Purchased First Gun - Mossberg 500
Posted: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:37:11
My wife and I have been shooting at the gun range for a few weeks now and decided to look for a shotgun. We've been renting the Remington 870 Express when at the range and after some research about Remington vs Mossberg I was set on the Remington. The gun show rolled through Richmond over the weekend and we went thinking if we were able to get a deal we'd get one; if not then no biggie. I must say, I was a little disappointed in what I thought was a small size for a gun show, but they had a little bit for everyone.
Found one dealer with a 870, but noticed that I'd have to tap my own rail mount (or have someone else do it). In all my research I did not even notice that about the Remington. We saw another dealer with a Remington 887 for $500 which came with a rail and a choke. I told my wife we could either get the 870 for $400 and dump $100 into the extras or get the 887 for $500 and it's already set the way we want. The gun was not comfortable for her and she didn't like the larger forearm so we passed up on the 887. We did find a few dealers selling Mossberg 500s so we took a look and liked what we saw. Already had the mount tapped to easily add a rail and the position of the action release lever was handy for me as a lefty. We ended up buying a Mossberg 500 Persuader from Gary's Guns and although my paperwork was delayed, everything cleared and I was able to pick it up a few days later. I knew going in that I would be happy with either gun but it's amazing that you have a plan going in to get a specific gun and leave with a different gun. Woohoo!
Found one dealer with a 870, but noticed that I'd have to tap my own rail mount (or have someone else do it). In all my research I did not even notice that about the Remington. We saw another dealer with a Remington 887 for $500 which came with a rail and a choke. I told my wife we could either get the 870 for $400 and dump $100 into the extras or get the 887 for $500 and it's already set the way we want. The gun was not comfortable for her and she didn't like the larger forearm so we passed up on the 887. We did find a few dealers selling Mossberg 500s so we took a look and liked what we saw. Already had the mount tapped to easily add a rail and the position of the action release lever was handy for me as a lefty. We ended up buying a Mossberg 500 Persuader from Gary's Guns and although my paperwork was delayed, everything cleared and I was able to pick it up a few days later. I knew going in that I would be happy with either gun but it's amazing that you have a plan going in to get a specific gun and leave with a different gun. Woohoo!
At 50 feet my son was on target more than I was, but the whole Idea was just to get him used to shooting the thing.