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I thought that mossberg was suppose to be a great manufacture for a shot gun from what I read.

Problem is I just picked up a Mossberg .410 at a gun show yesterday - brand new. I get some ammo for it and load it up and when I go to rack in a round three shells shoot into the receiver and jam it up. I guess that little catchy thing that stops the shells isnt doing to good of a job.

I went back to the show today but the people that I bought it from had already packed up and left. I guess they are a larger vendor and have a brick and mortor store but it is about 90 miles from me across the state. I havent talked to anybody from the store yet as it is sunday, it just erks me that I bought it from a gun show, it doesnt work, now I am stuck with haveing to send it somewhere to get it fixed.

This was my first gun show and hence the first buy from one. I think that I wont be buying anything from a gunshow again like a gun where there may have to be some follow up service of some kind as I am not really interested in shipping this gun in the mail to get it fixed where as if I bought it locally I could just take it in. I mean if I bought it used I can understand that even if I may not like it and it didnt work then I guess I would be stuck with it but it was / is brand new - never fired.


On that note like I said the little catchy thing doesnt work and they all shoot into the receiver and jam it up. Is there a fix I can try but am not really interested in breaking something as I am not a gunsmith.


I think that if it got bent out a little more it would stop the shells from comeing out. This is my first shotgun purchase and dont know if I should do anything to try to fix it or not.

Try to fix it or send it in to get it fixed may be the question that I have.
 
Call Mossberg. They will make things right. Even if you bought from a local dealer you would still need to let Mossberg work on it.
 
You should have two "little catchy things" in there. One on the left and one on the right. The one on the right side of the receiver has a pin that sticks into that little hole on the side of the receiver just under the ejection port. The other has no pin so it's not visible from the outside without looking close.

If you flip the gun over so it's loading port is straight up in your lap and the gun's barrel end is to your left, the interrupter, the one with the pin, will be against your belly. The cartridge stop, the other catchy thing, will be on the opposite side away from you. From what you described, it sounds like your cartridge stop, the one without the pin, is missing. It's hardened steel so it's hard to damage it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qfF3mvWRI

Load that video up and watch it and go through the steps with it. If you're still having probs after that, come on back and we'll try something else.

richard
 
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i agree either call mossberg or the store that they went back to one or the other should get it right for you (if nothing else mossberg will)
i personaly have not had any offerings from mossberg have a problem so i think this may just be a slight err on the QC guys shoulders
should be an easy fix and then should work a long time without issue
 
Ok thanks both cartridge stops are in there (catchy things). I guess that it will have to go back to get worked on.
 
Call Mossberg and chat with them...

It does sound like one of the cartridge stops/interuptors is damaged or missing. (I can never remember which one is the C stop and which is the C Interuptor!)
 
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Just called the store. Asked for the guy that I was told by another dealer at the show to ask for apparently he just does the paper work. He basically said not to get it word for word. Told him the problem. He told me to bring it in and have their gunsmith look at it. I told him I live ninety miles away. Told me that they just sell them and dont make them. Asked about shipping it to them and if they are going to reimburse me on the shipping he said yes if that would make me happy. Said maybe I wasnt doing something right and should talk to the gunsmith. Who is on lunch right now I asked them he would be back, how long his lunch break is. He told me the answer. I asked for his name he said Josh then I said I would call back in a bit to talk to him but no-one was on the phone as he hung up on me.

Stated something that they service what they sell stand by their sales something to that effect dont really remember what he said also. I guess it will have to get sent to Mossberg and I hope they take care of it. At least they will have parts on hand to fix it I am sure my shotgun will get put on the back burner if I sent it to this shop Why would they hurry they already have my money.

At any rate I am not sending it to them will call the owners as the card I have has their names printed on it after I talk to the gunsmith though. But what is it I am doing wrong load shells try to rack a round into the chamber and three shell fly into the receiver jamming it up.

Live and learn like I said I wont ever buy another gun at a travelling show in case I have some sort of issue with the gun and need it serviced NEVER EVER AGAIN EVER. Never say never. I just did Never Ever Never.
 
Talked to the gunsmith either bring it in or send it to Mossberg.

I guess it goes to Mossberg since they are the ones with the parts.
 
I have in the past, used Mossbergs customer service and found them to be one of the best in service and making things right.:)

Thompson/Center is another great company but we're talking shotguns.

Have you (SAFELY) tried to cycle any more shells through it?

If it is a defective part, they are very easy to replace.

I have worked on many of them and if you have some mechanical aptitude and a good schematic, you could troubleshoot it and find out what part is defective.

One of the funniest repairs I ever did was for a friend who bought a used Mossberg 12 Ga. and decided to take it all (I mean ALL) apart and bring it to me to repair.:uhoh:

It was in parts in a brown paper bag and he even dissassembled the safety mechanism!!!:what:

I began to reassemble the gun and dropped the little ball bearing for the safety detent and it rolled to places unknown on my living room floor.:cuss:

I later found it and finished assembling the gun (PHEW!).

I told my good friend that if he ever did that again, I'd whoop him with a fence picket!!

Any how, don't sweat it and Mossberg will do you right.:D
 
Bullsi, on a similar topic that came up a few days ago....the new user of a Mossy was loading the gun incorrectly. he was only pushing the shells into the mag tube til they hooked onto the shell lifter and not to the point where the stops hooked them. Upon pumping, the first shell always hit the ground.

Try pushing the shells further up into the mag tube as you load it. All the way to thumb's depth. Make sure the stops are engaging the shells that way.

The only method I found that replicated your problem was by removing that left stop. You said yours were in, though so that's not the prob.

Try loading it as I said and then if it doesn't work, contact Mossberg as the others have said.

richard
 
I've repaired at least half a dozen Mossy's that had the interrupter improperly timed, burred, etc. Usually it's poorly stamped and the fix is simply to deburr the top and bottom. Also, I believe the interrupter is marked with a number or code to denote what gauge it is. Might have a 20ga interrupter in a .410 gun and that would cause that problem.
 
I would also try pushing the shells in as far as you can first. Not trying to be a jerk here but are you absolutely certain it is a .410? I once hunted with a guy who got his butt saved by 20 gauge shells jamming in the same manner after being load in a 12 gauge magazine tube. If all checks out send it to Mossberg.
 
Yes it is a .410 and I am pushing them up in there far enough.



I did forget to mention that when I tried before I took out that wooden rod / plug that it seemed to work fine I guess. But the guy at the gun show wrote down an eight as how many rounds it holds but told me five. I bought two and a half slugs and three inch shot to see what it takes.

So any ways I had my brother take the plug out as he has been shooting forever and knows shotguns. Then I load in the five slugs and it shoots them into the chamber like I said.

I cant see that he did anything wrong as it took a minute to get the plug out and I want to have it fully loaded and work not just loaded with three rounds.
 
I guess I can add gunsmith to my resume.

I called Mossberg and told the guy what was up. This was after I totaly checked it out and the problem was the interupter wasnt doing its job. It was just touching the outside of the shell caseing. I asked him if I could bend it over a bit to get more on the caseing he put me on hold and called the tech guy and apparently I could do that as he said it was ok. So I put it in the vise between two pieces of wood tap tap put the gun back together etc. Did that a few times as I didnt want the very end to drag on the next shell to come up and bind it that way. I guess I got it as I racked checked it about ten times with no shells shooting past the interupter.


Does anyone have one of these? How much of the interupter is on the end of your caseing mine works like I said but it still doesnt look like there is very much stopping the next shell from comeing out.

Or know how much past does the interupter stick past the edge of the shell? Doesnt seem like very much at all to me. Is that normal?? First shotgun and never looked or know this answer.

Thanks and thanks randkl for the video couldnt have done it without that and was a good video to watch.
 
Do you guys think a used Mossberg would be a good deal? If so, where would you pick one up?
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Always! As long as it's not obviously beaten up and mistreated, that is. There's very little that can go wrong with the gun and it's cheap to repair if anything ever does.

You can find them at any pawn shop....online auction sites like gunbroker list them by the dozen etc.

I've picked up used Mossy's for as little as $100 before, but you're not going to these days. Expect to pay in the $150-175 range minimum....higher if the condition is exceptional.

rich
 
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