syncro87
Copper BB
Yes, I know, it is normal.
I was playing around today, and I think I've come up with an easy way to eliminate most of the rattle, in the event that you are bothered by it. Nothing is going to get rid of it 100%, nor should you want things that tight on a pump shotgun. Just throwing this out there because if you Google it, you get a gazillion hits on people complaining about it...and 99.9% of them end with no resolution.
So, with the disclaimer up front that your 500 is completely normal if it is a tad noisy, I submit this for those one percenters who feel they need to do something about it.
Oh, and one more thing. The firearm I used this "fix" on is a 500 Bantam with wood furniture. I can't speak to those with different stock and forend that don't use the action slide tube under the forend itself. Mine has the AST and you need this setup for my "fix" to work.
First, become familiar with how to disassemble and reassemble your 500. There are tons of videos on YouTube, for example, that show you how to do this.
Ok, so you know how to take it apart and put it back together.
Go to Hobby Lobby and buy one sheet of black color "Peel & Stick Craft Felt". I paid 99 cents at my local HL today for a 9" by 12" sheet. So you are risking a touch over a buck, with tax. The brand name I used is "Tree House Studio". It's maybe a millimeter thick, or so, and this is the beauty of it--fits the gap between action slide tube and mag tube without being too thick.
Found it online, the exact stuff I used:
http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/9-x-12-black-stick-it-felt-rectangle-947028/
Cut 4 small squares out of the felt, maybe 1cm x 1cm square.
Carefully stick one piece to the inside of the action slide tube at 12 o clock and 6 o clock. You want the edge of the felt flush to the end of the tube. Two pieces per end.
RESIST the temptation to use more felt. If you use too much, it will become hard to cycle the shotgun. Too stiff. This is a case where less is more.
Reassemble the shotgun. Take care to slowly and gently slide the forend / action tube onto the magazine tube very carefully so you don't tear your felt off. Once you have it on, the slight pressure between the mag tube and action tube will serve to hold the felt properly. The key is to put them together carefully so you don't rip it off during reassembly.
The vast majority of your rattle should be gone. You are never going to get rid of the small amount from the bars.
Oh, one last thing. If your wood forend is clattering against the barrel when you grab it, you can also cut a thin sliver of felt, maybe an inch and a half or 2 inches long but only a few millimeters wide, and stick it into the narrow groove you can see on the upper part of the front end of the forearm. The spot where the forearm hits the metal if you twist it. This is optional. Most of the rattle comes from the action tube against the mag tube, so I only mention this second part incidentally.
You should now have reduced your clattery forend by around 75%. At least it worked for me. You'll at least have minimized it to where it will be less likely to rattle just carrying the 500 around.
You risk about a dollar and 10 minutes of your time. Not bad.
I'm not the type that goes out and shoots off 500 rounds in 10 minutes, so I can't speak to how the felt would hold up under high heat, high volume shooting.
Anyway, just throwing this out there because I see so many people ask about it, and seems nobody has much of a resolution. Someone can probably improve on my idea. I'd like to try it with some PTFE tape that had adhesive on one side, but I haven't found it locally although you can find it online.
I was playing around today, and I think I've come up with an easy way to eliminate most of the rattle, in the event that you are bothered by it. Nothing is going to get rid of it 100%, nor should you want things that tight on a pump shotgun. Just throwing this out there because if you Google it, you get a gazillion hits on people complaining about it...and 99.9% of them end with no resolution.
So, with the disclaimer up front that your 500 is completely normal if it is a tad noisy, I submit this for those one percenters who feel they need to do something about it.
Oh, and one more thing. The firearm I used this "fix" on is a 500 Bantam with wood furniture. I can't speak to those with different stock and forend that don't use the action slide tube under the forend itself. Mine has the AST and you need this setup for my "fix" to work.
First, become familiar with how to disassemble and reassemble your 500. There are tons of videos on YouTube, for example, that show you how to do this.
Ok, so you know how to take it apart and put it back together.
Go to Hobby Lobby and buy one sheet of black color "Peel & Stick Craft Felt". I paid 99 cents at my local HL today for a 9" by 12" sheet. So you are risking a touch over a buck, with tax. The brand name I used is "Tree House Studio". It's maybe a millimeter thick, or so, and this is the beauty of it--fits the gap between action slide tube and mag tube without being too thick.
Found it online, the exact stuff I used:
http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/9-x-12-black-stick-it-felt-rectangle-947028/
Cut 4 small squares out of the felt, maybe 1cm x 1cm square.
Carefully stick one piece to the inside of the action slide tube at 12 o clock and 6 o clock. You want the edge of the felt flush to the end of the tube. Two pieces per end.
RESIST the temptation to use more felt. If you use too much, it will become hard to cycle the shotgun. Too stiff. This is a case where less is more.
Reassemble the shotgun. Take care to slowly and gently slide the forend / action tube onto the magazine tube very carefully so you don't tear your felt off. Once you have it on, the slight pressure between the mag tube and action tube will serve to hold the felt properly. The key is to put them together carefully so you don't rip it off during reassembly.
The vast majority of your rattle should be gone. You are never going to get rid of the small amount from the bars.
Oh, one last thing. If your wood forend is clattering against the barrel when you grab it, you can also cut a thin sliver of felt, maybe an inch and a half or 2 inches long but only a few millimeters wide, and stick it into the narrow groove you can see on the upper part of the front end of the forearm. The spot where the forearm hits the metal if you twist it. This is optional. Most of the rattle comes from the action tube against the mag tube, so I only mention this second part incidentally.
You should now have reduced your clattery forend by around 75%. At least it worked for me. You'll at least have minimized it to where it will be less likely to rattle just carrying the 500 around.
You risk about a dollar and 10 minutes of your time. Not bad.
I'm not the type that goes out and shoots off 500 rounds in 10 minutes, so I can't speak to how the felt would hold up under high heat, high volume shooting.
Anyway, just throwing this out there because I see so many people ask about it, and seems nobody has much of a resolution. Someone can probably improve on my idea. I'd like to try it with some PTFE tape that had adhesive on one side, but I haven't found it locally although you can find it online.
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