost) that the Sporting version of the SR does indeed have a stronger firing pin than the Feild Model. He even went to tell me that the company that produces the Silver Reserves opted to put a cheaper to produce firing pin in the the Feild Model for what ever reasons he was not clear. He told me that he sees 1 Sporting to 40 Feild SR's come back for service and it is usally not for a faulty firing pin.

The other thing that he told me is that all Silver Reserves shipped in the last 9 months have been equiped with the stronger firing pin found in the Sporting model.

How much more durable that may be I am not sure but I do feel better about the gun now. I will just be sure to always bring a back up with me in the feild just in case I have any problems.

If somone is looking to purchase a SR Id feel a little bit better. But if you do purchase one in the feild grade model, just make sure you ask the dealer how long it has been in stock because if it has been sitting there for longer than 9months more than likley it will have lemon pins in it.

 

[J_L_A]

I stand corrected

 

[ArmedBear]

the company that produces the Silver Reserves opted to put a cheaper to produce firing pin in

...so they could hit the price point and still put gold birds on the side...

I mean, firing pins are just cosmetic. Why spend money making those?

Man, THAT sure instills confidence in Khan.

 

[Wisconsin_Trap]

My assumption is that they may have tried to cheat and put cheaper pins in the field model for that reason...it is a feild model. Probably some moron thought that it wouldnt matter because a gun used for hunting would have limited rounds fired through it per year as opposed to a "Range" gun that can have several thousand.