Mossberg 505

About the Mossberg 505

The Mossberg 505 is a youth-sized pump-action shotgun built on a scaled-down version of the popular Mossberg 500 platform. Chambered for the .410 Bore with a 3-inch chamber, it pairs a 20-inch vent-rib barrel with a compact hardwood stock featuring a 12-inch length of pull and an EZ-Reach forend, making it well suited to smaller-framed and younger shooters learning wingshooting and small-game hunting. It retains the 500 series' top-tang safety, dual-extractor bolt and twin-shell anti-jam elevator while keeping overall weight around 5.25 pounds.

Introduced as the smallest member of Mossberg's Bantam youth line, the 505 was designed to give younger shooters a properly scaled shotgun rather than a cut-down adult gun, echoing the 500's reputation as an affordable, reliable pump.

Mossberg 505 specifications

Part of Mossberg's Bantam 500/505/510 youth family; the 505 is offered in both .410 Bore and 20 Gauge Youth configurations, with the .410 model carrying a fixed modified choke and four-round tubular magazine.