Mister_Mossberg
.22LR
I bought a Mossberg 590A1 a few months ago, model 51411, it had a crooked front sight, after contacting Mossberg about it they sent me a new barrel, the front sight on the new barrel seems less crooked, or at least it's so hard to tell, sometimes it looks crooked, under different light it looks straight, it's so hard to tell that I've just accepted it as "good enough" but still seems canted to the left a little.
Reading several posts on here about guys having quality control issues with their Mossbergs, and having issues with my own, I decided to buy a Remington 870 Police and get the quality they are famous for. I paid about nearly $200 more for it than I did the Mossberg, just a plain base model 870 Police.
The grass is always greener on the other side as they say...
I was very happy with the Remington 870 Police... until I noticed the trigger guard is loose, it jiggles, loose as a goose. Remington will make good on that, I thank them. Then tonight I noticed something else, the barrel is also slightly loose, even when everything is tightened down, the looseness is very noticeable. I will contact Remington tomorrow and speak to them.
So it made me want to check the same thing on my Mossberg 590A1, the barrel seems tight, but when I grab one end with one hand and the other end with the other hand and twist back and forth, sometimes I hear a sound of something faintly "click or clack" but I'm not sure if I'm hitting the pump or something else and it is that which is clacking or rattling.
So finally I come to my question to you 590A1 owners, when you grip the receiver in one hand, and the end of the barrel in the other hand, and you twist in opposite directions back and forth, is there ANY PLAY WHATSOEVER in the barrel of your 590A1 when the barrel nut is hand tightened down as required?
In my new Remington 870 Police there is play and it is very noticeable, but what about your Mossbergs? Any such play? I'm my Mossberg I'm still not sure. Please let me know, thanks
And remember, for all the folks disappointed with Mossberg quality control, THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE!
Remington 870 Police issues on my new gun:
1. Loose rattly trigger guard housing
2. Loose barrel to receiver fit, I can rattle it, no doubt about it
3. Small dent in muzzle crown
For anyone wondering whether to get the Mossberg or Remington, probably doesn't matter, both have legendary reputations, I now own both and they both have issues, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. Eh. (FYI: "eh" is the old time version of "meh" for you youngsters )
Reading several posts on here about guys having quality control issues with their Mossbergs, and having issues with my own, I decided to buy a Remington 870 Police and get the quality they are famous for. I paid about nearly $200 more for it than I did the Mossberg, just a plain base model 870 Police.
The grass is always greener on the other side as they say...
I was very happy with the Remington 870 Police... until I noticed the trigger guard is loose, it jiggles, loose as a goose. Remington will make good on that, I thank them. Then tonight I noticed something else, the barrel is also slightly loose, even when everything is tightened down, the looseness is very noticeable. I will contact Remington tomorrow and speak to them.
So it made me want to check the same thing on my Mossberg 590A1, the barrel seems tight, but when I grab one end with one hand and the other end with the other hand and twist back and forth, sometimes I hear a sound of something faintly "click or clack" but I'm not sure if I'm hitting the pump or something else and it is that which is clacking or rattling.
So finally I come to my question to you 590A1 owners, when you grip the receiver in one hand, and the end of the barrel in the other hand, and you twist in opposite directions back and forth, is there ANY PLAY WHATSOEVER in the barrel of your 590A1 when the barrel nut is hand tightened down as required?
In my new Remington 870 Police there is play and it is very noticeable, but what about your Mossbergs? Any such play? I'm my Mossberg I'm still not sure. Please let me know, thanks
And remember, for all the folks disappointed with Mossberg quality control, THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE!
Remington 870 Police issues on my new gun:
1. Loose rattly trigger guard housing
2. Loose barrel to receiver fit, I can rattle it, no doubt about it
3. Small dent in muzzle crown
For anyone wondering whether to get the Mossberg or Remington, probably doesn't matter, both have legendary reputations, I now own both and they both have issues, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. Eh. (FYI: "eh" is the old time version of "meh" for you youngsters )