Mossberg Pump Action Shotgun?
Does anyone out there own a pump action Maverick shotgun made by Mossberg? I bought one along with 3 choke tubes at a very good price. The gun is a 12 gauge with a black, synthetic forearm and stock. The man I bought it from told me it shoots a little to the left, (4-5 inches), which it does. It has a ventilated rib, with 2 beads on the rib. The first bead is alright. The bead on the end of the barrel is defineatly not in the center of the rib. It’s offset to the left a little. I went to Wal Mart and saw that they had 1 just like mine. I looked at it and the bead on the end of the barrel was about a quarter of an inch long and made out of white, irredescent plastic. I’m thinking someone broke the original bead, and installed this little metal tip of the end of my gun. I’ve owned shotguns with irredescent sites before. Can anyone else confirm that they have this type of Mossberg and that the bead on the end of the barrel is made out of irredescent plastic? Thx alot.
Yeah, mine has the small brass pin also. At the end of the barrel, it has a pin just like the brass one, but it’s black. Thx for all the links about Truglo and HIVIZ. I chatted with someone at Cabela’s, and there going to start sending me the catalog again. Thx everybody that answered.
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March 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Sounds like the fact that the gun shoots left is more of an issue than what type of bead you have on it.
March 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
You bought a shotgun that shoots 4-5" to the left?! Wow. Trade it in for a gun with a straight barrel, man.
March 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Ya, i have one, and it has the white bead, but it also has a small brass pin a little farther down the barrel. Maybe the front pin broke and the guy just moved the other pin forward. That shouldn’t really make much of a difference though, you should look into buying a whole new barrel for it, you can get them pretty cheap.
March 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Mine is a brass bead
Now I put one of these on it
http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0031493227234a.shtml
Much better then the bead sight in my opinion.
They mag mount to the rib and come with different size bases (black part) for different rib widths.
I put mine just breach side of the front bead then slid it forward till it rested against the bead.
March 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
http://www.impactguns.com/store/maverick.html
It could be a bent barrel too……
There are various new sights that slide on the rib or plain barrel to give you a new sight. See link below..they have several.