Mossberg 500 trigger

azgunnut01 · 07-21-2009, 10:29 PM

I have looked all over the web and can't find any directions or good pictures of the 500 trigger group. I need to take my trigger group apart, but want something to refer to when I put it back together. Any help out there?

ArkansasHunter · 07-21-2009, 11:05 PM

I know this video may not help with the trigger group. But it might come in handy if you screw up something else LOL

YouTube - Mossberg 500 Disassembly

I'll see what else I can find...A.H

samuel · 07-22-2009, 02:54 AM

Don't know what you are trying to do but you could videotape yourself doing it for reference. ,,,sam.

GlockMeister · 07-22-2009, 02:57 AM

If you can't find anything, might be a good idea to take a picture of it before you start. You could also maybe, if you have one, video record yourself taking it apart so you could then maybe refer to it and use it to put it back together? Just a thought.

MossPopper · 07-22-2009, 06:31 PM

The safety's break frequently on the 500 trigger group. I am awaiting a replacement. Just don't flip that first 00 in until ready to pop!!!!

azgunnut01 · 07-22-2009, 10:51 PM

Okay, well I took it apart and actually got it back together. The only problem I have is after you pump it and pull the trigger, it won't pump again without pushing the action lock slide. I looked at the trigger group and when the hammer goes forward the action lock lever does not go down. I think the action lever hammer spring end is not in the right place. I actually have another Mossberg 500 to compare it to, but I can't tell where the end of the spring should go. Anyone know? I think it needs to go into the hammer somewhere. I will try it tomorrow night.

azgunnut01 · 07-22-2009, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samuel

Don't know what you are trying to do but you could videotape yourself doing it for reference. ,,,sam.

I don't know if I could put that much cursing on the web. Wow, was it a pain. Those springs fought me all the way. I actually got it together one time and decided I had the wrong pin in one place, so I took it apart again. What a mistake. Tomorrow when I take it down, if I can help it at all, the springs will NOT come off the pins.

P.S. What I am trying to do was take it apart because it had some rust in the trigger group. I brought this shotgun back from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My brother-in-law lost his house during Katrina. All they found was his gun safe and it was half full of water. He had four guns that sat outside my other brother-in-law's house for a few years until I took them to try to restore them. I have the gun completely restored except for the trigger group.

ArkansasHunter · 07-22-2009, 10:56 PM

Next time you'll know not to mess with it LOL...A.H

azgunnut01 · 07-23-2009, 10:08 PM

Oh, it's not over yet. Won't get to it tonight, but this time tomorrow night, it will be working. If you never take things apart, you'll never know how they work. Plus, I enjoy working on them, even when they make your curse. I'm 53 years old and finally decided I should have been a gunsmith.

azgunnut01 · 07-26-2009, 04:56 PM

All right, finally got to work on it again today. Now it works perfectly. yahooooo!!

ArkansasHunter · 07-26-2009, 05:01 PM

Congradulation and I know your relieved. Some times you have to back off and take a break from a task if the project will allow it.

To collect your thoughts before you start again. Good Job...A.H

07-21-2009, 10:29 PM	#1
azgunnut01 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 415	Mossberg 500 trigger I have looked all over the web and can't find any directions or good pictures of the 500 trigger group. I need to take my trigger group apart, but want something to refer to when I put it back together. Any help out there? __________________ Ma Force d'en haut! (I get my power from above!)

07-22-2009, 02:57 AM	#4
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 10,792	If you can't find anything, might be a good idea to take a picture of it before you start. You could also maybe, if you have one, video record yourself taking it apart so you could then maybe refer to it and use it to put it back together? Just a thought. __________________ "The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." "Edmond Burke"

07-22-2009, 10:51 PM	#6
azgunnut01 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 415	Okay, well I took it apart and actually got it back together. The only problem I have is after you pump it and pull the trigger, it won't pump again without pushing the action lock slide. I looked at the trigger group and when the hammer goes forward the action lock lever does not go down. I think the action lever hammer spring end is not in the right place. I actually have another Mossberg 500 to compare it to, but I can't tell where the end of the spring should go. Anyone know? I think it needs to go into the hammer somewhere. I will try it tomorrow night. __________________ Ma Force d'en haut! (I get my power from above!)

07-22-2009, 10:56 PM	#8
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 18,454	Next time you'll know not to mess with it LOL...A.H __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER

07-23-2009, 10:08 PM	#9
azgunnut01 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 415	Oh, it's not over yet. Won't get to it tonight, but this time tomorrow night, it will be working. If you never take things apart, you'll never know how they work. Plus, I enjoy working on them, even when they make your curse. I'm 53 years old and finally decided I should have been a gunsmith. __________________ Ma Force d'en haut! (I get my power from above!)

07-22-2009, 02:54 AM	#3
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,476	Don't know what you are trying to do but you could videotape yourself doing it for reference. ,,,sam.

07-22-2009, 06:31 PM	#5
MossPopper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kalifornia Posts: 2	The safety's break frequently on the 500 trigger group. I am awaiting a replacement. Just don't flip that first 00 in until ready to pop!!!!

07-26-2009, 04:56 PM	#10
azgunnut01 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 415	All right, finally got to work on it again today. Now it works perfectly. yahooooo!! __________________ Ma Force d'en haut! (I get my power from above!)

07-26-2009, 05:01 PM	#11
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 18,454	Congradulation and I know your relieved. Some times you have to back off and take a break from a task if the project will allow it. To collect your thoughts before you start again. Good Job...A.H __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER