I have a lead on a short (18") 500 with extended magazine tube and synthetic stocks for $300. Is this a good price? The 500 seems to have a good reputation.

That price is decent. The days of the $150 mossberg 500 is long past unfortunately.

I have one in .410, as simple as it is, I consider it a keeper for O.D. of dove season each year.

Wayne, go shop the pawn shops in your area, ignore the price tags and dicker...you will be shocked!

I have been shooting and hunting with a 500 for 30 years without a malfunction. You should get a lot more that $300.00 worth out of a Mossberg.

I'm not sure how it's possible to have an 18" barreled 500 with a mag extension. 500s have a large threaded hole in the end of the mag, so you can't add an extension. There is a 20" barrel version that has a LONGER mag, but it can't take an extension either. 590s can take an extension, but they aren't 500s.

He didn't say it had a magazine extension-he said it had an extended magazine. Did they possibly make some of these in such a configuration for home defense? If so, the barrels must be basically proprietary to that specific frame.

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That's the "extended mag" for Mossberg 500s, but it's so much longer that it requires a 20" barrel. AFAIK, there is no way to have a longer than stock magazine AND an 18" barrel on a 500.