The Mossberg 500 is a Great Budget Pump to Start

There are guns with solid repudiations that earn them both a place in gun owner’s safes and military arsenals, and then there are guns that have created life-long memories for shooters. The Mossberg 500 is both.

Just a few months ago now, I published an article on the first Mossberg 500 I got to shoot and take out for extended testing. Somehow, I had managed to miss out on this shotgun for my entire life, and that was an issue that needed correcting. Unsurprisingly, the feedback we received was a virtual wave of support for the classic pump-action scattergun, and the comment section was flooded with people sharing their own fond memories of the gun.