How hard would it be...

[Glock 'em down]

...to fix a safety button on a Mossberg 500 shotgun?

I found one today for $175.

It looks a little rough and the safety is all boogered up. It definitely is gonna need replacing. The top button, guts...everything!

Is this an expensive project? Or something kinda simple?

 

[grwd]

safetys not too hard.
Parts should be available from brownells. probably no more than $20-25 ish.

 

[Glock 'em down]

safetys not too hard.
Parts should be available from brownells. probably no more than $20-25 ish.

If I buy this thang, can you do it, ol buddy?

Whoever had it has put a phillips head screw thru the middle of it.

Why? I dunno. But it is completely trashed and unusable. The scattergun pumps and trigger pulls thru fine. Thank God they broke it in the "fire" position.

 

[grwd]

yes you know Id be happy to.
Dont know how good a deal it is, though...
when theres smoke, theres fire.
and that phillips head screw is smoldering.

 

[Glock 'em down]

yes you know Id be happy to.
Dont know how good a deal it is, though...
when theres smoke, theres fire.
and that phillips head screw is smoldering.

You think it's a bad deal?

Mossberg 500A. Wooden furniture. 18" tube.

Why would somebody stick a screw in there? If it was to manipulate the safety, I could kinda see that, but it won't budge.

 

[tyromeo55]

I know it's kinda far from from what you want but why not buy a maverick 88 from wally world for 150? Honest question.. I really know very little about scatter guns

 

[Glock 'em down]

I know it's kinda far from from what you want but why not buy a maverick 88 from wally world for 150? Honest question.. I really know very little about scatter guns

Because they only come with synthetic stock and forearm.

The Mav is a helluva scattergun, by the way.

If I bought the Mav then I'd hafta search for some wooden furniture and then I'd hafta take it somewhere to get it put on, and then, after all that, I would hate to subject it to harsh weather because the finish will be all pristine and purdy.

If it's already beat up, I won't worry about the finish so much.

Yeah...I know.

 

[1911user]

$175 for a mossy 500 needing parts and repair work doesn't seem like much of a deal.

 

[Glock 'em down]

$175 for a mossy 500 needing parts and repair work doesn't seem like much of a deal.

Hmmm...maybe not.

Hopefully somebody here will have one sitting in the corner collecting dust they'll wanna get rid of.

 

[Shadowrider]

Hmmm...maybe not.

Hopefully somebody here will have one sitting in the corner collecting dust they'll wanna get rid of.

Well I have a single shot that fits that description. An old 16 ga that's been shot so much that the barrel looks paper thin. Honestly, my dad was afraid of it. But grampa's the one that shot it thin. And he'd still be shooting it if he were here. Don't suppose that would do you any good though.