serevince Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) Well the good news is that Mossberg sent me 3 forearm retainers for the price of one. The bad news is that it won't ship till after area 1. It was $48 for express and $65 for overnight on a part that weighs 10 grams and cost $4. EB, thanks I could also get a slightly taller front sight . Does anyone know if shooting about 150 rounds without the retainer will be cause any harm? Better yet does anyone want to send me their used one for a new one, priority mail on my dime? Cheers Vince Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Edited October 4, 2011 by serevince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Woodfield Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Would you take one with an Advantage Tactical Sight? I have an extra 18.5" 930 SPX barrel without chokes. They are $164 on Mossberg's web sight. I'd sell the barrel with the sight ($129) for $125+shipping. Without the sight they hit very high(14" @ 25yds) but with the sight they will hit point of aim out to 75+yds easy. Here is a link to the ATS sight - http://www.advantagetactical.com/store/mossberg-sight.html I'm not sure i can post a photo, but i can get it to someone who can. Edited October 7, 2011 by Mark Woodfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpipe95 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Mine came with the short brecher barrel. I will be selling it some time soon. let me know if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianHE Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Just curious, what barrel did your SPX come with if you don't have an 18.5" ? You must have the canted one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Just curious, what barrel did your SPX come with if you don't have an 18.5" ? You must have the canted one? Oh it came with the FO front sight. I have a non SPX with a breacher barrel also, but the breacher has no front sight, just a bead. Basically I want to keep a stock spx 930 for HD (add tritium inserts instead of the FO, and add a tritium rear ghost ring) I want to have one 18.5" spx barrel stock for competition incase there are any really close stages where a shorter barrel and more spread is to my advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 How about just the barrel without that sight? does it come with the standard SPX sight? (the lpa front tower fiber optic?) Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Would you take one with an Advantage Tactical Sight? I have an extra 18.5" 930 SPX barrel without chokes. They are $164 on Mossberg's web sight. I'd sell the barrel with the sight ($129) for $125+shipping. Without the sight they hit very high(14" @ 25yds) but with the sight they will hit point of aim out to 75+yds easy. Here is a link to the ATS sight - http://www.advantagetactical.com/store/mossberg-sight.html I'm not sure i can post a photo, but i can get it to someone who can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Woodfield Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 How about just the barrel without that sight? does it come with the standard SPX sight? (the lpa front tower fiber optic?) Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Would you take one with an Advantage Tactical Sight? I have an extra 18.5" 930 SPX barrel without chokes. They are $164 on Mossberg's web sight. I'd sell the barrel with the sight ($129) for $125+shipping. Without the sight they hit very high(14" @ 25yds) but with the sight they will hit point of aim out to 75+yds easy. Here is a link to the ATS sight - http://www.advantagetactical.com/store/mossberg-sight.html I'm not sure i can post a photo, but i can get it to someone who can. The barrel came with a tiny brass bead that i'm not sure what i did with. It is the Home Defense model. $85+ shipping would be okay with me.You WILL want a different front sight! I really pi...d off a couple of friends when i loaned them the gun for a 3G match i couldn't make. They could not hit anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Looking for one of these barrels. How about just the barrel without that sight? does it come with the standard SPX sight? (the lpa front tower fiber optic?) Does anyone here want to do away with their stock 18.5 inch SPX barrel? I've got plans for a home defense gun. Would you take one with an Advantage Tactical Sight? I have an extra 18.5" 930 SPX barrel without chokes. They are $164 on Mossberg's web sight. I'd sell the barrel with the sight ($129) for $125+shipping. Without the sight they hit very high(14" @ 25yds) but with the sight they will hit point of aim out to 75+yds easy. Here is a link to the ATS sight - http://www.advantagetactical.com/store/mossberg-sight.html I'm not sure i can post a photo, but i can get it to someone who can. The barrel came with a tiny brass bead that i'm not sure what i did with. It is the Home Defense model. $85+ shipping would be okay with me.You WILL want a different front sight! I really pi...d off a couple of friends when i loaned them the gun for a 3G match i couldn't make. They could not hit anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mertbl Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Would I be creating any issues by opening up the loading port but not having an extended lifter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) On the topic of chokes... I've got 2 barrels I'm planning on using for 3 gun, a 18.5 choked and a 24 choked. Do extended length choke tubes in effect work like a "longer barrel" which would be similar to make the choke more effective? At what range and choke style (full/extra full) would a 18.5 " be running near the range capabilities of a 24" cylinder bore? Any recommended brands? I'm considering Carlson with these 3 chokes Cylinder bore - flush fit Modified - Extended Extra Full - Extended Are there any issues when shooting bird shot / slugs through an extra full choke? ? I'm guessing mostly lead bird shot (#6-#8) and slugs Also, your thoughts on a poly choke ? http://www.poly-choke.com/choke.htm You insert one "choke" its adjustable based on turns. Edited October 12, 2011 by five six Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mertbl Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Pretty sure you aren't supposed to shoot slugs through anything tighter than modified. No personal experience, just what I read somewhere on the internet. I guess you could cut your slug open and see if it drops through an extra full choke tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBetty Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) On the topic of chokes... I've got 2 barrels I'm planning on using for 3 gun, a 18.5 choked and a 24 choked. Do extended length choke tubes in effect work like a "longer barrel" which would be similar to make the choke more effective? At what range and choke style (full/extra full) would a 18.5 " be running near the range capabilities of a 24" cylinder bore? Any recommended brands? I'm considering Carlson with these 3 chokes Cylinder bore - flush fit Modified - Extended Extra Full - Extended Are there any issues when shooting bird shot / slugs through an extra full choke? ? I'm guessing mostly lead bird shot (#6-#8) and slugs Also, your thoughts on a poly choke ? http://www.poly-choke.com/choke.htm You insert one "choke" its adjustable based on turns. Most guys run Improved Cylinder, or Light Modified. Briley has a good table explaining the range and pattern. (as do others) http://www.briley.com/understandingshotgunchokesabriefexplanationbybriley.aspx I wouldn't recommend shooting slugs from anything tighter than Improved Cylinder, unless the choke documentation says otherwise. Edited October 12, 2011 by EvilBetty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninemmbill Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 The charts will give you a general idea as to pattern. But you will need to shoot them through your gun and see what the spread looks like at different distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Guess i'm going with cyl, skeet, and improved cyl since I need to be able to shoot slugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinj308 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Nope, fully serious. I placed the order 9/22 and had the barrel in less than a week. I emailed the address listed upthread. It was a woman who called me back for the CC info, but I don't recall her name. That's how it went for me too. Woman called me back, cc info, estimated 2.5 weeks.With the exception of the product being delivered. I really appreciate the update, I'll do the same. I sent Joe an email asking for an update on my order. I'll keep the thread posted on how it goes. Thanks again for keeping us all in the loop. I'm reminding myself that Mossberg is going out of their way to make me a custom product, that I only heard about on a forum. I know they've made them for several people already, thanks to Edna. Wouldn't be the first time I waited for something custom that I really wanted to play some game that doesn't mean anything Kevin Update on my barrel order. I left a message for Joe today and Linda called me back this afternoon. She confirmed my order was indeed in their computer system and they should have a batch of barrels done this week. That's on schedule for what I was originally told. I brought up that someone else had ordered a barrel after me and received one already. She didn't know what happened, obviously I didn't have the customers name or order number. She did suggest that possibly that order had been for a different finish than the ones I ordered. That seems pretty plausible to me. Can't wait to get my new barrel. Thanks again to Edna, Joseph, and everybody on this thread for making it possible to get a custom barrel. Kevin Yet another update and still no barrels. I spoke to Joe Zacher on Friday of last week, 10-7, he told me he was looking at a batch of 30 non ported barrels that were just waiting to be proof fired and then shipped. He personally told me "your barrel will ship monday". Guess what it didn't . Called again today. Joe wouldn't take my call, a customer service agent told me that Joe said "sorry about that, they're still working on the hardness of the barrels, sorry." I asked her if there was an ETA on shipping, she said no. That's twice Joe has misled me about shipping dates. The first in the original email he sent me that stated 2.5 weeks, and then again on the phone last week. Now he won't talk to me. This doesn't look good to me. Just wanted to let anybody who's thinking about going down this path what it might entail. At this point I'm wishing I bought an FN. I bought a 930 specifically because of Joe's timeline and some good reports of his service that I had read here. Now I've got a shotgun I wish I didn't. My advice to anyone thinking of going this route is to get the barrel in hand first. May seem like common sense, but I took this Joe guy at his word. Twice now, and got burned both times. FWIW Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben b. Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 ...but I took this Joe guy at his word. Twice now, and got burned both times. FWIW Kevin I'm not sure you got burned, Capt Dramaboy. Productions delays, OK. If Mossberg takes your money and says, "Fuq you" then you will be burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinj308 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 ...but I took this Joe guy at his word. Twice now, and got burned both times. FWIW Kevin I'm not sure you got burned, Capt Dramaboy. Productions delays, OK. If Mossberg takes your money and says, "Fuq you" then you will be burned. Pretty strong response Ben. Without any name calling, at least here. I stand by what I said. I was told "I'm looking at your barrels" on Friday afternoon and "they'll ship Monday". That was the second time he gave me a ship time. The first time, sure stuff happens. After I bought the shotgun, yeah not so much. I'll give you they haven't billed me yet, but I've made purchases based on their promise. Maybe that's my foolishness. My purpose in the post was to alert any one else to the issues that might be involved. Isn't that one of the purposes of this thread? Edna/Yvette was cool enough to make it happen. She's gotten, and some of it from me, alot of kudos for it. When you promise and it doesn't happen you hear about that too. That's the way it works where I do business anyway. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke8401 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) Slugs and chokes, I wouldn't recommend shooting slugs from anything tighter than Improved Cylinder, unless the choke documentation says otherwise. The thought that slugs can only be shot through "open" chokes without damage/loss of accuracy is well, not exactly true. I (and others) have shot slugs through all my chokes up to full to check the POI. So if a stage requires a tighter choke for some heavy/distant steel and slugs, I can use the correct choke. David E. Do a search on slug, chokes one such thread: My link Edited October 13, 2011 by Nuke8401 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianHE Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I've shot over 100 managed recoil slugs and a couple boxes of shoulder killers through my modified extended choke and had no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNoHarm Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 On the topic of chokes... I've got 2 barrels I'm planning on using for 3 gun, a 18.5 choked and a 24 choked. Do extended length choke tubes in effect work like a "longer barrel" which would be similar to make the choke more effective? At what range and choke style (full/extra full) would a 18.5 " be running near the range capabilities of a 24" cylinder bore? Any recommended brands? I'm considering Carlson with these 3 chokes Cylinder bore - flush fit Modified - Extended Extra Full - Extended Are there any issues when shooting bird shot / slugs through an extra full choke? ? I'm guessing mostly lead bird shot (#6-#8) and slugs Also, your thoughts on a poly choke ? http://www.poly-choke.com/choke.htm You insert one "choke" its adjustable based on turns. I've been using a poly-choke and it works well for me. To a thread below, in stages where I need my xFull setting and need slugs, I run the slugs on full with no problems whatsoever to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) RE the barrels, I've been waiting for a part they have in stock (a pic reciever rail) and its taken them 3-4 weeks and it still hasn't been shipped yet. I'm not exactly sure whats happening but they are having issues with production/customer service/ or something else. That being said, they are still pleasant on the phone. Edited October 14, 2011 by five six Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimAustinTX Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Does anyone have any 3-gun ammo recommendations for the 930 SPX? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 930 likes light shit-try 2 3/4 dram, 1 1/8 oz 7.5's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Any have experience with the 2nd shell consistently getting "stuck" or held up on something? I almost feel as if its the shell rim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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