I bought this a few years ago as a faded out wood stocked beast with a barrel and tube full of cobwebs. I tried to restore the wood, but it was bulky and ugly. I had to refinish the blueing, but it's all good to go now.

Fun project. The collapsible stock is also easy to remove if I want it shorter I guess.

Very nice! Good looking shotty!

Thanks, I always wanted a ridiculously tacticool pump action. :D

I also dremmeled the stock so that it was totally comfortable to grip with it collapsed. The way it was, it was scraping my wrist when firing. I also drilled and taped the receiver to mount the sling loop. The pump wiggles a bit because the barrel appears to be tapered. I'd like to fix that, but it would mean a new barrel and I'd lose the bayonet lug.

"Mossberg shotguns are known, almost notoriously, for having play in the forends. It isnt a bad thing, the play and loose tolerances actually contribute to long life, durability and functioning through dirt and debris. . . ."

(source: next to last post in this thread at http://www.mossbergowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3083&p=37529&hilit=forend+play#p37529)

how about some additional info on the forend... magpul grip I assume, but is it mounted on a rail? what about the flashlight mount?

Nice looking setup.

Thanks for the link. Makes sense, but I'm a stickler for perfect fits. Oh well.

The only magpul part is the AFG I modded. I dremeled it and added the strap. It's on a Mako fore end. I think the pistol grip is a mako one too. I just remember them both being really hard to track down anywhere at the time. The neat thing is that I have less than $500 into it, maybe even less than $400, and it's been a fun gun. I had set out to get any shotgun I could find with a bayonet lug. I just happened to only see this one that day at the wac show. Worked out great. I set out to over do it, and I achieved my goal! lol

Oh, and the mako forend has two small rails on the side and one running the length of the grip.

Very nice. I have a mossy. I keep saying someday I will pimp it out like that.

That's pretty badass.

The Mako forend is the way to go....on my list of things to dress my mossy in as well as one of their recoil reducing grip/stocks....then for the final addition the http://kingarmory.com/king-armory-produ ... tachments/ Fer.

I actually bought one like those for $14... never could figure how to mount it w/o a spendy trip to the gun smith.