Mossbery 930SPX

[CBRKURT]

Does anyone have experience with this shotgun I am considering picking one up for my self as it's right in the price range I was looking at for a Semi Auto.

[BigDogatPlay]

Search, and expanding the forum display to more than a day or two, is your friend.

Most recent similar thread is here. Just a couple of days old.

[gadjeep]

I have the 930 tactical and I love it. I put a 2 rd magazine tube extension on it and it flat out runs.

[3GunFunShooter]

Go to the Brian Enos forums, in the shotgun technical section there is over 13 pages about the 930. Mossberg is suppose to come out with a 930 for 3 gun. Enos is the place for very good information from competitive shooters from all over the country.
These guys are the ones who put firearms to the test.

[hitman13]

Awesome SG!

[tay]

Great shotgun, checkout my range report:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=450236

[resident-shooter]

it sux

[IPSICK]

I like mine.

[Sheepdog1968]

As a toy for social plinking it's fine and I enjoy it. For home defense, I have found it to be nowhere near as reliable as either a Moss 500 or 590. I would not IMO use the 930 for home defense.

[CBRKURT]

Why wouldn't you use it for HD?? Have you had problems with it firing or feeding before??

[Capt Jack]

As a toy for social plinking it's fine and I enjoy it. For home defense, I have found it to be nowhere near as reliable as either a Moss 500 or 590. I would not IMO use the 930 for home defense.

I've got over 500 shells through mine without any issues, not a single hangup. Its in my safe for HD and I would trust my life to it. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who has one of these for HD

If yours is unreliable, I would consider having it looked at or send it back to Mossberg. To the OP, I dont have the SPX, I've got the 930 Home Security, but I am pretty sure the SPX is just as good, oh, my good friend just started the DROS on his 930 since he liked mine so much!

[tacticalcity]

It has been on my wishlist for a while now.

There is a school of thought from the "pump" guy's that semi-autos are not the best option for self-defense. This is because any semi-auto firearm requires something to recoil against. It needs you to be firmly behind it, to provide the resitence needed for it to cycle the next round in place. With a pump, there are certain goofy firing positions that will work just fine that probably wouldn't with a semi-auto.

That said, there are boat load of upsides to a semi-auto that I personally like and trust.

[CBRKURT]

Tactical City, what are the upsides to the semi auto that you like and trust?? I'm trying to convince myself to buy this gun. Budsgunshop has them for a pretty good deal right now.

[Markus]

the mossberrys taste like mossberys.......

[BigDogatPlay]

Why wouldn't you use it for HD?? Have you had problems with it firing or feeding before??

The short list of issues I've identified that I have problems with.

** How do you store the gun ready for use?

- Empty chamber, full mag, bolt closed, or
- Loaded chamber, full mag, bolt closed, or
- Empty chamber, full mag, bolt open, shell ghost loaded on carrier, or
- Empty chamber, empty mag, bolt however you like.

There are potential pitfalls with all of those in my mind. With the first, you are relying on the first shell coming out of the tube with enough authority to trip the carrier latch and allow the gun to cycle forward when running the bolt by hand. This is not, necessarily, a 100% outcome as you might find by practicing that with snap caps. At least thats my experience owning and working with 1100s and 11-87s. Sometimes the bolt may / will lock open. Loaded chamber, full mag is optimum, but probably not around the house and especially if you have kids. Ghost loading on an open bolt risks the shell falling out or binding the action while you get the gun from storage to up and ready. Choice #4 isn't ready at all.

With a pump, an empty chamber, full mag, bolt closed and hammer down means all you have to do is pump the gun once and it's in business. The most common failure drill is pump the gun again, for a semi its more involved. Manual of arms is so much simpler with a pump that it tips the scale for me in this area.

** Hand position

With the semi, you need to take one hand or the other from firing position to charge the gun, assuming you store with an empty chamber. With a pump the hands never leave their firing positions unless or until you have to reload it. While we all know how well we can do on the range, and how pros do in competition but its a different world in the middle of an adrenaline dump when you have to deploy lethal force.

** Ammo selection

While it is always best to shoot good quality defensive ammo, there are those semi autos that are either finicky with ammo, or perhaps don't like the reduced recoil rounds that are so popular (and effective) now. With a pump, unless the gun is broken or the ammo is completely FUBAR, it's going to go bang and you can cycle it, pretty much every time.

Those are my main reasons why I don't choose a semi-auto shotgun for HD. There are others, but those are the biggies. It also comes down to personal preference and how you train. If a guy feels like he is good to go with a semi-auto, I won't argue with him. I respect his choice, and I hope he respects mine.