Old Mossberg 500 20ga front sling mount

[The Tiger]

I picked up an older model Mossberg 500 in 20ga. It has the nut built into the barrel if that makes sense and not a magazine screw on cap. I was wondering what you like for a front sling mount?

Looks like this


I picked up a Hogue overmold short stock for it because I wanted to shorten the LOP so my kid could use it so the rear sling attachment is taken care of. What do I do for the front?

Certainly more options for the 12gauge over the 20.

[L-2]

https://www.gggaz.com/mossberg-500-590-sling-attachments.html

GG&G has a few Mossberg 500 sling mounts. GG&G does tend toward the tactical/combat gear. They may be other solutions out there.

https://www.brownells.com/shooting-accessories/slings-sling-swivels/shotgun-swivel-sets/magazine-cap-swivel-sets-prod9035.aspx

Here's an Uncle Mike's brand which replaces the barrel bolt. I'm hoping there's no difference between the 12 & 20 gauge barrel retention bolts.

Note, I couldn't find that #18102 front sling mount kit on the UncleMikes.com website. I'd be concerned it might become discontinued. Order soon if so.

Here's another brand if that's of interest:

https://www.brownells.com/shooting-accessories/slings-sling-swivels/shotgun-swivel-sets/gtsw-37-moss-500-swivel-set-sku100003375-26520-51430.aspx

[The Tiger]

https://www.gggaz.com/mossberg-500-5...tachments.html

GG&G has a few Mossberg 500 sling mounts. GG&G does tend toward the tactical/combat gear. They may be other solutions out there.

https://www.brownells.com/shooting-accessories/slings-sling-swivels/shotgun-swivel-sets/magazine-cap-swivel-sets-prod9035.aspx

Here's an Uncle Mike's brand which replaces the barrel bolt. I'm hoping there's no difference between the 12 & 20 gauge barrel retention bolts.

I looked at GG&G and it said 12 gauge only.

I'm trying to find out for sure on the Uncle Mikes part but my search so far says that's 12 ga only too.

[bigbossman]

I picked up an older model Mossberg 500 in 20ga. It has the nut built into the barrel if that makes sense and not a magazine screw on cap. I was wondering what you like for a front sling mount?

I had an old 80's version of the 20ga 500. IIRC, either the center hole on the barrel retaining nut was tapped for a sling swivel screw, or else the bottom of the retaining lug was. Can't remember exactly. Wither way, should be easy to drill/tap a hole, then use a standard Uncle Mike's (or similar) sling stud for the forward sling mount.

Like so:

https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Mikes-Detach-Swivels-1-Inch/dp/B0002IOARE

[W.R.Buchanan]

If your "Barrel Nut" is tapped either on the end or side, all you do is thread an Uncle Mikes Sling Swivel Stud (10-32 thread) into it and then use an Uncle Mikes QD Sling Swivel like shown above.

That's all there is to it.

Randy

[The Tiger]

If your "Barrel Nut" is tapped either on the end or side, all you do is thread an Uncle Mikes Sling Swivel Stud (10-32 thread) into it and then use an Uncle Mikes QD Sling Swivel like shown above.

That's all there is to it.

Randy

I guess I lucked out. The gun did not come with the threaded Barrel Nut but as luck would have it when I picked up the gun from the FFL they had a longer used barrel on the rack that fit the gun for $75. That barrel had the threaded nut.

I figured that was a good score for a longer barrel and didn't realize the nut was different.