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Well, my [new to me] Mossberg 144 LSB has arrived, thanks to a fellow Gunnut.

It is in very nice shape for a 22 many decades old. Have not shot it yet,
but if what I see with my borescope is any indication, it should be a winner.
The bore looks as new inside, with no pits nor any ugly machining gouges.

These rifles, while not a 40x or an Anschutz 54, were always the one to watch.
They are not pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but they do shoot!!

Triggers are fully adjustable, and that 15/16" diameter "truck axle" barrel with
the akro-groove rifling is a pretty stable platform.

I'll get a scope mounted and see how it works out...report back later.

Pictures below....beware dial-up!
Dave.




 
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Should be a great gun. I thought about it but I'm one that wants original sights and I figured it would be beyond its value by the time the sights and swivels were put back on. With a scope though you should have a great shooter.
 
I have no qualms about refinishing these old mossbergs and putting a scope on them( have to now,can't shoot without them) they are great shooters and meant to be hunted with ,carried and shot.They were 'working rifles ' not showpieces..I won't even slow down and bother looking at a lot of new rifles at a gunshow ,but an old mossberg ,martini ,falling block or rolling block will stop me in my tracks.

An old guy gave me his guns-on one condition,that I take them out and shoot them...
 
gunsaholic said:
Should be a great gun. I thought about it but I'm one that wants original sights and I figured it would be beyond its value by the time the sights and swivels were put back on. With a scope though you should have a great shooter.
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Same here.

I'm always looking for one to pop up still... So I guess it'll be a race!

Be sure to post some pics Eagleeye, of both the gun and the targets you shoot with it. I just love these old mossbergs. Particularly the 144 and 146 models. I own a nearly mint condition all original 146-B and it is such an accurate gun, and so reliable, it's hard to believe there isn't more demand for them. Like you say it's not a 40x or Annie 54, but for a few hundred bucks, it's sure close enough.
 
If yours shoot like mine you'll love it. One of mine favors RWS rifle target. The other I haven't shot yet but is in 100% as new condition as if it was just made yesterday and I don't know if I want to risk taking it to the range.
Scott...
 
Don't get me wrong, wouldn't 'refurbish' or alter a collector grade firearm,but bringing back a working gun is in a diferent catagory
 
ratherbefishin said:
Don't get me wrong, wouldn't 'refurbish' or alter a collector grade firearm,but bringing back a working gun is in a diferent catagory
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I agree. If done properly I don't feel it takes anything away from them. Some need the TLC to get them to where people will appreciate them again. I pick up a lot of Mossbergs at the shows missing all their sights or a bolt or with a sad looking stock and try to piece them back together to be functional again. If refinishing the stock or cleaning up the bluing is needed I have at er.
Most of my collection is as I bought it. Some do need to be cleaned up and lightly restored but that's for when I have the time to do it slowly and properly and try to keep as close to the original appearance as I can.
Scott...
 
I have no problem with refinishing a gun either. I have done it to a few and I have a few 100 plus year old shotguns that I have paid to have restored. When I buy a gun, I try to buy according to condition. Some don't think any gun should be touched, that it should show "its use". Well, I don't buy a gun to forever look at someone's neglect, abuse or lack of maintenance over the years. I buy it with the intent of hopefully bringing it back to what it once was so it may last another 100 years. Some I consider works of art from a by-gone era and if I can stop them from further disintegration, I will. Of course finding nice original examples is great and those I would not touch. I also would not touch military weapons as you are not buying necessarily neglect but rather the history of their intended use. But for guns that show the ravishes of time from use and lack of maintenance, I say have at em. In this case the OP's rifle looks to be in quite nice original condition and doesn't require anything except the sights and swivels if one wants it back to original specs.
 
Love ALL the old Mossberg's!

Can't stop buying them now unfortunately, but I could have worse addictions I guess! Haha

Up to 16 of their 22's now. The 144's and 46's/146's are my favourites now. I have a 144LS, 144LSA and 2 144LSB's, a 46B, a 46B(b), a 146B and a 146B(b) that are all in very good FULL original condition with all sights, swivels and handstops. Have only shot one of the 144's, it is one of the 144LSB's that I mounted an original Weaver 10X scope with an AO.

Head-shot beavers wrecking my shoreline at 100 yards with cheap Fed. 525 Blue box ammo standing up resting the rifle on my hand on the deck railing for one-shot-one-kill's. Plinking full soda can's at 185 yards with heavy full cross wind with good regularity using a bit of Kentucky Windage with the same cheap ammo.

I really can't wait to try them out on a calm day, bench rested at the range!

The M's are great as well though! and I have all three variations of those too.

I think they are some of the nicest looking old school rifles out there and they are definitely way more accurate than what you pay for them compared to other rifles!

Ian
 
I actually have a number of the old Mossbergs to keep my 144 LSB company. 2 - 146 b's [a T-bolt and a round bolt] a 151M, a 42M, a 46M, a 46b, and a couple of others hidden away in the safes.

They are amazing old rifles. Properly made, not pretty, but perform very well indeed. Dave.
 
I have always wished they brought out a combination of the 146B and 151M that combined the action of the 151M and the stocking up/tube mag/looks of the 146B! That would have been a cool rifle!

Ian
 
Almost, but I mean for it to look exactly like the 146B, but in semi-auto. I love the look of the tube magazine under the barrel! So I guess, the 151K with the tube mag. under the barrel like the 146B.

Ian
 
Thats where all the old Mossbergs are.I have been bitten by the Mossberg bug also_One day the secret will be out and every one will want one.There is a fair number of us collectors /restorer's out here.Very good.

Dave G
 
The old mossbergs generally have nice hardwood,walnut or mahogany,and sanded down,oiled and much rubbing restore their former beauty .....nice to look at ,nice to carry and very nice to shoot...
 
ratherbefishin said:
The old mossbergs generally have nice hardwood,walnut or mahogany,and sanded down,oiled and much rubbing restore their former beauty .....nice to look at ,nice to carry and very nice to shoot...
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So True!! I have a 42M that has not been refinished, but still looks like I just took it out of the original box.
Some decent figure in the wood, as well. Dave.
 
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