Mossberg 500 combo at Dick's

[eadgbe194]

I've been wanting to buy a shotgun and am looking at the Mossberg 500 field/deer combo at Dick's. It comes with a 24" ported rifled barrel with a 2.5x scope mounted, and a 28" vent rib barrel. They are asking $349 which seems fair to me but I thought I'd ask the opinion of some experts.

This will be my first shotgun and it will be used for me to try out just about all the different things that I think I might want to do with a shotgun, like trap, skeet, deer hunting, turkey hunting, bird and rabbit hunting, etc. If I decide I will be doing lots of one thing then I will buy a more task specific gun later.

So what is everyone's take on this gun at this price?

Thanks

 

[hodgepodge]

Can you also get an 18.5" barrel for this gun?

 

[august1410]

Can you also get an 18.5" barrel for this gun?

18.5 barrels are plentiful for the Mossy 500.

 

[eadgbe194]

yeah I can, but I probably won't. The shotgun will be kept in a safe in the basement and not readily accessible for home defense purposes. I have a pistol safe in the bedroom, but it isn't big enough for a shotgun so I don't plan on it ever becoming a home defense weapon.

 

[DevonB324]

*want*

 

[a81lp]

sounds good to me

 

[tdt91]

It was on sale for 249.00 a couple months ago at Dicks

 

[eadgbe194]

It was on sale for 249.00 a couple months ago at Dicks

They have the 500 with just the field barrel for 249 are you sure that price was for the combo?

 

[WSM]

Walmart sells them for 249.99 without the scope...guaranteed that scope is about a $40 scope too.

 

[eadgbe194]

thanks for the input everyone, I guess it's not as good of a deal as I thought. Maybe it will go on sale soon.

WSM, what walmart sells them? I was just in the glen burnie walmart and they didn't have any guns, and I don't know of any other walmarts that carry guns.

 

[august1410]

Aberdeen MD sells guns still.

If you are in the GB area, Scott's Gunsmithing had a nice Mossy 500 for $225. Looked to have either a 26" or 28" VR bbl. Nice condition....action was nice and smooth. Nice wood furniture....Would have bought it on the spot if I had the money.

 

[chale127]

thanks for the input everyone, I guess it's not as good of a deal as I thought. Maybe it will go on sale soon.

WSM, what walmart sells them? I was just in the glen burnie walmart and they didn't have any guns, and I don't know of any other walmarts that carry guns.

any of the wally worlds in the Balt Metro area that i know of have gotten rid of their gun collections so-to-speak

i would think the ones in the more rural areas may still have them

 

[dwnthehatch]

Thw walmart in severn sells them. If they aren't in the case they can order them for you.

 

[tdt91]

They have the 500 with just the field barrel for 249 are you sure that price was for the combo?

100% possitive on th combo. rifled barrel is cantalevered with scope and the other barrel is 26 or 28 with chokes.

 

[jaywade]

it's not a bad gun guy... you can bird or deer w/ it and shorter barrel's are out there to for HD ( shotgun much better for HD btw than a pistol) it won't break the break ..... I think I've put 3000 shells through mine and never had a problem ...slug barrel is not the most acurate I'v eever shot but you can kill deer our to a 100 yrds w/ it no problem

 

[fivepointstar]

Good Price...Id wait for it to go on sale.

 

[bbguns]

The wal-mart in California, MD near the Pax River base still sells shotguns and rifles. Haven't looked in a while but last time I was there, the rack had around 20, mostly shotguns and .22's.

 

[italian redneck]

walmart on quaterfield road still sells guns(last time i was in there was around christmas and they still had them then)

 

[Inigoes]

Just looked in Walmart
Mavericks are going for $187

Mossberg 500s (single barrel) $227

Mossberg 500s with both (slug and smoothbore) barrels $287

 

[DevonB324]

Just looked in Walmart
Mavericks are going for $187

Mossberg 500s (single barrel) $227

Mossberg 500s with both (slug and smoothbore) barrels $287