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After years of loving the gun like this:
UPDATE - This is the completed gun, now that I've obtained the ribbed forearm and refinished the buttstock and forearm to an oil finish.
My "old school" 590.
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OK... this is probably quite an unusual sight to see. A stripped down 590 with Bantam wood stock set. Go figure. Owner must be a little wacky. (Probably true!)
Those who have seen some of my other posts know my appreciation for wood furniture on blued guns. I also appreciate the high capacity usually found only on the more "tactical" guns.
Between my 18.5" 500 Persuader 6-shot and my 20" 590 9-shot I have always preferred the size and balance of the 18.5" but wanted the capacity of the 20". My 18.5" 500 always won out for my time and attention. Somehow the 20" 590 just felt too long, bulky, and tactical to me and usually sat on the sidelines while my lean and mean 18.5" Persuader got all the attention.
So I set out to see if I could do anything that would make my 590 more to my liking and feel more "at home" for me. I've hit upon a set-up with it that finally makes me really love this gun. I ditched the heat shield. To me it was just unwanted weight and looked like I was trying to be tacticool. I didn't really need it. That helped. (At a time when many are going out of their way to buy and install heat shields on their guns... I'm ditching mine!) If I could ditch the bayonet mount I'd do that as well, but it's welded to the barrel. The gun, especially the butt stock, was still longer than I like and the 14.25" LOP made shouldering it a little slow - sometimes the rubber recoil pad would stick on my shoulder garment while I'm bringing the gun up to my shoulder, even though I'm 6'1" with proportionately long arms as well. The 590 still felt more like a "boat" to me than a shotgun I could really connect with.
Tonight I got a crazy idea to see what my Bantam wood stock set would do to the feel and the look of my 590.
Here is the look:
As for the feel... I LOVE it! The gun now shoulders much more easily and quickly and no longer feels like the "boat" it used to feel like. While it's still a fairly large and heavy shotgun, it really feels more nimble now... something that makes a huge difference to me. Having the 9-shot capacity in a gun that feels "nimble" is a really cool thing.
I can see that I'm going to have to buy another Bantam butt stock and a old style wood "ribbed" forearm so that both my 500 and my 590 can be set-up with Bantam wood butt stocks. I've finally found a look and ergonomic set-up that makes these two guns really feel like my own. Just thought I'd crow a little about that.
For those with eagle eyes... yes, that's a Vang safety on the tang.
I must say (as I have many times before)... I reaaally love Mossberg shotguns!
UPDATE - This is the completed gun, now that I've obtained the ribbed forearm and refinished the buttstock and forearm to an oil finish.
My "old school" 590.
===========================
OK... this is probably quite an unusual sight to see. A stripped down 590 with Bantam wood stock set. Go figure. Owner must be a little wacky. (Probably true!)
Those who have seen some of my other posts know my appreciation for wood furniture on blued guns. I also appreciate the high capacity usually found only on the more "tactical" guns.
Between my 18.5" 500 Persuader 6-shot and my 20" 590 9-shot I have always preferred the size and balance of the 18.5" but wanted the capacity of the 20". My 18.5" 500 always won out for my time and attention. Somehow the 20" 590 just felt too long, bulky, and tactical to me and usually sat on the sidelines while my lean and mean 18.5" Persuader got all the attention.
So I set out to see if I could do anything that would make my 590 more to my liking and feel more "at home" for me. I've hit upon a set-up with it that finally makes me really love this gun. I ditched the heat shield. To me it was just unwanted weight and looked like I was trying to be tacticool. I didn't really need it. That helped. (At a time when many are going out of their way to buy and install heat shields on their guns... I'm ditching mine!) If I could ditch the bayonet mount I'd do that as well, but it's welded to the barrel. The gun, especially the butt stock, was still longer than I like and the 14.25" LOP made shouldering it a little slow - sometimes the rubber recoil pad would stick on my shoulder garment while I'm bringing the gun up to my shoulder, even though I'm 6'1" with proportionately long arms as well. The 590 still felt more like a "boat" to me than a shotgun I could really connect with.
Tonight I got a crazy idea to see what my Bantam wood stock set would do to the feel and the look of my 590.
Here is the look:
As for the feel... I LOVE it! The gun now shoulders much more easily and quickly and no longer feels like the "boat" it used to feel like. While it's still a fairly large and heavy shotgun, it really feels more nimble now... something that makes a huge difference to me. Having the 9-shot capacity in a gun that feels "nimble" is a really cool thing.
I can see that I'm going to have to buy another Bantam butt stock and a old style wood "ribbed" forearm so that both my 500 and my 590 can be set-up with Bantam wood butt stocks. I've finally found a look and ergonomic set-up that makes these two guns really feel like my own. Just thought I'd crow a little about that.
For those with eagle eyes... yes, that's a Vang safety on the tang.
I must say (as I have many times before)... I reaaally love Mossberg shotguns!
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