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Howdy.
I have a 500 Mariner that looks exactly like the inguirer describes. It is an early one as I have had it for about 15 years. It is a shinier gun than the current matte finished Mariners. Those are like bead-blasted?
The reciever is a polished aluminum & the rest is electroless nickle ie: Marinecoat. It does have the factory heatshield. It came with the 4-round Speedfeed stock also.
I also have the Winchester 1300 Marine Defender.
It is chromed on barrel & mag-tube, but with polished aluminum reciever. The newer ones of these seem to be like the one pictured with the matte-black reciever.
Then there is the Remington 870 Marine Magnum.
It is more like the Mossberg in finish & I have seen more of those that have the bead-blasted dullness. Mine is not like that. It is more shiny.
Of the 3....the Mossberg is a treat to shoot. The Remington is decent. The Winchester is the most miserable recoil-wise of any riot gun I ever shot.
I have used same handloads in 00 buck & home-cast slugs in all of them. The winchester is pretty rough on me.
(as one guy noted..it is the lightest)
All are rynite stocks with 18.5" barrels.
John
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