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Originally Posted by Watchdog
The other thing is the tang safety. Now, I like tang safeties just fine, okay? And there'll be no doubt in your mind whatsoever when you're sliding it forward to release it...because it feels like Mossberg went out of their way to give its serrations uncomfortably sharp edges. It feels like I'm running my thumb over a coarse metal file or something. It's also a bit hard to disengage, but maybe that'll loosen up with use. I haven't fired it that much.
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The Mossberg 590 Shockwave tang safety is the same tang safety that is installed on every Mossberg shotgun. It's plastic. I've installed the Brownell's steel tang safety on every Mossberg shotgun I own (four now). The edges on the plastic safety are nothing compared to the steel.