Mossberg Silver reserve O/U

Stump · Post by **Stump** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:57 pm

So I got this Big -5 add in front of me right now and they have a 12 guage O/U "silver reserve" shotgun for 489.99 Is that a good deal ? anyone have one of these?

It looks fron the pic to be a heck of a lot more gun than the CZ which is twice the price now.

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:37 am

I handled one at Bass Pro and thought it was the best *value* there.

Best,

Post by **Ayres** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:47 pm

Remember one thing: Mossberg guns are built for functionality, not for looks. If you want an O/U that works at a decent price, then I'd recommend it. Just check on the 20 ga. model though, because there was some problem with a batch of the first manufactured that caused it to close improperly and dent the receiver. I think all of those were pulled, but check to be sure. I don't recall it being a problem on the 12 ga. model.

Buckeye_V · Post by **Buckeye_V** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:42 am

I was personally a witness to a major issue with one of these guns. When the trigger was pulled, both barrels would fire. It was a problem that popped up only after 250 shells or so through the gun and it was unpredictable when it would happen. After happening to my little wife twice we shelved the gun and the owner wrestled with Mossburg to get the issue resolved.

That being said, I would not buy one of these guns after that issue and the way my buddy was handled by the company. He was called a liar and had to climb all the way up the ladder to get a satisfactory resolution.

He will be selling the gun and buying a CZ for about 150 more.

Stump · Post by **Stump** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:09 am

OhMYFREAKINGOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went to Big 5 sporting goods (only store in the area that has them) in Gresham Oregon to Just look at this gun today. It was the store that ran the add. I got there and there was no one behind the gun counter and the guns looked dusty. I stood there for 15 min.s and then told a girl that worked there I was going to buy the gun if I could get some help. she called the manager and I was standing at the counter for about 5 min and the manager, another gal came up to the counter and talked to the lady I talked to she pointed at me and I got the stink eye look from the manager. she walked over and asked can I help you? I said I want to buy the O/U you have on sale in the paper. She said big duck hunter Huh? I said yes but im looking for an upland gun. she said whats an upland gun? I told her its for chucker and quail and such. she then informed me after a big gasp that they had lost the keys to the gun rack and would not be selling the gun. I told her Id get ahold of corprate. I sent them and e-mail and havent heard back yet. Im pretty ticked off about this. Why hire a anti hunter at a store that sells guns? let alone make her dumb azz manager. GEREERE

Don · Post by **Don** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:52 am

All the Big % stores are primarly team sport stores. They have a few gun's but they seldom have anybody in there that know's squat about them. Couldn't drag me into one of them again.

I doubt that Mossberg makes that gun. Probally made overseas and imported. A lot of good inexpensive gun's from overseas but some not so good too. I had a stoger 20ga O/U that dropped both trigger's at the same time too. Disapperaed with the ex. Hope she shot it!

Vizsla Vince · Post by **Vizsla Vince** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:19 pm

Stump,
I would have demanded to see HER boss. If that didn't work, I would demand the HOME number of her district manager! I'm glad there are none of those stores around here. That is infuriating!

Pryor Creek Okie · Post by **Pryor Creek Okie** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:12 pm

I have that very gun in 12 guage. It handles real well, but after only about a box and a half of shells the bottom barrel stopped firing. I cleaned it up real well and it works again, but I expect to shoot many more shells than that during a day at the range. And now I don't trust it enough to hunt with it. I'll probably sell it.

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:17 pm

Don wrote: I doubt that Mossberg makes that gun. Probally made overseas and imported. A lot of good inexpensive gun's from overseas but some not so good too.

It's made by an Italian company. Can't remember which one.

The one that I saw looked great. I wouldn't worry over much about the doubling. If it has that problem, it'll take a decent gunsmith about 15 minutes to correct it.

Best regards,

Highbrass · Post by **Highbrass** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:54 pm

I thought they were made in Turkey.

claybuster_aa · Post by **claybuster_aa** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:13 pm

Highbrass wrote:I thought they were made in Turkey.

Bored, looking at old posts:

They are made in Turkey. Last year a friend and new skeet shooter was looking for a cheap O/U, and was attracted to this by the price. After about 10 boxes he had two problems. First problem the gun wouldn't close. He released the triggers figuring maybe he could close the gun and a firing pin comes shooting out. Still under the one year warranty, he send the gun to Texas for repair. They had the gun approximately 2 months. He got the run-around on the phone from customer service on why the delay and they kept saying next week. After an email to Mossberg explaining how disappointed he was with the customer service, he got a phone call stating again gun would be shipped within a few days. He hasn't had another other problem since then, and has maybe 30 boxes through it since that time.

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:18 pm

I don't know where I got that the silver reserve was made by one of the Italian makers. It's made by Kahn in Turkey.

Wonder if they have had different makers. The one that I saw had much better metal-metal and wood-metal fit and overall finish than I associate with the Turkish makers.

On a positive note, I now have a kitchen pass to replace my Beretta 682 that was destroyed. I'm so looking forward to it.

Regards,

Greg J.

INDIANA · Post by **INDIANA** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:28 am

Purchased one, was very disappointed, was given a good cleaning to remove all the packing grease and metal shavings, with less than 50 rounds through it, would not close, double fired, fired after a second or second and a half of hesitation, finally nothing at all....... spent an hour on the phone with costumer service was able to get them to refund my purchase price, spoke to local GM, they said they had sent several back, the last one had been gone 4 months and still was not back.......

gar-dog · Post by **gar-dog** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:09 pm

Well, I shot one once and thought it was a piece of junk. The lever and action were stiff. It would fail to fire and fail to reset the second barrel every few rounds. Aweful trigger. Sometimes you would squeeze and nothing - then BOOM after a second or two.

I hate to judge a whole model by one sample - but dang, that was enough for me.

claybuster_aa · Post by **claybuster_aa** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:38 am

gar-dog wrote:Well, I shot one once and thought it was a piece of junk. The lever and action were stiff. It would fail to fire and fail to reset the second barrel every few rounds. Aweful trigger. Sometimes you would squeeze and nothing - then BOOM after a second or two.

I hate to judge a whole model by one sample - but dang, that was enough for me.

It is what it is, a cheap O/U from Turkey. I would not recommend one either, certainly not as a target gun. That's not to say you can't get some good scores with the gun, but you can do that with a 500 pump if you want. It simply is not a good target gun. Occasional bird hunting it may be fine. My friend has a few 24's with the gun, still looking for that perfect round. You mentioned the triggers. There is a fair amount of trigger creep in there, say 1/4 inch. What most shooters with do with a gun with trigger creep is take out the creep during the swing, then shoot.
My old Fausti Sporting Clay ll had some trigger creep, you get used to it in time. That gun, the Fausti, was my first O/U that I was attracted to by the cheaper price...it served the purpose and was better quality IMO than the Mossberg SR. That retailed for a about $300 more than the Mossberg
(10 years ago). I don't think Traditions imports them any longer.

Charlie