Mossberg 500 All Purpose Field 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun, 28″ Vent Rib

Description

Some shotguns try to be everything at once and end up good at nothing. The Mossberg 500 All Purpose Field is the exception, and it has the track record to prove it. This is the classic hunting configuration of the most popular pump platform in the world: a 12 gauge with a 28 inch vent rib barrel, a 3 inch chamber, checkered hardwood stock and forend, and a deep blued finish that looks right leaning against the truck at first light. At 7.5 pounds it carries comfortably through a long day in the field, and the 5+1 capacity gives you plenty on tap when the birds get up.

Why the Mossberg 500 Keeps Showing Up in the Field

The pump action here is what made the 500's reputation. Twin action bars keep the cycle smooth and bind-free, while dual extractors, an anti-jam elevator, and positive steel-to-steel lockup keep it running no matter what the weather or the shells throw at it. The tang-mounted safety sits right under your thumb and works the same whether you shoot right or left handed, which is a genuinely useful touch if you share a blind or a duck boat. Quiet carry action bars mean you can ease the action closed without announcing yourself to everything within a hundred yards.

One Shotgun, a Full Season of Uses

The included Accu-Set choke tubes, Full, Modified, and Improved Cylinder, let this gun change jobs in about thirty seconds. Screw in the IC for early season quail or clays, the Modified for pheasants and ducks over decoys, or the Full when the shots stretch out. Twin bead sights along the vent rib give you a clean, fast sight picture on crossing birds, and the receiver comes drilled and tapped if you ever want to add an optic for turkey or deer duty. Sling swivel studs and a vented recoil pad come standard, so it is ready for the long walk in and the heavy loads once you get there. Simple, dependable, and built on decades of proof, this is the pump gun a lot of hunters start with and never feel the need to replace.