Well I got the... thing back yesterday. Still not what I would consider a nice gun.
The forearm is all beat up from the barrel band being forced over wood that is too big. The barrel band screw is loose and not even lined up with the hole on the opposite side of the band.
If they did change the forearm it doesn't look any better or match the stock any better than the original, I don't know why they messed with it.
It also gained a big dent in the bottom.
The stock is now scratched up.
I know wood gets dinked up over time, but that is one of the reasons I bought a new gun as opposed to a used one. I have been deer hunting with the same Mossberg 500 for 15 years and it isn't this dinked up.
They changed the front sight which apparently is why the sights were off before. My new one lacks a hood, or even provisions for a hood. I do like it as a sight better than the original though.
The action is now really loose, if I hold the gun on its side it does pretty good all the time.
If I hold like a normal person does it is very hit and miss, varying wildly between this and the first pic.
The snap caps do not feed 100% perfect, you can still feel the blunt nose catch before it is forced in if it doesn't hang up altogether.
Put a call in today at noon, told the guy my sad story and his reply was "Well want to do you want, a new gun or a refund"
So I have to fax my proof of purchase in tomorrow to get the refund process started.