Call her Betsy!
I was thinking the same thing, but I looked in both 2010 and 2011 catalogs and couldn't find item #55200 anywhere. can't find a 2009 catalog online; might be a model from then (or earlier)Looks like it started life as a 500 Cruiser and someone added the ATI gear ... or as a Chainsaw and someone took off the chainsaw grip and added the ATI gear.
Must have been something Mossberg did just for Academy then. It's not one of their "stock" models.It came from the factory like this, nothing was added after market. I shopped around before buying it, and several Academy's have them in stock.
Can't be from those years, it has the "new" 2011 Talon pistol grip. The most logical answer is that it is something made exclusively for Academy like another person said. guess i'll never knowI was thinking the same thing, but I looked in both 2010 and 2011 catalogs and couldn't find item #55200 anywhere. can't find a 2009 catalog online; might be a model from then (or earlier)
The barrel is mossberg, it is stamped with their infoIts probably just a base 500 with the 26 or 28in barrel that everything was replaced on.
Only reason i say that is b/c the only thing mossberg is your reciever. and from a cost stand point its the only thing that makes sense
Post it up on MossbergOwners.com • Index page There are some guys on there that make me look like a Mossberg newb.Can't be from those years, it has the "new" 2011 Talon pistol grip. The most logical answer is that it is something made exclusively for Academy like another person said. guess i'll never know