Stainless Steel Shotgun

[gono]

Has anyone have a stainless Mossberg shotgun? Just found one, i heard they existed but never saw one in person. Just want to make sure its in deed stainless steel

[robcoe]

Has anyone have a stainless Mossberg shotgun? Just found one, i heard they existed but never saw one in person. Just want to make sure its in deed stainless steel

I know they make a marine coat shotgun that looks a lot like stainless, but I have never seen a full stainless steel shotgun.

Just did some looking, there were a few made, but they are pretty rare(99% of the time when someone has a "stainless" mossberg it's a marine coat, which is not actually stainless steel), the only current manufacture stainless shotgun I can find is the benelli nova h2o

[bjl333]

Has anyone have a stainless Mossberg shotgun? Just found one, i heard they existed but never saw one in person. Just want to make sure its in deed stainless steel

Well, this unicorn has been debated in a lot of forums. I don't have a solid answer for ya. I seem to remember seeing one in a catalog a long time ago but I cannot confirm. There are reports that Mossberg made one for a couple of years and it never sold well due to the increased cost of a stainless.

good luck buddy!!

[gono]

I've got that unicorn sitting in my hands and it's real alright.

[858casper858]

Hmmm... Take a magnet?

Sounds very interesting, how much?

[prc77]

pictures of this nickle plated shotgun please

[gono]

Hmmm... Take a magnet?

Sounds very interesting, how much?

Most stainless steel guns are magnetic. Unless you provide high amounts of nickel to stabalize the iron molecules, which of course is costly

[gono]

Phone pic, I'll post more pictures once i get my camera.

[qwikrick]

A magnet wont give you a yes or no.

some stainless is magnetic.

[858casper858]

Most stainless steel guns are magnetic. Unless you provide high amounts of nickel to stabalize the iron molecules, which of course is costly

A magnet wont give you a yes or no.

some stainless is magnetic.

Thanks guys, didn't know that.

[frigginchi]

Stainless

[Nihonto Chicken]

Different Types Of Stainless Steel

There are two major classes of stainless steel (and some specialty types that don't belong to either). The 300 series (Austenitic, face centered cubic crystalline structure) of stainless steels has a lot of nickel in it and is relatively soft, low yield strength, but very tough. The 400 series has less nickel and is ferritic (body centered cubic) if annealed, but if heated above its phase transformation temperature and not furnace cooled for a very long time will switch to martensitic (body centered tetragonal), which has very high yield strength but is quite brittle. So most 300 series stainless steels are not suitable for firearms because they are too soft, and most 400 series are not suitable because they are too brittle. There are some specialty stainless steels such as 17-4 PH (precipitation hardened) stainless steel that have been used for firearms, such as in the old AMT Hardballer and Longslide, but were subject to galling on sliding surfaces. I don't know what is the current best metallurgical practices on stainless firearms, but it is a trickier business than first meets the eye. That said, with the success nowadays of stainless handguns and rifles, I have no idea why a real stainless shotgun is not now available.

Edit: 300 series Austenitic stainless steels are non-magnetic. 400 series Ferritic/Martensitic stainless steels are magnetic, as is 17-4 PH stainless steel.

[bjl333]

Phone pic, I'll post more pictures once i get my camera.

Is there a model number anywhere? or the word stainless steel anywhere?

[gono]

I'll look it over tomorrow

[gono]

Model 500A