New Haven 600 is a series of
pump-action shotgun
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s manufactured by
O.F. Mossberg & Sons on behalf of department stores, most notably the
Montgomery Ward
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Company,
Western Auto
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, and other retail stores. ''New Haven'' is one of O.F. Mossberg & Sons' private, promotional brands. The New Haven 600 is identical to the
Mossberg 500
The Mossberg 500 (M500) is a series of pump action shotguns manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. The 500 series comprises widely varying models of hammerless repeaters, all of which share the same basic receiver and action, but differ in bore ...
from O.F. Mossberg & Sons, with the addition of an anti-rattle system in the magazine tube, and the top of the receiver is not drilled out of a scope mount. Many of the 600AT models came with adjustable C-Lect Chokes. The 600 series comprises widely varying models of hammerless,
pump action
Pump action or slide action is a repeating firearm action that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge and typically to coc ...
repeaters, all of which share the same basic
receiver and action, but differ in
bore size,
barrel
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, ...
length,
choke options, magazine capacity, and "furniture" (
stock
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and
forearm
The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word which is most often used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anat ...
) materials.
Model numbers
*600AT =
12 gauge
*600AST= 12 gauge slug barrel iron sights
*600BT =
16 gauge
The gauge (or commonly bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel.
Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the ...
*600CT =
20 gauge
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D ...
*600ET =
.410 bore
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See also
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Mossberg 500
The Mossberg 500 (M500) is a series of pump action shotguns manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. The 500 series comprises widely varying models of hammerless repeaters, all of which share the same basic receiver and action, but differ in bore ...
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O.F. Mossberg & Sons
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Pump-action shotgun
Pump action or slide action is a repeating firearm action that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge and typically to coc ...
External links
Mossbergcorporate website.
**Manuals in
PDF
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format for th
500Maverick Armscorporate website, a subsidiary of Mossberg.
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1977
O.F. Mossberg & Sons
Pump-action shotguns
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