Is this a modified Mossberg?

[F2CMaDMaXX]

I saw Mossberg post this image today, looks like a modified 500 Retrograde, but with sights and barrel guard, anyone know for sure?

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[Kruel J]

Eh...590? @No_Regerts might know better.

 

[CountryGent]

Looks like a 590 to my eyes too.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

So looks like this, + heat shield and sights. (500)

500 Retrograde - Retrograde Series - Shotguns - Firearms O.F. Mossberg & Sons

www.mossberg.com

Looks like this, but with wood furniture and sights. (590)

590 9-Shot Heat-Shield | O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.

Ooh, seems you can get the heat shield on it's own from Mossberg for the 500 and the 590.

Barrel Heat Shield - Parkerized

Heat shield for your 500 or 590 plain barrel shotgun. Matte blued finish. (Not compatible with ghost ring sight barrels or A1 heavy-walled barrels).

www.mossberg.com

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Never mind, i found it. New for 2019, and i love the look of this, the 590A1 Retrograde.

590 Retrograde - Retrograde Series - Shotguns - Firearms O.F. Mossberg & Sons

www.mossberg.com

I am not so crazy on the price though, over $900 MSRP.

 

[Flymph]

Looks cool!

 

[Jonnyuma]

Good LORD! $900?
I looked long and hard... took actual YEARS to find a wood-stocked replacement for my stolen-but-much-beloved M500 (C. 1987) at a reasonable price. I finally found a factory demonstrator reissue of their "Trench Gun" (handled but unfired) on Gunbroker a few yrs ago but it lacked the "corncob" fore end of the M590... an M500 w 18" bbl, heat shield, and wood furniture. Cool and all but... $900?

Nope.

Yeah, yeah, yeah... sights. Neat.
$900?

Nope.

 

[Kruel J]

That shotgun in the OP is pretty damned cool looking though......

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Yeah, the issue is that it's the 590A1 platform they put the wood stock and barrel shield on. So you've got, what? 8+1 and the rest of the 590A1 gubbins, including the ghost ring sights.

 

[CountryGent]

Neat-o looking scattergun. I don't think $900 worth of neat-o, but still nice.

 

[Kruel J]

Neat-o looking scattergun. I don't think $900 worth of neat-o, but still nice.

I'll bet one could put something very similar together for WAY less scratch. Gives me ideas......

 

[CountryGent]

I'll bet one could put something very similar together for WAY less scratch. Gives me ideas......

I bet you're right. There is so much aftermarket support for the 500-series.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Looks like $650 to $700 street price.

 

[titsonritz]

They're proud of their walnut.

 

[Flymph]

It's posted above, $45 for the heat shield!
Just throw it on your old 500 and you've got yourself a neato boom stick!

 

[Jonnyuma]

I'll bet one could put something very similar together for WAY less scratch. Gives me ideas......

Any wood Mossberg stock will work. The spendy part is the fore end... polymer fore ends (pump, slide, whatever) have the action bars attatched directly to them. Wood fore ends require a sleeve to attach the action bars and make converting a Maverick 88 or discount store M500 to wood furniture false economy: a $200 Maverick 88 + $200+ in ebay wood nets a $400 investment in a $200 shotgun.

Trust me, bro... I tried to make it pencil-out and couldn't do it.

With this kind of silliness going on:

I doubt that wood conversions will get any cheaper.

 

[Kruel J]

Any wood Mossberg stock will work. The spendy part is the fore end... polymer fore ends (pump, slide, whatever) have the action bars attatched directly to them. Wood fore ends require a sleeve to attach the action bars and make converting a Maverick 88 or discount store M500 to wood furniture false economy: a $200 Maverick 88 + $200+ in ebay wood nets a $400 investment in a $200 shotgun.

Trust me, bro... I tried to make it pencil-out and couldn't do it.

Good info!

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

I converted my Wife's 500 to include the sleeve so i could fit the Magpul fore end, i don't remember it costing anywhere near that much.

In fact, here it is, it's gone up $10 since i bought it a few years ago.

Mossberg Action Slide Tube Assembly 7-3/4 Mossberg 500 A, 590 12 Ga

This is a Mossberg factory replacement part. Factory replacement parts are manufactured to the same exacting standards as the original parts to ensure...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[Member 5605]

590 based on what looks to be a metal trigger guard.

 

[Jonnyuma]

Mossberg Action Slide Tube Assembly 7-3/4 Mossberg 500 A, 590 12 Ga

This is a Mossberg factory replacement part. Factory replacement parts are manufactured to the same exacting standards as the original parts to ensure...

www.midwayusa.com

$76 + another $150-200 for a stock and fore end... I stand by my story.