Aim Sports Shotgun Forend Removal Tool (Black, Small)

Good quality product that I’m sure would get the job done. However, my Mossberg 590 Shockwave’s magazine tube extends out a little over 2in from the castle nut. That being said, you can’t get the T-handle through the holes of the socket to get a good bite on the nut. Oh well… I ordered a longer one as well. We’ll see what happens when I get it tomorrow.

I have a Mossberg 500 with wooden stock/forend and this worked perfectly to remove the castle nut that holds the forend in place. This fits over the magazine tube and let me remove the nut WITHOUT having to disassemble or remove anything else on the shotgun. Great little tool.

Let me preface this that there's a chance you don't need this. Seriously. Try taking the forend nut off your shotgun with reasonable force first like all those YouTube videos show you. Especially the ones that take note of how easy it is to change shotgun furniture. No penetrating fluid, no screamed obscenities, no hammers , no punches, no quiet sobbing in the corner of the bedroom amidst your growing stockpile of firearms and ammunition. Did it come off? Yes? Then you do not need this. Did you resort to any of the above? Then stick it in your cart and realize there's a reason you pay for a good gunsmith. I couldn't get my forend nut off my BRAND NEW Stevens 320 shotgun. I had a Magpul MOE forend tool... it was destroyed trying to take the nut off. I removed the entire forend assembly and tried rotating a spade bit that fit snugly, which only burned up an admittedly ancient 4V drill. I summoned an eldritch horror in my basement to no avail despite several of my neighbors losing their souls in the process. Then I tried all that again after leaving penetrating fluid for an hour and the only thing I got were several small cuts. I tried Stewart again (the eldritch horror hasn't left so I named him... her... it...), but they won't look at the forend nut, let alone go near it. Thankfully the cuts were minor and Stewart had some bandages tucked away... some... where... I don't ask... But this tool was like an avenging god descending from the heavens to strike down the heathens that call themselves over-torqued nuts. I could get leverage on it without bending anything and the protruding keys were solid. As far as I could tell, there was NOTHING wrong with the nut or the threads. Not cross-threaded, no galling, no other corrosion, or even dirt. I actually can't even get the notches in the nut to go as far as the factory torque level with my hands. It was just torqued down so tight that loosening it with this tool has irreparably rent asunder the space surrounding the Milky Way galaxy. I'm sorry, but you and I both know that what will bring about the end of existence won't be a grand scheme. It'll be a tinkerer that doesn't know when to stop. Stewart's been worshiping the tool ever since it broke the nut loose. Every time I come back home there's more offerings. I'm going to run out of neighbors soon, but worst of all I don't know whether I should join in or not.

I needed a tool like this to remove the stock Magpul MOE 870 forend from my Remington 870 Tac-14. I tried to get a grip on the Castle nut that holds the forend to the magazine tube using needle-nosed pliers, flat-head screwdrivers, and all the interweb suggestions I could find. No joy. That sucker was on there. I bought this tool because it was the cheapest out there that was advertised to work with my boomstick, and I figured it might very well be a one-time-use tool. It arrived early, and when I took it out of the box I was impressed with the weight of the steel with which it was made. But because it's made to work with so many shotguns, the two little tabs that stick up and engage your shottie's castle nut are super small if you're working on a Remington. There's a lot of play in there, and you'll need to keep steady pressure on the tool to keep it engaged in the nut's slots. If you don't, it will slip out and mar the slots on the nut when you're trying to break it free. Oh, and because it's a round tube that's used to remove a round nut don't remove the whole mess by releasing the action bars, because then you have no magazine tube to keep the tool on straight... it would be impossible to keep it centered. Just pull off your barrel by removing the mag tube cover and spring, pull off the barrel, and slip on the tool. Easy peasy. I also found that the tiny cross rod that they include to add leverage to the tool was way too short to work for me. I ended up using a thin phillips screwdriver as a leverage bar, and that worked perfectly. Once it was off, I switched the forend to a new light bearing one, and tightened it hand without using a leverage bar. The whole operation took me less than three minutes to swap out the forends. So despite the fact that it's not a perfect fit, at least on a Remington, it did work and saved me time, aggravation, and money from buying a more expensive one. This tool will last a lifetime if used properly, and if I ever get a Mossberg shotgun, it'll probably work fine on that, too. I'm happy with it. If this was helpful in any way, please let me know... thanks!

The bar is a separate piece that you slip into the tool itself and it isn't sturdy it kind of slides around inside the slot not a fan of that but all in all you get what you pay for and it got the job done so I'm satisfied I would recommend.

It worked....mostly. I ordered this to change out the furniture on my 870. At first glance it didn't look like it would work. It did not initially fit between the forenf and mag tube but with some light tapping with a hammer it eventually seated and was able to be turned. The small bat included is an absolute joke. I tried doing it and got no where and dug into my hand awful. I stuck a small screw driver through instead and this worked much better. The outer diamiter is a hair to wide and the inner is also a bit sloppy, as such it wobbled around after a few turns and wore scratches into the mag tube. It did the job and at the price I'm ok way that.

For under ten bucks, this is a good investment. I hate buying products that only do one thing, but this was necessary to tighten the forend in place on my early 2000s Remington 870 enough to secure the new Hogue furniture. Had tried using a needle nose pliers to tighten the nut (was easy to remove original forend that way) but it came unscrewed and forend rubbed on barrel. This time with the AIM Sports tool I added a drop of oil to the threads and kept turning the nut. Could not believe how much tighter I was able to get the forend nut -- felt okay using needle nose pliers but was only about 10% as tight vs. using this tool. Again, I hate buying extra garbage I'll only use a few times (maybe) but I feel this one is necessary; especially after the wasted time removing the tube extension, spring, barrel, etc. multiple times because I didn't get the right tool to being with...

Lightening fast loosening and removal of the action slide nut on my Mossberg 500. Used it when switching to a tactical forearm. For those doing it for the first time keep in mind action slide nuts are extremely fine thread so be very careful when reinstalling and tightening. Also, if your original forearm is hard rubber or synthetic you will probably leave residue inside the threads of the magazine tube when you remove the forearm. These need to be cleaned or blown out prior to reassembly.

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Worked as advertised and comes in handy here and theee when I need to remove the forend on several of my pump actions.

Excellent transaction. Ordered it on a Saturday, and received it two days later. Works well on my Mossberg 590A1.

This tool is perfect for removing slide tube nut. I can use other improvised tool but I'd rather not for my 590A1.

Does the job,, but way over-priced for what it is!!!