06-132-021

NAME -Mossberg 500 Compact Cruiser AOW

TYPE – Slide-action compact shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 2021

CALIBER – 18.5x76mmR (12 gauge 3 inch Magnum)

OVERALL LENGTH – 43.2 cm (17 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 19.1 cm (7.5 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Cylinder bore

LOAD – 00 Buckshot

LOAD WEIGHT – 56.38 g (870 grains)

PELLET DIAMETER – 8.6 mm (0.34 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 15

WEIGHT OF PELLET – 3.8 g (58 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 306 m/s (1005 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2646 j (1951 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET – 176 j (130 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 2.22 kg (4 lb 14.3 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.43 kg (5 lb 5.7 oz)

SIGHTS – Front bead

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 27 m (30 yards)

OPERATION – Manual, slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 12 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 2 round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.21 kg (7.4 oz) 2 rounds in magazine + 1 round in chamber

BASIC LOAD – 25 rounds (1 box)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.78 kg (3 lb 14.8 oz)

MANUFACTURER – O. F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., 7 Grasso Avenue, North Haven, Connecticut

STATUS – In production

SERVICE – Commercial sales