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Too much being the operative statement...
Personally, short of a .270, .308 or .30-06 I see no use for scopes
Never on a SHOTGUN!
Not only look for a used 500 but look online and in shops for a combo set... 18 inch HD, 20-24 inch slug barrel (make sure it is smooth bore, not rifled if HD is planned), 20-24 inch "turkey" barrel along with a 28 inch vent rib accu-choke threaded field barrel makes a hard to beat set up. The barrel swap is literally a one minute ordeal if you count in the time to walk to the gun locker to get the gun out...
Two points of note... A mossberg has no "staked" components so if these need replaced it is easy and limitless. The other is the mag tube on a mossberg is a simple threaded affair that is "user serviceable" which is, according to 870 folks, not an easily replaced item.
Brent