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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.
The detachable magazine offers quicker reloading and change of ammunition types. The M26-MASS was chosen by the U.S. Military over the Masterkey as a breaching tool. [4] Small numbers of M26-MASS shotguns were issued to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The current contract calls for the delivery of 9,000 shotguns. [2]
MAUL (shotgun) Metal Storm: 12 gauge Australia: Molot Bekas-M: Vyatskiye Polyany: 12 gauge 16 gauge Russia: 1999 Mossberg 500: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore United States: 1960 Mossberg 590: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore United States: 1960 Mossberg 930: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge United States: 2000s ...
The Serbu Super-Shorty is a compact, stockless, pump action shotgun chambered in 12-gauge (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 and 3"). [1] The basic architecture of most of the production models is based on the Mossberg Maverick 88 shotgun, with Mossberg 500 and Remington 870 receivers also available. [2] [3] The shotgun features a spring-loaded, folding foregrip. [4]
Military use of combat shotguns through the 20th century has created a need for ammunition maximizing the combat effectiveness of such weapons within the limitations of international law. 12-gauge has been widely accepted as an appropriate bore diameter to provide an effective number of projectiles within an acceptable recoil. Early 12-gauge ...
This measurement comes from the time when early cannons were designated in a similar manner—a "12 pounder" would be a cannon that fired a 12-pound (5.4 kg) cannonball; inversely, an individual "12-gauge" shot would in fact be a 1 ⁄ 12 pounder. Thus, a 10-gauge shotgun has a larger-diameter barrel than a 12-gauge shotgun, which has a larger ...
C.C. Loomis sized up the Model 17 and adapted it for side ejection. The Model 31 was Remington's first side ejecting pump-action shotgun. Stocks were walnut with checkered walnut forend and later changed to a ribbed forend. The Model 31 was made in three gauges with 121,000 12-gauge models made and 75,000 16- and 20-gauge examples also produced.
New Haven is one of O.F. Mossberg & Sons' private, promotional brands. The New Haven 600 is identical to the Mossberg 500 from O.F. Mossberg & Sons, with the addition of an anti-rattle system in the magazine tube, and the top of the receiver is not drilled out of a scope mount. Many of the 600AT models came with adjustable C-Lect Chokes.