How hard would it be...

[shortgrass]

Where there's smoke there's fire, good way of putting it. With a screw in it like that, what else has been 'homesmithed' on? Stuff like that screams of 'more' elsewhere.

 

[Chas]

There ain't nothing wrong with homesmithing, I've been doing it for years, besides it keeps real gunsmiths in business fixin my screwups.

Seriously, everytime I've got a project gun or a "all ya gotta do is fix this" gun it has cost me more in the long run than if I would have gotten one that didn't need something or several somethings fixed.

 

[gsarg]

The guy probably jacked it up trying to get the original safety screw out. Those things suck. Wish Mossberg wouldn't make them so difficult to remove (they use a weird screw that doesn't fit a screwdriver). I finally had to use a counter bit and slowly removed it (after destroying the original screw). Replaced the whole assembly with a Vang Comp safety. Much improved.
[Broken External Image]

 

[Razur]

Like gsarg notes, the safety is held on w a screw and it sounds like they "replaced" it.
A 500A with wood does look pretty classy.
I wouldn't give up on the project, but I'm kind of a Mossberg fanatic.

Have fun.

 

[ssgrock3]

did you see the one vital has for $170?