Mossburg 500A, removing the bolt?

TGS · December 21, 2000, 01:26 PM

I need to remove the bolt on a Mossburg 500 so I can drill and tap for a ghost ring set-up and give it a good cleaning. Whats the drill for bolt removal? It looks to me like drifting out the pin for the trigger assembly and pulling it first might be the place to start. Ive got the barrel off. Should I unscrew the Mag tube also? If someone could give me the step (1, (2)...etc I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks
Tom

Ledbetter · December 21, 2000, 02:00 PM

Remove the trigger group, position the forearm midway, remove the bolt follower, then remove everything else, until it doesn't rattle shen you shake it.

Reassembly, now that's the hard part. Either get a manual free from Mossberg, or do a search for "mossberg assembly disassembly" on Google.

December 21, 2000, 02:00 PM	#2
Ledbetter Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2000 Location: California USA Posts: 4,533	Disassembly is the easy part. Remove the trigger group, position the forearm midway, remove the bolt follower, then remove everything else, until it doesn't rattle shen you shake it. Reassembly, now that's the hard part. Either get a manual free from Mossberg, or do a search for "mossberg assembly disassembly" on Google.

December 21, 2000, 01:26 PM	#1
TGS Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 1999 Location: Woodbury TN Posts: 138	I need to remove the bolt on a Mossburg 500 so I can drill and tap for a ghost ring set-up and give it a good cleaning. Whats the drill for bolt removal? It looks to me like drifting out the pin for the trigger assembly and pulling it first might be the place to start. Ive got the barrel off. Should I unscrew the Mag tube also? If someone could give me the step (1, (2)...etc I sure would appreciate it. Thanks Tom