Big Country Expat (BCE) apparently liked my recent post about bayonets for self defense (and a big thanks to him for the link). In his post--"AWOL Again, Shotguns and Bayonets, and a Crisis of the Spirit"--he delves into mounting bayonets on shotguns. As far as I know, Mossberg is the only company offering shotguns with bayonet mounts: the 590 Retrograde and the 590A1 Retrograde. However, BCE shows off a product from NcStar that provides a bayonet mount for other shotguns. Although the product description says it is for the Mossberg 500, BCE notes that it works with other shotguns and includes photographs of it on a tactical semi-auto shotgun with a Marine Corps bayonet.
I was especially interested in his photographs because I saw a video recently where the host was not able to get some of the bayonets with thicker handles like the M9 and Marine Corps model to fit on the bayonet mount on his Mossberg 590--apparently it was just a bit too tight--and was going to use the M7 because it had a thinner handle.
BCE also discusses the shotgun a bit--a semi-auto model that is inexpensive ($500 at Palmetto State Armory currently) that has done well in durability tests.
Go to his article and check it out.
Link's not working for me, so I'll check again later with a different wifi (can't tell if it's my ISP or his servers, but Google's search result link is giving the same error). It looks interesting, though. For a while, Remington was still making their magazine tube extensions in the correct shape to fit the bayonet's ring, but you had to go aftermarket for a barrel clamp that had the correct lug. I think that that rem870 blog has relevant articles, but they mostly focus on the tube extension options, not the particulars having to do with bayonets.
ReplyDeleteThe mount BCE referenced looks like the bayonet lug is on a piece that clamps around the magazine tube (but looks like it goes between the tube and the barrel) and a second piece that clamps onto the magazine end cap. It is for the Mossberg 500 but BCE says it works on other shotguns. NcStar also sells a mount for the 870 that is designed to to clamp onto the barrel but is supposed to be used with factory Remington extended capacity 12G. magazine tubes with the reduced diameter front section.
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