Westerfield sg

[augustino]

I purchased a Westerfield 500ADB OR ADB one or the other and checked the serial number indicates it was made for Monty Ward stores by Mossberg. In fact what I'm finding says it a Mossy 500 stamped with the Westerfield name.
My question is will Mossberg parts both from Mossy as well as aftermarket fit this shotgun?
It has what they call a "C-Lect" choke built onto the barrel end.

 

[RandKL]

Yep. All Mossy parts will fit it. The only prob you might run into is the forearm length. Depending on how old your gun is and the model, it could have the old longer forearm action tube that won't fit modern aftermarket furniture. Other than that, it's a Mossy.

Jerk your barrel and strip the gun down and remove the forearm from the receiver. Use a butter knife etc to unscrew the forearm retaining nut on the front of the wood and pull that off, too. Measure the steel slide action tube from the very end edge of the action bar collar to the far edge of the threads and see how long it is. If it's 7 5/8", it'll fit most of the aftermarket forearms made in the past decade. If it's the longer 8 7/8" tube, you'll need to buy a shorter tube if you want to use aftermarket forearm furniture.

Those C-Lect choke barrels, I used to buy by the dozen and slice them down for folks. They make a great heavy barrel 18.5" home defense barrel and cut to 24" and tapped for an Accu-Choke tube, a great hunting gun, too.

Congrats on the purchase!

rich

 

[Bud Tugly]

If you can get past the way it looks, the C-lect choke actually has advantages for upland hunting. If you're pushing your way through heavy brush you can set it to IC and then if the terrain suddenly opens up you can just click it to Mod or Full in a second.

Uglier but in some ways more practical than screw-in tubes.