Mossberg 500 12 Gauge
Model: 50411
Mossberg 500 12 Gauge
Model: 50411
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Mossberg 500 is a synthetic-stocked pump-action 12 gauge built for home defense. This security configuration carries an 18.5-inch cylinder-bore barrel and holds six rounds. Its safety is a sliding button on the top tang, which either thumb reaches with nothing replaced.
The action underneath uses dual extractors, twin action bars, steel-to-steel lockup and an anti-jam elevator. A bead at the muzzle is the whole sighting system. Barrels interchange freely within the gauge, so one receiver takes a slug barrel or a bird barrel, and the stock, forend and shell carriers come off with a screwdriver. Nothing adjusts for fit, and the length of pull is fixed.
If you're cross-shopping, the Mossberg 590 holds seven rounds at 100.8 oz with an MSRP of $592, and its magazine tube unscrews at the muzzle end where this one is closed. A Remington 870 Express has an MSRP of $540 and a steel receiver that brings it to 120.0 oz, 12.0 oz over the 500's 108.0 oz, with a cross-bolt safety behind the trigger guard instead of a button on the tang.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The anodized aluminum receiver keeps the gun at 108.0 oz, which is where the weight saving over a steel-framed pump of the same size comes from.
- The whole action strips with a screwdriver and no punches, so cleaning it after a wet session is a kitchen-table job.
- Mossberg builds it in the USA, so warranty work and spares do not route through an importer.
- Six rounds is one short of a Mossberg 590, and the closed magazine tube takes no extension, so six is the limit.
- The cylinder bore has no choke threads, so tightening the pattern means buying a barrel and not a tube.
- The receiver is not drilled and tapped on this configuration, so a ghost ring set or a red dot hangs off a clamp-on saddle.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will a 20-gauge 500 barrel fit this gun?
No. Receivers and magazine tubes differ between gauges, so a 20-gauge barrel fits nothing but a 20-gauge 500. Inside the gauge, barrels drop in.
How many shells does it hold with three-inch loads?
One fewer. Six is the figure for standard-length shells, and the chamber takes both lengths.
What is the receiver made of?
Anodized aluminum alloy with a blued steel barrel. The lockup is steel on steel, so the aluminum carries the parts and not the pressure.
