Mossberg 500 mag plug

bspillman · July 16, 2017, 05:59 PM

Can anyone tell me the length of the plug in mossberg 500. I'm restoring one to use as a field model.

Bill DeShivs · July 16, 2017, 08:48 PM

How many shells does it hold now?
How many do you want it to hold?
The difference is your answer.

bspillman · July 16, 2017, 08:50 PM

It holds five now. I want it to hold 2 in the tube and 1 in the chamber. Thanks.

bamaranger · July 16, 2017, 10:39 PM

Aren't the Mossberg 500's 5+1 shotguns? If so, you need to make a plug just a bit shorter than 3 shells, end to end. That would make a 2+1 gun.
I dunno, 'bout 8"??

FITASC · July 17, 2017, 12:55 PM

Closer to 7". Unfired shells typically run 2.5", so 2.5 x 3 =7.5, call it 7.

osbornk · July 17, 2017, 06:26 PM

I just measured mine as I took it out a few months ago. It is exactly 9" long and has 2 O rings on it to keep it quiet.

natman · July 18, 2017, 10:18 AM

If you make a plug, be sure to bevel the ends somewhat. If cut off square it's possible for the plug to get tangled in the spring. It happened to me, fortunately the turkey was already on the ground when I went to load another shell and got nothing.

July 16, 2017, 05:59 PM	#1
bspillman Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2011 Posts: 559	Mossberg 500 mag plug Can anyone tell me the length of the plug in mossberg 500. I'm restoring one to use as a field model.

July 16, 2017, 08:48 PM	#2
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,985	How many shells does it hold now? How many do you want it to hold? The difference is your answer. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

July 16, 2017, 10:39 PM	#4
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,312	5+1 Aren't the Mossberg 500's 5+1 shotguns? If so, you need to make a plug just a bit shorter than 3 shells, end to end. That would make a 2+1 gun. I dunno, 'bout 8"??

July 17, 2017, 12:55 PM	#5
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	Closer to 7". Unfired shells typically run 2.5", so 2.5 x 3 =7.5, call it 7. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

July 18, 2017, 10:18 AM	#7
natman Senior Member Join Date: June 24, 2008 Posts: 2,607	If you make a plug, be sure to bevel the ends somewhat. If cut off square it's possible for the plug to get tangled in the spring. It happened to me, fortunately the turkey was already on the ground when I went to load another shell and got nothing. __________________ Time Travelers' Wisdom: Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow. If At Last You Do Succeed, Never Try Again.

July 16, 2017, 08:50 PM	#3
bspillman Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2011 Posts: 559	It holds five now. I want it to hold 2 in the tube and 1 in the chamber. Thanks.

July 17, 2017, 06:26 PM	#6
osbornk Senior Member Join Date: August 11, 2012 Location: Mountains of Appalachia Posts: 1,598	I just measured mine as I took it out a few months ago. It is exactly 9" long and has 2 O rings on it to keep it quiet.