mossberg 500

[Justpassing]

anyone know of a rear sight for a mossberg 500 persuader model?
hate not being able to shoot it at most ranges!

 

[hvymax]

Rear sight? Or do you mean rear stock. You can get the heatshield with ghost ring sights on it. Or add the picatinny rail with groove down the center with a taller front sight. If you are not afraid of drills/taps you can add any number of reciever mounted sights which would also require taller front sight. If the persuader had a vent rib it would be easy to add any of the turkey sights made for that purpose. If you are talking about stocks there are plenty of folders that will fit.

 

[wlc]

The 590 comes with great sites, they may be available for th e500

 

[zombiehunter]

I slapped a picatinny rail on mine, will probably try my sparc on it when it comes in

 

[Justpassing]

well i don't want to do the drill and tap unless by a pro.
where you located Zombie? if you could do that for me, i'll pay cash or beer.

 

[smores]

Are you saying ranges won't let you shoot a shotgun if it only has a front bead?

That's ridiculous... the whole point of a bead is just as a reference point really... most people I know who shoot shotguns don't really "aim" you just point with it and get a natural ability to hit things with it after a lot of practice.

I know this is true for me because I can hit clays all day with my 500, even with an 18.5" barrel... give me an Ithaca 37 or Remington 870 (lack of familiarity) and I struggle to hit 75%.

 

[Justpassing]

they wont allow at hap baker apparently for safety reasons.. yet they let it happen in gilberts indoor range and i would pump slugs all day.

 

[Goose Guy]

well i don't want to do the drill and tap unless by a pro.
where you located Zombie? if you could do that for me, i'll pay cash or beer.

they have bolt on rails as well. I put one on my 870 not too long ago. The bolts supplied replace the pins for the trigger assembly. Only took 2 minutes.


here: http://www.weaveroptics.com/rings_bases/mountingsystems/nogunsmithshotgun.aspx

 

[hvymax]

On my persuader I added the UTG picatinny for mossbergs.(9.99 or so from cheaper than dirt) and the UTG three rail barrel/mag mount. The picatinny has a U groove down the center and the front mount has a "double clamp arrangement" I think you are supposed to clamp the non rail sectoin to your mag tube and clamp a light laser in the center of the rail section but I modified it so the non rail section clamps to the barrel and I made 1/4" spacers on the rail section clamp so it clears the mag tube for barrel removal. Then I drilled and tapped the top clamp and made a 1/4" plastic standoff for a hi-viz front bead from a turkey sight. I suppose an even more bitcin option would be to put the rail on top of the barrel and get a set of flip up's.(for another 1 or $200)

 

[SmokingGun]

+1 on the picatinny rail. I added an el cheapo NCStar holo sight. So far, so good...