Well guys I'm intrigued by what Mossberg has recently put on the market. Which is a bolt action rifle chambered for 5.56 / 223 rem and accepts AR mags. Anyone else partaken in this particular firearm? I'm looking at their varmint model, thoughts, feelings opinions?
mossberg mvp thoughts feelings opinions?
- Thread starter floriosean1
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Love mine i have put 100 rounds down the pipe. Once in a while the bolt is sticky to feed a round due to the mag fitting loosely in the magwell. A little nudge on the mag and shes back in action. Such a fun rifle to shoot and cheap to feed! I have no regrets its an awesome gun for the price. LAR 10 rounders work perfect too
As with all mags it's the mag itself that bears the restriction and pin (based on intended use and manufacture), not the firearm it's used in. So in short no.
it's an AR mag... so whatever you can legally use in your AR you can use in the MVP... 5 rounds in an AR mag as it's a centre fire rifle mag... the 10 round LAR Mags are legal as they are designed for a pistol.
the stock mag since it is a rifle AR mag is a 10 round mag, pinned to 5
Yes it is pinned to 5.
The MVP is touted as taking AR mags. There is not likely to be a way that they can distinguish that they made a mag specifically for the MVP as they would need to in order to not be constrained by the limits on such.
The only reason that we have the situation that we do with the LAR-15 and the XCR pistol mags as that they differ in manufacture and were designed and manufactured specifically for a pistol. Not touted as taking an AR mag. A smaill difference but a significant one with our confused laws
Would a magazine specifically marked/manufactured for the MVP be sufficient to meet the letter of the law? just like the lar and beowulf mags are
I am only talking about it being used in the bolt action rifle, I don't own a semi auto that takes stanag mags so it really is a non issue because there would be no question as to what firearm I have that the magazine would fit if I was ever stopped.
I am only talking about it being used in the bolt action rifle, I don't own a semi auto that takes stanag mags so it really is a non issue because there would be no question as to what firearm I have that the magazine would fit if I was ever stopped.
That ship already sailed the moment they marketed the MVP as taking AR mags. They have equivocated the two. The mag that comes with is marked mossberg but not MVP. Still pinned to 5. Given the recent attempt with the beowolf mag and the dual-use refusal don't expect to find ways around the magazine pins all that easily. I do understand what you're trying to accomplish but with the documented affiliation with AR mags, I'm afraid you're barking up the wrong tree on this one.
As well the question of 'what firearm it would fit' has nothing to do with what you own. Once again, it's the magazine that holds the restriction or allowance, not the firearm it is used in. You may disagree with it, most of us do, however that doesn't change the reality of the situation.
AS Jzz30tt said, it doesn't matter that you only own the MVP... if the mag is a pistol designated mag it can hold 10, if it is a rifle designated mag it must be pinned to 5... regardless of what guns the mags are used in... Ironically, I was looking at this gun on sale on Cabela's website... clicked on to CGN and first thing I saw was this thread... I am very interested in the opinions of the MVP owners... particularly the Varmint model... in .223.
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if that was the only basis of consideration in the law, the law would have said the lar mags would have to be restricted to 5 rounds when they hit the market because they also fit in a rifle which has more restriction.
NO... they have to be "designated" as a "rifle" mag for the rifle restrictions to apply...It is all terminology and marketing that creates the problems... the same sort of issues arose with the 10/22 vs Charger pistol BX-25 mags from Ruger... because they marketed them as for "BOTH" the rifle AND pistol the pistol restrictions applied and the mags were deemed prohibited (due to their 25 round capacity)... semantics and "horse-pucky" but those are our screwed-up laws...
