I keep six 2 3/4 inch shells in the tube (holds 8) of my Mossberg 590 for home defense. This compresses the magazine (tube) spring enough that it weakens in less than a year so that when firmly shucking the shells out, the last two drop out the bottom of the receiver. A year ago I purchased some universal Wolf brand tube springs and did not even shorten one and used it and today when I replaced it, it also was so weak that the last two shells just fell out the bottom of the receiver and when the magazine was empty, the spring did not even stick out the front end when the cap was removed. In a home defense situation, this could be serious--not being able to depend upon the last two shots and knowing that just sticking in two more when empty would do no good. The Mossberg OEM springs and the Wolf springs lose their tension with just 6 rounds--what does the military or police do--surely they don't have their armorers replace the springs every couple of months? Suggestions, ideas, solutions????
MikeSp
MikeSp