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The Mossberg 500 is a series of pump-action shotguns manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. [1] The 500 series comprises widely varying models of hammerless repeaters, all of which share the same basic receiver and action, but differ in bore size, barrel length, choke options, magazine capacity, stock and forearm materials.
A Mossberg 500 12-gauge stockless pump-action shotgun with a pistol grip A Remington Model 760.30-06 Springfield pump-action rifle. Pump action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock.
The U.S. Army specifications for shotguns require a metal trigger guard for durability, which reduces the number of "special purpose" models used by police that would also be suitable for the military (the Mossberg 590A1 and Benelli M1014 are the standard-issue pump and semi-auto shotguns currently in service; the standard Mossberg 500 and 590 ...
Oscar Frederick Mossberg (1866–1937) was born on 1 September 1866, in Sweden, near the village of Svanskog in Värmland, and emigrated to the United States in 1886. [3] [4] Mossberg went to work at the Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. While at Iver Johnson, Mossberg supervised the manufacture of revolvers and ...
The Mossberg Maverick 88 is a pump action shotgun manufactured for O.F. Mossberg & Sons.The Maverick 88 is virtually identical to the Mossberg 500.Factory Maverick 88s feature a black, synthetic only stock and forearm, cylinder bore (although interchangeable chokes are available on some hunting models), and cross-bolt safety.
Similarly, Savage Arms has introduced the A17R and A22R rimfire rifles (both modified from its new A-series rifles, with a bolt release lever in front of the trigger guard), aiming at the Australian market, but law enforcement agencies such as the Northern Territory Police has attempted to unilaterally defining these rifles as "linear repeating ...
Trigger pull is rated at 6 lbf (27 N). [2] The standard slide is stainless steel, with "diamond-like carbon coating" available as an option. [1] Disassembling the pistol for cleaning does not require pulling the trigger, [1] as Mossberg's "safe takedown system" allows the striker assembly to be removed before removing the slide. [1]
The Model 1897 is an external hammer shotgun that is lacking a trigger disconnector. This means that the user can hold the trigger down while cycling the shotgun and once the action is returned to battery the shotgun fires. [11] [failed verification] The firearm itself is classified as a slide action pump shotgun. It was the first truly ...