[Guest]

I found a Mossberg 5500 syn stocked at the gun shop and I am wondering what its value is. Also, does anyone know how good these guns are?

Thanks,
Jonathan

 

[MarlandS]

Jonathan, do you have or can you get any more info on it? here's the basic one but there's a small array of variations...

- 12 ga., 2¾ or 3 in. mag., gas operated, 18½ - 30 in. barrels. Disc. 1985.
Grading 100% 98% 95% 90% 80% 70% 60%
$250 $235 $205 $185 $170 $155 $140

Last MSR was $307.
Add $20 for VR.

 

[Guest]

I do not have that info infront of me, though I might go back to the gun shop and look. I fould a Mossberg 9200 for sale as well, and do you know which of these is better? The are both approx. the same price. This would be my first semi-auto shotgun and I will be using it for skeet. Thanks for your help!!

Jonathan

 

[uglydog]

I posted my experiences with the 5500 on the Shotgun-General thread. My experience with my 5500 did not give me confidence in the 9200. An aquaintance who was a sales rep for Mossberg had a 9200 for about a month. All he would tell me is he didn't like it and sent it back for an 835. I only saw the green synthetic models as demos and I did not like the looks of them at all. I thought the action and trigger needed a lot of polishing as they were very rough and one could see metal shavings after a few rounds. It is what I would expect from a gun at this price ($275-300 new a decade ago) but for a little more, one could buy a much better gun.