Mossberg 46B

calalta said:
In case someone is reading this thread months from now, the S-130 sight that I have is a good alternative to the correct sight for my Mossberg 46B and it is easy to install.

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Not trying to be argumentative but I guess anything will work if not mounted correctly. You have 1 mounting screw when it is supposed to have 2. Wait till the first time the sight gets accidentally bumped and turns, scratching the barrel in the process.Bottom line is that is not the correct sight for said gun and does not fit the way it is supposed to without modification. Plus if a person wants to have the gun period correct, and has to spend money on a sight anyhow, why not get the correct one. They are out there as the OP found out. Telling people to buy an S130 if they come across one for their 46B is telling them to spend money wrongly.
 
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gunsaholic said:
Not trying to be argumentative but I guess anything will work if not mounted correctly. You have 1 mounting screw when it is supposed to have 2. Wait till the first time the sight gets accidentally bumped and turns, scratching the barrel in the process.Bottom line is that is not the correct sight for said gun and does not fit the way it is supposed to without modification. Plus if a person wants to have the gun period correct, and has to spend money on a sight anyhow, why not get the correct one. They are out there as the OP found out. Telling people to buy an S130 if they come across one for their 46B is telling them to spend money wrongly.
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Yes you are being completely argumentative. I put one screw in to hold it in place to illustrate that it fits, as I indicated previously the screw spacing is identical for both sights. It would be easy to add the second screw but I have not mounted this sight on my rifle to use, I only did it to show it could be done as an alternative. You said it would never fit unless the stock was modified. That is not true.
Some will only use the original parts, I have no problem with that. Some may choose to use an available $35 part that fits and works as well as the original, where the original, if available at all, might be $100 or more (according to you), I have no problem with that either.
People can decide for themselves what is important to them.
 
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calalta said:
Yes you are being completely argumentative. I put one screw in to hold it in place to illustrate that it fits, as I indicated previously the screw spacing is identical for both sights. It would be easy to add the second screw but I have not mounted this sight on my rifle to use, I only did it to show it could be done as an alternative. You said it would never fit unless the stock was modified. That is not true.
Some will only use the original parts, I have no problem with that. Some may choose to use an available $35 part that fits and works as well as the original, where the original, if available at all, might be $100 or more (according to you), I have no problem with that either.
People can decide for themselves what is important to them.
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I will apologize and stand corrected.
But I will say to those reading this that I tried an S130 sight on my 46B before I posted my earlier post. So I just tried it again. The S130 will not fit it. So I thought maybe it is something with that particular rifle. So I thought I will try it on my 46M which I just finished doing. It will not fit it either. The holes are 1/4 to 1/2 of the hole spacing out because the front of the sight hits the stock. I would take pics but I can't get the screws in to hold the sight. I can put one screw in if I slide the sight back. If I wanted to grind away a bit of the wood on the stock, it will work but that ain't gonna happen for me.
So I guess to anyone reading this, try it on your own rifle and see if it fits.

Here are pics of a 46B and a 46Bb stock. Note there is a fair bit of difference where the peep sight mounts between the two, with the 46Bb having a longer cut out plus it is a 2 step affair which probably allows for which mounting holes one wants to use.

 
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I have a no4 that gets swapped around from a 46, 46b, and 146ba with no problems. I actually stuck a 130 on a 46 I dropped off for consignment and it fit fine.
 
Thanks for the explanation Gunsaholic, I wondered if there were differences between the models we were using, that is why I said my 130 sight on my 46B gun.
That rifle looks great, you did a beautiful refinishing job on that.
 
calalta said:
Thanks for the explanation Gunsaholic, I wondered if there were differences between the models we were using, that is why I said my 130 sight on my 46B gun.
That rifle looks great, you did a beautiful refinishing job on that.
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I have a number of vintage Mossbergs. If there is anything I can maybe answer about other models, shoot me a pm sometime.
 
Mount the 130 using the front 2 holes instead the the rear 2 holes....just like calalta did in his pic
 
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Hitzy said:
Mount the 130 using the front 2 holes instead the the rear 2 holes....just like calalta did in his pic
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I tried using the front 2 holes each time. This isn't the first time I tried putting the S130 on one of these guns. When my wife gets home I will hold the sight in place and get her to take a pic so you can see it will not fit as it is. Either some stocks were changed a bit on later models that still used the #4 sight or the stocks have been altered slightly to receive the S130.
 
Here are pics of 2 of the rifles. I even tried loosening the barrel and sliding it back as far as it would go before taking the pics. One can clearly see the sight will not fit on these guns unless I want to remove some wood. If one wants to do that, that is fine, but for me I would just get the proper sight. What I was just saying all along is that, as they are, the S130 will not fit, at least not my guns and ones that I have owned in the past. If it fits on other 46B's that haven't had some wood removed, great. The bottom pic is a bit deceiving because of the angle the camera was held at but it is the same result as the top pic.

 
Could be Mossberg made the stocks compatible at an early or later point in production....since they don't s/n anything it's hard to tell early vs late.
Mine are all walnut like calalta's and fit any of the various rear sights with no issue.
 
Hitzy said:
Could be Mossberg made the stocks compatible at an early or later point in production....since they don't s/n anything it's hard to tell early vs late.
Mine are all walnut like calalta's and fit any of the various rear sights with no issue.
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That's the trouble (or fascination) with these old Mossbergs. They are kind of like the old Cooeys; just when you think you have everything figured out one surfaces that throws a wrench into everything.
 
collecting old Mossberg 22's get addicting,,,i started with a 151Ma,,,,now i have about a dozen of them,,including a 44US,,144,,2 144LSB,.26,,46B,,46M..151K,,and a few more i dont recall,,they were excellent built 22's,,and more accurate that 99% of todays 22's,,i love showning up at the range with my old 144LSB,,and set up next to a guy with $1500.00 invested in some 10-22 using high dollar ammo,,,and blowing him out of the water with cheap bulk ammo,,,they usually pack up and leave soon after,,,LOL..
 
I, too, have a penchant for the older Mossberg 22's. I have been busy accumulating the "M" versions of various models.

But I also have a 146b that will never leave my possession...it is a shooter indeed!!

Love these rifles!! Dave.
 
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