picked up a used one .....

[new pig hunter]

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found an older Mossberg 740T bolt action in .22 Magnum. Nice and simple, nothing fancy. Now to get a scope on it.





Cheers,

Carl

[J Miller]

Carl,

That is a rifle I wouldn't mind owning. And .... it's even got sights on it. Be still my pumping thumper ...........

Joe

[Mescalero]

nice rifle

[Pitchy]

She`s a beauty.

[new pig hunter]

Yep, it has iron sights, the rear one is a fold up/fold down.

My eyes need a scope, and in my "spare scope locker" I have a Nikon Monarch UCC 1.5-4.5x20 ..... that will fit just nicely.

Cheers,

Carl

[awp101]

Nice! The old Mossberg .22LRs are a weakness of mine. But that Mag is tempting...

Your friends when it comes to Mossberg parts:
http://www.wisnersinc.com/rifles/mossbe ... start.html

And information:
http://home.epix.net/~damguy/

[1894c]

love...and I mean love old Marlin .22 bolt anythings...that's a great find...good choice in scope too...LUCKY... :)

[BenT]

Awesome! Now if you can just find ammo.

[new pig hunter]

Sierra Hotel ..... thanks much for those Mossberg websites !!

already have a minor stockpile of 22WMR ammo. Years ago a pal of mine got a 22WMR pistol, so I bought a few boxes so I could shoot it.

These folks have .22WMR in stock: https://www.venturamunitions.com

Cheers,

Carl

[3leggedturtle]

Is your's marked " CHUCKSTER" or says on the barrel " Akro-groove rifling ". Some of the older brochures advertised them as the Man-sized varmint rifle.

[new pig hunter]

barrel says AC KRO GRUV

[Sixgun]

I hear from shooting buddies that those really shoot great. In fact, for what Mossbergs cost, I have never heard of a bad one, unlike newer Remingtons, etc. 'Ya done good but you hear what 22 mag ammo costs today? Ought to be a law.............or a way to reload 'em------------6

[rjohns94]

looks great. good luck,

[Glenn]

About 30 years ago I was shooting with a friend. We were shooting 22 rifles at rocks for a while, then I filled several plastic pop bottles with water. I shot one with 22 LR HP and was unimpressed. He shot one and it exploded. I said, "What are you shooting in that thing?" He said, "Longs." I said, "Let me see one." He hands me a 22 Mag! He called 22 LRs "shorts," and was shooting them in the Mossy 22 Mag!!
Glenn

[new pig hunter]

UPDATE TO AN OLDER THREAD

Time to add some new info. I added a scope to the Mossberg, definitely a funky-looking attachment setup !! But it was the only way to do it with what I had on-hand. And since a .22 Magnum doesn't recoil much at all, I figured no big deal. That's a Nikon Monarch UCC 1.5-4.5x20 scope. Rings are "low budget" brand.

Took it to the range yesterday to sight-in the scope. Put the target at 50 yards. Fortunately just a minor bit of adjustment to get POA/POI coincident.

WOW, this thing is a shooter !! When I was very very careful with good shooting form and technique, I could easily hold 1" groups, maybe even tighter than that.





Cheers,

Carl

[Mescalero]

They are real sleepers
I have a Savage Model 25 with the heavy barrel, another sleeper.

[awp101]

I hear from shooting buddies that those really shoot great. In fact, for what Mossbergs cost, I have never heard of a bad one

I missed this the first time around but I'll go out on a limb and say I think the old Mossberg rimfires are undervalued for what you get and what they can do.

If I had the willpower to focus on one type of firearm to collect/accumulate, I feel I could do much worse than sticking to the old rimfire Mossbergs.