Business ProfileforO.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.

I purchased a pump shotgun new. It never worked out of the box, frequently expelling all the shells from the bottom (******* ****). I test fired it one time, oiled it and put it away. Two weeks later the barrel was rusted. The painted finishes rubbed off just by handling it a couple times. The blueing is not good and gets burnt off the first time it is fired. The gun blueing substitute being used on these is borderline fraud. It provides little or no corrosion protection while cleverly deceiving the purchaser into believing that it does (it appears to be a "cosmetic" blueing though indistinguishable by eye). Sadly, there are other inexpensive coatings (including paint) which would be less deceptive and provide better corrosion resistance. There is plenty of others complaining about this however these are still getting stocked on the shelf (apparently by donation?) . Reading the other complaints, It's clear I'm never getting a cent back from this company since "Mossberg doesn't sell the guns". Well if they don't get paid for them and they can't QC them, perhaps they should stop sending them to stores. I called customer support and I was told they didn't know if there was any warrantee and I should take it to a local gunsmith to see about repairing it. The gunsmith I bought it from said they can't be serviced because Mossberg They did say I could send it back except what they wont say is we're required to pay $50-$100 to ship it to them.