steampunk your mossberg shockwave w/ black aces tactical

For a while now the most exciting direction in firearm innovation has to be in accessories. What with essential gun engineering having gone largely unchanged in the last century (some say nothing world changingly new has been conceived since the mid 70's), pimping your favorite firearm is possibly the funnest part of gun ownership. Harley Davidson may have masterminded the accessorizing craze in the late 90's/early 2000's but the firearms industry has cleverly emulated to the point where American accessory sales now exceed firearm sales. In fact, it's arguable that starting an accessory company (with the right product of course) is potentially more lucrative that making guns simply because the gun market is so saturated, with differences between firearms of the same category becoming negligible as manufacturing standards increase, and with a pro-2A president in office, well, the market has temporarily sagged. But gun owners still like to buy new stuff, so if they don't have the coin to perpetually grow their collections then they're likely to pimp-up and change-out what they DO have. Hence the accessory market. And with one of the latest consumer darlings being the Mossberg Shockwave, Black Aces Tactical saw a nice opportunity to make some cool trimmings for your favorite non-NFA firearm. Personally I love the whole Steampunk look, perhaps it comes from growing up on the first Mad Max movies, or escape from New York, or some other 80's apocalyptic vision, but whatever the inspiration I'm all in. The Shockwave pictured above looks so Blade Runner it'll no doubt be used in some movie coming soon to your new cineplex, but it also represents what makes firearm ownership (and what made Harley ownership) so fun, the chance to embark on little projects that sure as hell don't make your gun work better, just bring them more in tune with your personality. So, whether you're a Mad Max wannabe, or a fan of chrome and bling, or like stripped down in-the-trenches minimal, there's sure at shi....um...an ever-growing accessories industry from which to pimp your pump! Now I wish BAT would make a ribbed wood forearm for both the 20ga and the 12ga Shockwave (hint, hint) to give it an extra utilitarian profile, but hey, let's be grateful they're putting out such cool stuff already. Here's a great link for making your own ribbed forearm, in case you're interested: http://mossbergowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/finally-finished-crafting-wood-furniture-for-a-mossberg-590-shockwave.17399/   Ed.