I just found a different vendor saying that it is now park'd as of late 2007, but it is a 590 special purpose, NOT a 590A1.

If it is park'd, heavy barrel, metal trigger and safety, how cvan it be different then a 590A1?

from
http://www.gtdist.com/ProductDetail.asp ... MOSS-51663
51663 - SPECIAL PURPOSE SHOTGUN - 590® SPECIAL PURPOSE -

9 Shot heavy wall barrel
Metal Trigger Guard / Safety
12 gauge
20" Heavy Wall Barrel
Parkerized Finish as of late "07"
Black Synthetic Stock
Ghost Ring Sights
Ambidextrous, thumb-operated safety
Includes a free gun lock

Even MORE confusion:
Bud's has the 51663 as a 590A1.
"Mossberg 51663 590A1 12ga 9SH HBGSRNG"
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/prod ... s_id/46999

 

Yeah that is kind of confusing, the 51663 is in a parkerized finish. The 590A1 is one of the "special purpose" shotguns. If I remember right all the Mossberg 51*** model shotguns are A1s and therefore must have the heavy barrel and parkerized finish. Well except the mariner.

 

I believe they are parked.
Mossberg is eat up with marketing crap and where they used to have the SP/LE-Mil line they now have that split into several lines. That way they can use Tier 1 Operator terms and create more absurd product types by changing minor cosmetic features and confuse the hell out of anybody trying to figure out what shotgun they want.

 

I believe they are parked.
Mossberg is eat up with marketing crap and where they used to have the SP/LE-Mil line they now have that split into several lines. That way they can use Tier 1 Operator terms and create more absurd product types by changing minor cosmetic features and confuse the hell out of anybody trying to figure out what shotgun they want.

yup
Try and order from their website, it gives me a headache.
I needed a Barrel and a Rail mount.
I still have a headache

 

I ordered a t-shirt, cap, and a LocBox - one and one half weeks worth of phone messages and tag to finally get it sorted out: the cap was out of stock, so we ultimately negotiated dropping the cap from the order! Good god...

 

Thanks for the replies. I talked to my vendor and they were not much better in clearing up this matter. Before they ship though they are going to check the finish and if it is NOT park'd then they will just refund my CC.

I will post pics if and when I get this 590A1.

I like Mossberg, but I am getting more and more frustrated with them. If I ddin't already have a couple Mossberg Shotguns I would ditch the company all together and go over to the dark side with Remington... As it is I had my Mossberg 930SPX barrel threaded from Rem-chokes instead of Mossberg's accu-choke as I forsee a new turkey gun in 870 and wanted to be able to swap chokes for 3-gun.

 

My 51663 came Parked.

 

How can you tell the difference between parkerized and matte blue?
I have a 50667 that I've never seen on the Mossberg site and the box didnt say anything about finish.

 

It is kind of hard to explain it without you actually seeing it.
A parkerized or phosphated finish is going to be rather rough, and is usually grey. It may have soem greenish tint to it, or even brown. Once it is oiled it will darken.
A matte bluing finish will be smoother, and usually be more black. It doesn't change its appearance as much when it is oiled.

ETA:
Parked:

Matte blue:

 

How can you tell the difference between parkerized and matte blue?
I have a 50667 that I've never seen on the Mossberg site and the box didnt say anything about finish.

Here is a picture taken from M24's collection

Matte blue 930SPX on the left and park'd 590A1 on the right.

As for your shotgun, every site I went to says it is "blue" I am guessing it is the regular shiny blue.