308 Win., featured a solid-body, front-locking bolt with a hook extractor, bolt-face ejector and sliding tang safety. The short-action design, initially chambered for. Mossberg responded with the Model 800, borrowing elements from the company’s Model 385 shotgun and a turnbolt prototype fashioned by German immigrant gun designer Louis Seecamp, who later founded his own company to make pocket-size, semi-automatic pistols. Winchesters and Remingtons ruled the roost, the new Ruger Model 77 was on the rise, and Savages, Weatherbys, Brownings and a slew of imports made for a rich buyer’s market. It was the heyday of the bolt-action hunting rifle, a time when American riflemen were trading up from military surplus and lever-actions. Another turnbolt, the MVP, can be readily modified for all sorts of tactical and hunting specialization, while the Model 464 is a lever-action so faithful to the form it makes one want to saddle up.įifty years ago Mossberg entered the center-fire business at the urging of retail giant Montgomery Ward, whose private-label Western Field line largely consisted of Mossberg-made. Patriot sales have been hot throughout 2015, especially a combo offering that includes a mounted Vortex scope, and, somewhat surprisingly in this day and age, a walnut-stocked selection.
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Leading the charge is the bolt-action Patriot ( read the full American Rifleman review here), a rifle whose classic good looks, functionality and solid workmanship are commanding as much attention as its affordability. While the stable isn’t large, Mossberg now has promising entries in a few notable categories, all of them priced to make buyers take a hard look. That appears to be changing thanks to market dynamics that have been intelligently addressed by the company’s management and product developers. Despite valiant efforts and some promising designs along the way, Mossbergs have never made much of a dent in big-game hunting, NRA High Power competition or tactical rifle circles.
How prolific has Mossberg been at producing rimfire rifles? So prolific that the incomparably comprehensive Blue Book of Gun Values chose to cry “uncle” rather than include every last model in a section that still runs almost seven pages.īut even though millions of Americans have enjoyed plinking, hunting and competing with the ubiquitous Mossberg rimfires, that’s hardly the case with center-fire rifles from this 96-year-old manufacturer that also dominates in shotgun sales.
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