Despite being the go-to American brand when it comes to pump guns, Mossberg has never been able to capture the public imagination when it comes to semi-autos‚ mainly because past iterations of their offerings have been various flavors of hot garbage.
The last model, the 930, was launched with the blessing of the prophet Miculek (PBUH) and seemed to be destined for greatness, but after witnessing first-hand several examples fail during courses of fire on the three-gun circuit, questions regarding consistency in their manufacturing persisted. Some users report nary a hiccup, while others seem to require detailed and rigorous cleaning every few hundred rounds in order to stave off gremlins.
The 940 seeks to address all these concerns with a comprehensive revamp of several key components, and the ones we’ve shot all seem to run well. So far, so good.
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The 940 lineup debuted in
