I've had a Mossberg 500 for about 15 years now and never had a lick of trouble out of it. Run it with rem-oil in the spring and summer, and powdered graphite in the fall and winter. Bought it as a security combo pack that came with a 28†modified choke and a 18 ½†cylinder bore tube. I’ve used my 500 every year for hunting rabbit, deer and sometimes squirrel. I put the pistol grip on it and put it in the car for road trips. It’s stood behind the door to protect my “castle†many times. Every time I pull the trigger it goes “boom†and kicks me in the shoulder. I’ve never needed another 12 Ga. And that is the highest praise I can give this gun. -UR