Hey guys,
Got some ammo for my 590 today (2.75" 00 buck), and discovered that I can only fit about 7.5 shells in the tube. This is definitely an 8+1 (20" barrel) 590.
Now, I'm guessing this is related but I live in MA. The shotgun came with a dowel in the tube that limited capacity to 5 shells at first. This is due to tiered licensing in MA, shotguns are limited to a capacity of 5 unless you have the highest class license - which I do.
So I unscrewed the magazine tube cap, removed the magazine spring cap and spring, removed the dowel and reinstalled the same way. Holds just over 7.5 now. Weird? Do I need a shorter spring or something? I tried pushing it pretty hard - it's not moving past a little bit more than 1/2 on the 8th shell.
Anyone ever have this experience? Mind boggling. I am going to repost on northeastshooters in case this is a common MA problem.
Dope
Got some ammo for my 590 today (2.75" 00 buck), and discovered that I can only fit about 7.5 shells in the tube. This is definitely an 8+1 (20" barrel) 590.
Now, I'm guessing this is related but I live in MA. The shotgun came with a dowel in the tube that limited capacity to 5 shells at first. This is due to tiered licensing in MA, shotguns are limited to a capacity of 5 unless you have the highest class license - which I do.
So I unscrewed the magazine tube cap, removed the magazine spring cap and spring, removed the dowel and reinstalled the same way. Holds just over 7.5 now. Weird? Do I need a shorter spring or something? I tried pushing it pretty hard - it's not moving past a little bit more than 1/2 on the 8th shell.
Anyone ever have this experience? Mind boggling. I am going to repost on northeastshooters in case this is a common MA problem.
Dope