GlowingDonut Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) I've just completed my 930 3-gun shotgun and I'm very happy with the results. Got the unported 24" turkey barrel from Mossberg, Nordic bolt handle, +5 feed tube and clamp. Put it all together and it test functions great. What's confusing me is my shotgun will only hold 8 shells in the tube, despite buying a +5 Nordic feed tube (which added to the stock 4 shell capacity). Do I have to trim the spring to get #9 in there? It only goes in 1/2 way right now. My tube is about .75" shorter than the 24" barrel when installed, so I'm pretty sure it's a +5, and not a +4 mis-labeled. I ordered all my parts from Midway. Any one have this same issue? [uPDATE] Per the great advice in this thread, I did fail to trim the stock spring to length. Hard to know that when no instructions come with the tube & spring! It loads 9 shells with ease now. Edited March 12, 2012 by GlowingDonut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) You should of received an instruction sheet explaining how to cut the spring. They say to cut it to a free length of 10-16" longer than the end of the extension tube. Put the follower and spring into the tube and push it in until it bottoms out at the end of the mag tube. Cut a little bit at a time until you can get #9 in. Hope this helps, Chuck Edited March 11, 2012 by ChuckS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowingDonut Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Ahh, that explains it. All I got was the tube and spring in a plastic sealed bag. I'll trim it to 16" over tube length and try again. Thanks for letting me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdm74 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Before you hack the spring up to much. To make sure its a five, load them in there without having it attached to gun to see if five fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothandnail Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 My son and I had the same problem , it's NOT the spring. Load it up with the spring out I think you'll find it's the same. We had to get the 1.5" cap, not too happy with Nordic about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I first bought the +5 tube. I use the standard cap and 9 is no problem. If I could, I would measure the +5 tube but I can't since my 930 is in the shop getting openized . I do have +6 and +8 tubes so I measured both, took the difference and divided by 2 and subtracted that from the +6 and I get ~ 10.75" as an estimate of how long a +5 Mossberg tube should be. The 12 gauge spring that they sell is 45" long. It will have to be trimmed to fit a shorter tube. Later, Chuck PS: I bought my first stuff directly from Nordic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratosteve Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 To the OP....do you have the Mossberg part number for that barrel? Also, how long did it take to receive? I have an event in early May and I am getting impatient with the release of the JM pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschultz Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I put a plus 5 on my CZ and trimmed it to Nordics specs and I get 9 in. If you don't trim the spring you won't get get all your rounds in. Schultz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowingDonut Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) To the OP....do you have the Mossberg part number for that barrel? Also, how long did it take to receive? I have an event in early May and I am getting impatient with the release of the JM pro. Steve, I ordered my 24" non-ported turkey barrel from Mossberg directly. I emailed Joe Zakher (jzakher@maverickarms.com), using his contact info from the other huge 930 thread (check towards the end for the 800# and his email). I didn't get a part #, but he knew the exact barrel I needed, and was familiar with the requests from others for the same. Unfortunately, it took 5 weeks to receive, so don't be in a hurry to get one. To be fair, when I asked to speak to Joe, he was very helpful in ordering the barrel, and on my third status inquiry call, he helped get the barrel completed and shipped in a few days). I do have a 28" ported barrel from my 930 waterfowl that's unfired, if you or anyone is interested in it for $100 plus shipping. You'd need to send it to Rose Action Sports to be cut to 24" behind the porting, the forcing cone opened up and threaded for chokes (I believe that's $95). That was my Plan B, if this barrel order fell through. Brian Edited March 12, 2012 by GlowingDonut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five six Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 My son and I had the same problem , it's NOT the spring. Load it up with the spring out I think you'll find it's the same. We had to get the 1.5" cap, not too happy with Nordic about this This. It won't cycle properly without one of the two extended caps. Either will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowingDonut Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 My son and I had the same problem , it's NOT the spring. Load it up with the spring out I think you'll find it's the same. We had to get the 1.5" cap, not too happy with Nordic about this This. It won't cycle properly without one of the two extended caps. Either will work. I may end up picking up the extended cap to make loading a little easier. I did cut my original untrimmed spring per the advice I got above, and now it loads 9 fine. Thanks for all the help folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Here is a copy of the fabled Nordic instructions in case anybody is interested. This came with my 930 +5 tube. Later, Chuck NordicInstructions.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two shoes Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Great looking gun! Thanks for sharing the info, awesome knowledge base on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratosteve Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Glowing Donut, I ordered the barrel from the info you gave. Thanks, they knew exactly which one I wanted. I am curious which barrel clamp you ordered. Nordic components site lists a modified clamp for heavy walled Mossberg's. Do you know which version you received? Midway didn't a heavy walled version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowingDonut Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Glowing Donut, I ordered the barrel from the info you gave. Thanks, they knew exactly which one I wanted. I am curious which barrel clamp you ordered. Nordic components site lists a modified clamp for heavy walled Mossberg's. Do you know which version you received? Midway didn't a heavy walled version. I ordered a Nordic clamp for 12 gauge shotguns from Cactus Tactical, since Midway was sold out a few weeks back. Here's the part # I received, and it works great on the 24" turkey barrel. (part #NC-BCL-XX-12-00) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perrysho Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Mr.Glowing Donut, I sent 2 PM Messages to inquire/ buy your barrel. Did you get either message ?? Is the barrel still for sale ? Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphanedcowboy Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Mr.Glowing Donut, I sent 2 PM Messages to inquire/ buy your barrel. Did you get either message ?? Is the barrel still for sale ? Perry I bought the barrel last Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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