from goose gun to riot gun

240 towles · May 22, 2010

So, I am looking through my local pawn shop and I see a mossberg 500. I have been looking for another 500 or remington 870 since I used my last shorty shotgun for the bullpup project. I see this 500 and it is in terrible condition, someone had left it in the bottom of thier john boat for too long. The bolt face was rusted and pitted and there was alot of black grease all throughout the action. Plus it had that stupid 24 inch choked vent rib barrel. But I saw potential, I turned it into a nice small riot shotgun. I cut the barrel down to 18.5 inches. The rust and grease came off pretty easy. The hardest part had to be removing the vent, what a pain in the ass. But I am happy with the outcome. Total cost, 150.00

Before..

maybe a little rust....

Oh my god.....

The outcome....

Redneck · May 22, 2010

pretty damn cool

Neot · May 22, 2010

You're always changing or modifying something...I love it!

august1410 · May 22, 2010

Outstanding!!!

joppaj · May 22, 2010

Nicely done!

crudmucosa · May 22, 2010

Huzzah for the fantastic job. Did you put the carabiner on so that you could attach it to your keychain and/or belt loop? If so, that would be epic.

Goose Guy · May 22, 2010

Looks great! Can't even tell it was that abused anymore.

c33m0n3y · May 22, 2010

"Oh, sorry... I said get the f#$% down!"

I just thought it was a good pic

Nice conversion and a bargain for sure.

240 towles · May 22, 2010

crudmucosa said:
Huzzah for the fantastic job. Did you put the carabiner on so that you could attach it to your keychain and/or belt loop? If so, that would be epic.

the carabiner attatches to my IBA vest.

sl2w0 · May 22, 2010

Nice job.

240 towles · May 22, 2010

also, this gun comes only weeks after getting my 20th gun, the PSl. Sooooo, I had to buy my wife a new cell phone just so she wouldn't get angry.

Gaius Baltar · May 23, 2010

nice job...

Ultra Wookie · May 27, 2010

Looks good. Though the before/internals pics remind me of the general condition of McCowans M16A4 upper... minus the ants.

fivepointstar · May 27, 2010

240

I'm doing the same thing to my Mossy but i can't get the castle nut to screw on the forearm assembly. I field stripped the shotty and couldn't remove the forearms assembly? Any hints?

hvymax · May 28, 2010

FPS you need the forend wrench. I have improvised alot of things over the years and scratched the crap out of a few mag tubes. 240 excelent example of recycling.

240 towles · May 30, 2010

fivepointstar said:
240

I'm doing the same thing to my Mossy but i can't get the castle nut to screw on the forearm assembly. I field stripped the shotty and couldn't remove the forearms assembly? Any hints?

I have noticed on some mossberg forends [especially the large "field type" synthetic forends] you need to use a flathead screwdriver [the bigger the better] to get the nut out far enough to use the forend nut removal tool [it's just a Fat T shaped piece of steel that helps unscrew the nut and remove the forend. If you can't get the specific tool, use the big flathead screwdriver with consistant pressure and MAYBE some gentle taps with a mallet. Hope this helps.

fivepointstar · May 30, 2010

hvymax said:
FPS you need the forend wrench. I have improvised alot of things over the years and scratched the crap out of a few mag tubes. 240 excelent example of recycling.

I got the forend on my 870 but the 500 is a tough

240 towles said:
I have noticed on some mossberg forends [especially the large "field type" synthetic forends] you need to use a flathead screwdriver [the bigger the better] to get the nut out far enough to use the forend nut removal tool [it's just a Fat T shaped piece of steel that helps unscrew the nut and remove the forend. If you can't get the specific tool, use the big flathead screwdriver with consistant pressure and MAYBE some gentle taps with a mallet. Hope this helps.

I'll give it a try tonight! TY

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