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Old April 10, 2009, 04:19 PM   #1
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Cost to have Mossberg 500 Mag Tube removed

So i took my mossberg 500 to a gunsmith to have the magazine tube removed since i was unable to do it myself and I did not want to shell out the extra money for tools to DIY. As stated above, to get a general idea/opinion what is a reasonable price to have my magazine tube removed?
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Old April 10, 2009, 04:43 PM   #2
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You couldn't get it off? Mine was pretty easy to unscrew.
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Old April 10, 2009, 04:44 PM   #3
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It will cost more than the 10-15 dollar strap wrench to do it yerself...
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Old April 10, 2009, 05:07 PM   #4
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amd6547 - Mine seemed like they used some kind of strong threadlock

hogdogs - Tried that and it seems like i need a better tool cause i keep ending up scratching and scraping the mag tube
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Old April 10, 2009, 05:17 PM   #5
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There is a very low cost s-wrench that uses a regular rubber strap. Also, if that doesn't free it up, remove stocks and field strip the gun. Place receiver and tube in the oven at 200 or so and have a wet rag freezing in the freezer, remove the gun from oven and quench the tube with the frozen rag to shrink it...
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Old April 10, 2009, 08:04 PM   #6
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well i already took it to a gunsmith, he thinks its welded on but i had to show him the new magazine tube which has threads so he said like 10-20 bucks
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Old April 10, 2009, 08:13 PM   #7
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A trained gunsmith would never think a 500 tube of steel would be welded to an aluminum receiver... You really need to use caution choosing a qualified 'smith.
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Old April 10, 2009, 08:25 PM   #8
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this sounds like a train wreck in the making
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Old April 10, 2009, 10:15 PM   #9
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I can't wait to read more about this. DId you buy the gun used? Maybe that is why he thought it was welded.
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Old April 10, 2009, 10:49 PM   #10
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???

Rewind to the beginning... Why are you removing the magazine tube?

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Old April 10, 2009, 10:52 PM   #11
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He said he showed the smith "The new tube" I would think its a safe assumption to make that he is installing a new one :P
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