In my many years, I've owned ONE Mossberg!
In the 50's, Mossberg and Revelation firearmsxwere pretty much considered expensive tent stakes.
The Win M12 and M70 were both dying a slow death. Remington M870 was coming into it's own and Mossberg was just cheap pot metal.
No "serious" gunner considered Mossberg worthy of a spot in their gun rack.
Back in 2019, I had shoulder replacement surgery. I had to give up my Rem 870 in lieu of something with far less recoil. A super nice guy on another site offered me a Mossberg, bolt action .410 that was languishing in his gun safe.
Still got it and still have hopes of taking a turkey with it! 😉
