Need help identifying date of manuracture of S&W Model 3000

[A34]

Hey Guys,

I picked up this S&W Model 3000 a month ago and I'm wondering when it was made. Serial Number, fb88XXX. I reblued the barrel and receiver. Any tips on bringing the synthetic stock back to life?

Thanks!

 

[lobo9er]

Armorall?

 

[A34]

Armorall?

Yeah, I thought about something like that.

 

[lobo9er]

how's it shoot? Not to familiar with the SW 3000 or SW shot guns in general.

 

[A34]

how's it shoot? Not to familiar with the SW 3000 or SW shot guns in general.

It shoots great! A friend came over with a new Mossberg 590 and a Remington 870 and I have an older 590. We compared them at the range. The S&W had a smoother action and shot great. Magazine extensions are available and I purchased one to make it 7 + 1, but more capacity ones are available too.

It's a nice shotgun. Surprised they didn't keep making them. They made some with wood furniture. I wouldn't mind finding some for this, but so far looks like the stock is unobtanium.

 

[entropy]

They were made by Howa, a definite improvement over the 916, made for S&W by Noble. The 3000 and 1000 (semi auto, similar to the Rem. 1100) were decent alternatives to the 870 and 1100 back in the day.

 

[lobo9er]

It shoots great! A friend came over with a new Mossberg 590 and a Remington 870 and I have an older 590. We compared them at the range. The S&W had a smoother action and shot great. Magazine extensions are available and I purchased one to make it 7 + 1, but more capacity ones are available too.

It's a nice shotgun. Surprised they didn't keep making them. They made some with wood furniture. I wouldn't mind finding some for this, but so far looks like the stock is unobtanium.

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sweet didn't see the shell riser in the 1st pic thought it was a Ithaca 37 clone or design

 

[kwb377]

I've got two Mossberg-branded 3000's that I've picked up in the last 6 months or so (Mossberg picked up the importation from Howa for a year or two in the late 80's when S&W dropped them). They have the smoothest action of any pump I've handled.

One pakerized, one blued. Both of mine came with SpeedFeed stocks. I added Choate extensions and fiber-optic front beads.

The blued one is very accurate with Federal LE127RS slugs...it'll stack them into one clover-leaf hole at 50 yds.

 

[FL-NC]

I always thought those were neat.

 

[A34]

I've got two Mossberg-branded 3000's that I've picked up in the last 6 months or so (Mossberg picked up the importation from Howa for a year or two in the late 80's when S&W dropped them). They have the smoothest action of any pump I've handled.

One pakerized, one blued. Both of mine came with SpeedFeed stocks. I added Choate extensions and fiber-optic front beads.

The blued one is very accurate with Federal LE127RS slugs...it'll stack them into one clover-leaf hole at 50 yds.

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Those are cool!!!

 

[Thomasss]

S&W were only in the shotgun business for 10 years. As close as I came to finding your serial number was sometime between 1976 and 1980. Howa actually made the 3000 for S&W.