Mossberg 3000 Questions

[bouncethis]

Anyone own one of these? I purchased one about a month ago for $100, shoots nice but I cant find any accessories for it. I would like a plstol grip a night sight and maybe a laster. Can someone tell me where to get accessories for this shotgun or any accessories for other shotguns that will fit this one? Any information anyone could provide about this shotgun would be great.

[Smitty in CT]

I found this on a web-site, I don't know how much help it will be...

Mossberg M-3000

Notes: Mossberg bought this design from Smith & Wesson in 1986. They are identical to the Smith & Wesson design, but wear the Mossberg name and are manufactured in Mossberg’s plant in Japan. The M-3000 is designed for combat, with short barrels and a tough blued or Parkerized finish. It is a weapon in which jams are easily cleared. The M-3000 is made from machined steel and has a chromed bolt. Three choices of stock are available: a side-folding plastic stock; the "Speedfeed" fixed stock, in which four extra rounds may be carried and also with a recoil pad on the butt; and a simple pistol grip with no stock (which Mossberg calls a "Cruiser" grip). Though Mossberg does not sell extended magazines with the M-3000, but they are available from many sources (Mossberg recommends Choate extended magazines for the M-3000).

A problem with many pump-action shotguns with tubular magazines is a jam which can occur is a round accidentally pops out of the magazine and partially into the chamber when the pump slide is cycled. The M-3000 has a feature which prevents this jam from occurring. (Since the introduction of this feature, many other Mossberg shotguns also use it and it has been emulated by other manufacturers.)

Wilson Combat has been given permission by Mossberg to modify the M-3000 and sell those modified versions. Wilson cuts off the barrel to 7.9 inches (and other barrel lengths are available at customer request), shortens the action bars and magazine tube, moves the barrel mount back, and adds a forward handgrip on the pump slide which can also be folded flush with the rest of the pump slide if desired. The resulting weapon, called the Executive Protection Shotgun, uses synthetic Pachmayr Vindicator furniture and has no buttstock. Despite the short barrel, the shot spread is not extreme due to the tight choke used on the barrel; however, muzzle blast and noise are extreme. Of course, the Executive Protection Shotgun requires either a lot of taxes and red tape to legally acquire, and is therefore used only by certain bodyguards and military and government concerns.

Twilight 2000 Notes: After 1995, new M-3000s are not available in the US, but they are still manufactured in Japan.

[Dfariswheel]

The Mossberg 3000 really started out as the Howa of Japan Model 3000.

Smith & Wesson wanted to try to corner the police market, and since they already had a major share with pistols, they started a holster, handcuff, ammunition and other equipment divisions, and decided to bring out a shotgun.
Unfortunately, the shotgun chosen was the S&W Model 916, a copy of the old Noble shotgun.

To make a long story short, the 916 was a major disaster for S&W. The gun was so bad and broke so much, S&W actually discussed buying them all back to protect their name.

S&W still wanted to have a shotgun, and next time out they did much better.
The gun was the Howa 3000 pump gun , and they imported a semi-auto, the Howa Model 1000.
These guns were imported in the mid 1980's.

The 3000 is a fairly close copy of the Remington 870, and was available in both a steel and aluminum receiver and in sporting and Police versions.
For a time, the 3000 had a bit of a "cult" following among individual police officers, but the gun simply didn't have anything to offer over the police favorite Model 870.
Remington ate S&W's lunch and the shotguns were soon dropped.

After S&W dropped the gun, Mossberg picked it up and sold it as the Mossberg 3000 from 1986 to 1987.
After that, Howa briefly imported it under their own name before discontinuing it entirely.

The Model 3000 was a nominal "clone" of the Remington 870, but there is NO parts interchangeability, and few if any accessories will fit.
The gun itself is a very good gun, and owners like them.

For accessories and parts, Gun Parts Corporation bought the S&W and Mossberg 3000 parts and sell them under both the S&W and Mossberg label:
http://www.e-gunparts.com/dept.asp#TheSs

They still have a few Police parts and accessories.
Choate made/makes a magazine extension that will fit the 3000:
http://www.riflestock.com/
(You'll have to email them for availability).