Mossberg; yes or no

Pretty good units. The bolt design isn't ideal and is the weak spot for the rifle. I own a .223 thats been good, but the bolt is sloppy. Also have a Tikka Varmint .223 and you cant compare the two. The Tikka Varmint is a way better rifle in every way imaginable. That said the MVP is deadly accurate and shots anything I put in it. Nice gun with a weak bolt. Depends on what you want to spend. The MVP would need to be a good deal to be worth it. Also Mossberg doesn't have the best service in Canada, only two options and one of the options is pretty piss poor in my opinion. Forgot to add they take AR mags so finding mags is easy! The stock mags aren't very good but aftermarket seem to be better.
 
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yz295 said:
Pretty good units. The bolt design isn't ideal and is the weak spot for the rifle. I own a .223 thats been good, but the bolt is sloppy. Also have a Tikka Varmint .223 and you cant compare the two. The Tikka Varmint is a way better rifle in every way imaginable. That said the MVP is deadly accurate and shots anything I put in it. Nice gun with a weak bolt. Depends on what you want to spend. The MVP would need to be a good deal to be worth it. Also Mossberg doesn't have the best service in Canada, only two options and one of the options is pretty piss poor in my opinion. Forgot to add they take AR mags so finding mags is easy! The stock mags aren't very good but aftermarket seem to be better.
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so just above scrap steel...was always taught; no mater what is sold if there is no service or next to no service, the best made is next to junk.
 
the spank said:
This!! Try getting service from Browning Canada if you want a lesson in frustration!!
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whoa...thanks for that...i have been learning that with gun companies in Canada...whether its savage, remington, Howa, Mossberg,Tikka,or any of the others...its 30 seconds or 30 feet for what ever is purchased...sad....

and thanks again
 
Pretty much all my long guns are Mossbergs and I love them all. Been through many different makes and models and have had the lest if any trouble with Mossbergs.
 
All firearm related warranty in Canada sucks, it's not just Mossberg. With anything firearm related it's incredibly hard to send a rifle back to the manufacture generally so they have to set up warranty centers here and then staff them and supply parts. Since there is so much red tape involved with shipping parts the warranty centers are often starved or have one gunsmith dealing with an entire country.

The MVP is a neat concept for a rifle, I wish Mossberg were slightly better at building rifles, but they have gotten a lot better. The biggest issue I've seen with the MVP was there was a heat treating issue with the foot on the bottom of the bolt to grab the round, as far as I know it's been dealt with. The Tikka is a much smoother rifle that has much higher workmanship, but both will shoot really well, my vote is the MVP just do to the 1:7 twist which is just awesome out a factory gun, very uncommon.
 
I bought a predator 18.5 inch 5.56 MVP the day I seen one advertised. Quite reliable, people ##### about the bolt mechanism, but I have never had an issue or heard of anyone with one having problems.

Point of fact, although this is the least expensive rifle I own, it is also the most accurate by far. I got an honest to goodness 4 shot group at 100 yards that measured .34". Most of the time it is an honest .5-.75" shooter...with most quality ammo. I have had very accurate rifles before, but they were picky about what I fed them.

These are solid rifles other than the finish on the metal. It is delicate, and does pick up rust relatively easily. In fact, I just cleaned up a Mossberg for a friend that had rusted in his cabinet over the winter. His fault for not oiling it before storage, however it was worse that I have seen out of rifles with a quality bluing.
 
Mossberg rifles are scrap metal. Mossberg shotguns are almost passable. Mossberg rimfire is somewhere between garbage fire and “that almost passes as a gun”.
 
The first rifle i bought was a mossberg 4x4. I harvested a lot of deer with it. I read somewhere that they were garbage, and i started to have some issues with it, so i sold it. Years later, after a lot of learning and shooting, i realized that it wasn't that bad. Most of the issues i had were not the rifles fault (ie; not letting barrel cool between shots, not cleaning properly, most rifles are not laser accurate, etc). They are great beginner rifles, but i wouldn't spend more than $500 on one. Better options for the price.
 
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