I too have a Mossberg and prefer the tang safety to the button safety of the 870. But the pistol grip does not lend itself well to the tang. I know this because my Mossberg is a Camper, a pistol grip sans buttstock 20 gauge. Otherwise, the tang safety goes right off when throwing to your shoulder, a natural motion.

Not a hater of the Mossberg, I’ve had the magazine shell stop malfunction twice on my 870 and it was a pita pushing the shell back into magazine with loading gate blocking it. The open bottom of Mossberg – not a big deal at all.

Another +1 for the Mossberg over the Remington, for the exact reason JR said, with one minor difference; I’ve seen (and done) this failure, not from a broken magazine catch, but from a stress drill and not fully inserting the shell into the magazine. The fact that it’s possible to lock the gun up at the -worst- possible moment led me to look at the Mossberg, which simply spits the partly-fed shell out on the ground, instead of between the lifter and bolt.

By the by, NFO, your 590 could be a near-twin to mine, save for the sights and stock. Mine’s got a Knox recoil-reducer, but I’m seriously considering a speed-feed. And I don’t have -any- sights on mine. 😛

Hey Old NFO;

I guess I will have to drag out my shotguns, I have 2 of them and one of them is a remington 870. The other is my Czech shotgun I bought back when I was skeetmaster at the rod and bottle er I mean gun when I was stationed in Germany in the late 80’s. I consider both the mossberg and remington the same, just personal preference and there is nothing like an old fashioned pump.

Better late than never.

The shotgun in my closet is a 12 gauge side by side double with open hammers, generally referred to as a coach gun. It’s made by Stoeger. I’m satisfied with it.

My deal is that it’s the safest shotgun you can buy, and it’s easy to operate. Load – load, cock – cock, aim, be certain of target and what lies behind it, shout warning (I will air you OUT m@#$%^f@#$%r!!), blam – blam.

I wouldn’t think there would be a need to repeat the process, but if there is, it’s still simple. Yes, it takes longer to load, but I’m playing the odds here. That extra time will give the potential intruder time to identify herself as Main Lady’s sister who has just f@#$ked up the toilet in the upstairs bathroom and who now has concluded that someone should do something about the three inches of water on the floor which is trying to find the lowest point in the house.

So, I’ll pass the shotgun to Main Lady while I get the shop vac. Maybe I’ll hear a blam – blam anyway.

My second choice would be an autoloader. Being able to put eight shots down range as fast as I can pull the trigger is appealing to me.

Got the twin to your Citori and a 870 w/18.5″ pipe.
There is a few other scatterguns around here somewhere.

The Knox recoil reducer works quite well. The only problem with it is that it screws with your cheek weld something fierce; I have the one with the adjustable M4-style stock, and it doesn’t let me get a decent weld. Since you’ve got sights on your gun, raising the sighting plane a bit from a “normal” shotgun anyway, adjusting shouldn’t be as much of a problem for you as it was me.

I’m actually thinking of going the other way entirely with mine, and putting the Speedfeed with twin 2-round tubes and no pistol grip whatsoever on mine, partly to regain that “traditional” shotgun feeling, and partly because a shottie that carries 8+6+1 on-board isn’t heavy enough. 😛