Question for Mossberg 500 owners

cw_mi · October 27, 2010, 02:43 PM

Have you ever ran into a situation where the gun won't extract a shell from the mag into the chamber ? Mine was working the last time I shot it and after sitting in the safe for a year I decided to take it out and it would not cycle. I can see the elevator thing working and if I manually push out on the arms holding the shells in the mag , the shell will spring out. I haven't pulled the thing apart yet, just wondering if any others have seen this issue.

Deerhunter · October 27, 2010, 02:50 PM

Never had that issue but be careful when you take it all apart. Might be that they are frozen up from sitting. Break it all down and give it a real good cleaning. It took me a pretty long time to get mine back together. You have to get the arms to sit just right and then have the bolt in just the right spot to get the trigger back in correctly. Mine is around a 1988-1989 model.

kx592 · October 27, 2010, 03:14 PM

sounds like you need to take it apart and make sure there is no junk clogging the rim retainer pieces(idk what they are called, the 2 things with the hooks on one end, on both sides of receiver)

the rifleer · October 27, 2010, 09:31 PM

+1 for a good cleaning.

mopar1969 · October 27, 2010, 10:18 PM

definitely clean it; probably dirty

g.willikers · October 28, 2010, 06:49 PM

Try brake cleaner and some light lube behind those arms, you might not even need to take anything apart.
They just might be a little rusty and crusty.
They control the cartridges coming out of the magazine tube as the pump action goes back and forth.

cw_mi · October 28, 2010, 08:30 PM

I'll give it a try.. but it really doesn't seem that dirty. Can't be anything major.

October 27, 2010, 02:43 PM	#1
cw_mi Member Join Date: February 24, 2009 Posts: 85	Question for Mossberg 500 owners Have you ever ran into a situation where the gun won't extract a shell from the mag into the chamber ? Mine was working the last time I shot it and after sitting in the safe for a year I decided to take it out and it would not cycle. I can see the elevator thing working and if I manually push out on the arms holding the shells in the mag , the shell will spring out. I haven't pulled the thing apart yet, just wondering if any others have seen this issue.

October 27, 2010, 02:50 PM	#2
Deerhunter Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 607	Never had that issue but be careful when you take it all apart. Might be that they are frozen up from sitting. Break it all down and give it a real good cleaning. It took me a pretty long time to get mine back together. You have to get the arms to sit just right and then have the bolt in just the right spot to get the trigger back in correctly. Mine is around a 1988-1989 model. __________________ My idea of fast food is a mallard. -Ted Nugent

October 27, 2010, 09:31 PM	#4
the rifleer Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2008 Location: Sunny California Posts: 1,281	+1 for a good cleaning. __________________ There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people.

October 27, 2010, 03:14 PM	#3
kx592 Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2009 Posts: 645	sounds like you need to take it apart and make sure there is no junk clogging the rim retainer pieces(idk what they are called, the 2 things with the hooks on one end, on both sides of receiver)

October 27, 2010, 10:18 PM	#5
mopar1969 Junior Member Join Date: October 24, 2010 Posts: 3	definitely clean it; probably dirty

October 28, 2010, 06:49 PM	#6
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Try brake cleaner and some light lube behind those arms, you might not even need to take anything apart. They just might be a little rusty and crusty. They control the cartridges coming out of the magazine tube as the pump action goes back and forth.

October 28, 2010, 08:30 PM	#7
cw_mi Member Join Date: February 24, 2009 Posts: 85	I'll give it a try.. but it really doesn't seem that dirty. Can't be anything major.