Mossberg Jungle Gun

[shurefire]

Anyone have experience with this type? I am only personally familiar with Benelli semi-autos. Is the Benelli super series milspec'd as much as the Jungle Gun is? Are there mag extensions available?

[JY]

Hi Surefire;

The "Jungle gun" is just a civie Mossback made to try to pass for mil spec, it isn't in the same class as the benelli M1/M3 weapons which were built from the start as combat weapons not for wabbit hunters as the "Jungle gun".

Would not trade my M3 for 20 of the "Jungle Guns" 8) take care...Jim Sine pari

[MT]

The "Jungle Gun" is on the heavy side. As for the Benellis, the M4 Super 90 is enetering US service as the M1014. Haven't fired it yet, but all the reports look good.

[Tiberian]

Well, I gotta go against JY here on the jungle gun. The 9200A1 is my personal favorite semi shotgun, and I have a lot of them. Including the Benellis.

I have fed my 9200A1 everything from low brass skeet shot to 3" magnum buck shell, and it's eaten them without a cough. Wet, hot, cold, sandy, didn't matter. Can't say that about either of the Benellis. I've had malfunctions with them, especially in the sandy environments. Not many, but they've happened.

My JG has been bumped around on the outside of rucksacks, dumped into gear piles and helicopter floors, dropped onto concrete, stomped in the mud...it ain't real pretty any more. It needs new park on the barrel and the receiver doesn't have a lot of black left on it, but it works. It's always worked.

I managed to break it once. I dropped it down a ravine, fell about 20 meters and hit on the buttstock. Cracked the hell out of it right where it joins to the receiver.

But it still worked.

As far as the Benelli M1 being "made for combat"...that's bullshit. Benelli USA's own words: "M1 Tactical: based on the M1 field, but with integral sling swivels, convetional grip or pistol grip stock, 181/2" barrel with improved cylinder, modified and full choke tubes. ".

Benelli dressed up its "wabbit gun" to "try to pass for milspec". Same guts, different package, just like the 9200/9200A1. I could buy the M3 being a combat-specific weapon, though. But how many M3's are in "active" use compared to the "civvie" M1?

The JG takes a lot of abuse from people, mainly because it's a low-brow Mossberg. But I'll take what works. And, in my humble experience, my JG has worked more reliably than my M1 or M3.

As far as mag extensions, Choate (www.riflestock.com) has them. Use the ones from the 5500/9200, and tell them it's for a 9200A1. Can only get a +2 extension on it, though, unless you want the tube to extend past the barrel.

[dragonrain]

I was under the impression that the Jungle Gun Could not handle 3" loads. Did that change after they first realeased the gun, it used to be just 2 1/3".

And I beat the ever loving shit out of my Moss. Mavrick 88 and she hasnt failed me yet. Bought it used for 100 bucks. Slapped a 18.5" bbl on for around the casa and use the 28' bbl for birds.
Its all all personal preference. (and yeah if I could afford a Bennelli I would own one)


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[Tiberian]

Mine has a barrel marked Mossberg 9200A1 3" and has handled 3" buck and slugs just fine. They don't hand cycle for crap, and I thought for a long time it wouldn't work with 3" shells. It came down to a day when scrounged 3" shells were all I could get.

It's since eaten probably close to 500 with no problem.

[dragonrain]

Gotcha





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