Perfect for new gun owners! In this video, Jeremy Stafford walks us through how to safely load and unload a Mossberg 500 / 590 series pump-action shotgun.
This is one of the most impressive videos on how to load & unload a Mossberg 500 shotgun. The details were easy to follow , step by step instructions to show how to use the shotgun safely. Great job my friend!!!!
Excellent tutorial. Need more videos like this instead of the guys posting videos of how good they are with a firearm and acting like everyone else is as experienced as them.
Thank you! Just purchased my first shotgun (a Mossberg) and this is exactly what I needed. Even purchased the dummy rounds for practice. Thank you for the quality products and videos. I like to be a responsible gun owner and get fully informed about all of my firearms. These videos help tremendously. Again, thank you.
Appreciate this tutorial. I've owned my Mossberg 500 Persuader for awhile but never thought about pressing the shell stopper to unload it. Thanks for the great information.
I just purchased my first gun which is a Mossberg 500 and JUST TODAY received my dummy rounds and this video has helped me SO MUCH !!! Just from this clip alone I am TOTALLY subscribing to your page. Thank you SO MUCH!!!
What stood out to me the most is that if you watch this a couple of times, your mind replays the steps with the same mindset that Jeremy explained it with. Taught me to replay/recall a number of points instead of "what did he say?" Thanks Jeremy ! ! Newly scribes and a big humbs up.
Great video. The Mossberg 500 was the first firearm I ever owned, and in my younger days I have to admit I did not fully appreciate owner's manuals. I will say now I savor and enjoy reading owner's manuals, and have read every manual for my subsequently purchased arms. There are lots of narratives that are not so based in facts that often are considered truths (my favorite is that using steel cased ammunition invalidates a Glock warranty). The feature to unload the magazine was especially helpful as I had not known this in the 9 years I have owned this.
I just brought home my new Mossberg 590 S and I’m in the process of reading the owners manual. This video along with the manual was very helpful! I will be picking up my 590 S Shockwave soon! I can hardly wait, but I will definitely be enjoying its bigger brother in the meantime! 😊
Thank you Sir for your expertise and professionalism.This video is the best so far.I feel much better now to be able to operate my M590 with confidence.
I’ve had my 500 for a couple of years. I usually just rack it repeatedly to empty the magazine tube (never felt safe to do). I’ve had the thing apart enough times to clean it… Never even occurred to me to press the shell stopper. I’ve always wondered what the little raised area on the bar was for. Thanks.
#Me too. Factory, when I called about cleaning was of little help and pointed me to The Tube. Found a slew of videos. How about as you are taking it down and it sounds like it is falling apart! Video guy that taught me how when it made all those noises said something like, holy crap its falling apart. I keep mine loaded and if I am taking any rounds out I still rack em out but I always take it outside.🦇
If I say so my self, other than a 38 special this is the best home defense weapon out there. Picked up a Mossberg from the sporting goods shop and it was the best defense tool I've ever purchased 👍
Thanks! Great video. My Mossberg is my first shotgun and I was not at all confident of my handling skills. I'll watch this a couple more times and start practicing.
Thank you for this "beginners" video. I've had my 590A1 for a few years now, but have been too intimidated to use it without having any instruction. Baby steps. Safe, tiny, baby steps.
Gotta say the first time you are loading and unloading the rounds is a bit nerve racking if you are new to shotguns but this video really made it easy. Just take it slowwwwww and always make sure that safety is on .
Excellent video. Some may find this useful. There's a slight variation to the unloading procedures that I find just as easy, especially if you open the action all the way and a live round gets onto the carrier. At that point, just dump both shells into your hand. Push the carrier up then close the action. Unload the tube as shown and clear/proof the weapon. Never just assume it's cleared or is safe because you counted the shells.
I'm glad I had a father who taught me all this when I was like 9 years old. My father would say the first three rules safety safety safety, and anytime you pick up a gun I don't care if the person right next to you just check it you always check it yourself
Very well presented video. Information and photography clear and concise. Interesting the dummy rounds are white, all my dummy rounds in various calibers are orange.
I've operated/owned shotguns since I was 8 years old. I recently purchased a 590A1, and have been a bit flummoxed (read "clumsy") unloading/loading this model compared to my Winchester Model 12 pump. After practicing a bit, and seeing this video, I feel unloading the round in the chamber requires a bit too much care to ensure that the elevator doesn't pull a new shell from the magazine while you are trying to unload the chambered round. I don't have this issue with my Model 12 (realizing though, that I've been using it for about 40 years). I have two Browning's (Auto5 and a Maxus) that have a magazine lockout, and I can't help but fell a similar mechanism would help matters with this 590A1 (again realizing automatics are sort of an apples to oranges comparison to pumps)
Kirk Carver Hey Kirk, thanks for watching. If you’re not comfortable with the download portion of removing the round from the chamber, you could always empty the magazine tube first, and then simply eject the shell into your hand rather than easing it out.
@@royjohnson465 That sounds a bit different from the problem I have. My gun cycles ok (sometimes a shell will not auto-extract after firing, requiring manual extraction, but otherwise fine) and I don’t have the problem you seem to be having. I’m not aware of any forums. If you find one Id be interested to sign up.
For anyone that runs into this and tries the download procedure of pushing the shell stop, I just noticed on my 590 it doesn't work quite that easy. Maybe it's because mine is new enough there's zero real wear on it, but when pushing the stop, the round moves back and hits the elevator most of the time. Need to put pressure on the round back into the mag tube, and move it downward past the elevator, and it'll drop out as shown in the video. Sometimes the shell will clear the elevator on it's own, most of the time it won't. I would almost rather have it stop on the elevator, as it's even more controllable and and not just a shell flying out of the tube, I can guide it out at my own speed, so it's not an issue to me at all. Just something I had to mess around with to understand how to do it.
Just purchased the Mossberg 590 as my 1st firearm I took it to, 2 different Gun ranges today but neither offered individual 1 on 1 training the 2nd one didn't even allow shotguns so I decided to watch a bunch of utube videos to learn and build confidence to head back to the range and begin firing it myself. This was a phenomenal video very informative showing the ins and outs of safety, loading and unloading Thank You Mossberg. And could u also do a video on the Mossberg Mc2sc if I could request a video on how to properly clean and Maintain them that would be great to Thanks
