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OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« on: October 31, 2009, 01:04:52 PM »
I bought my first mossberg .22 - 340k  a couple of months ago,liked the solid feel to it,shot well,and in nice shape.At the gunshow this morning a guy had a mossberg 42b for sale-$125,peepsight, and a curious front sight-you could flip up a post, or a ring.It also had the regular rear sight on the barrel with a dial windage .Anywaythat followed me home too,there's just something nice about these old .22's-getting a bit addictive
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Re: OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 04:57:59 PM »
That was a steal the sights are worth north of 75 now.
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Re: OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 05:09:48 PM »
actually,when I came back and looked at it again,he had lowered the price to $110,then told me he ''couldn't go lower than $90''-so thats what I paid for it.Barrel looks to be in excellent shape,the bluing is original overall I would say it is in ''good'' condition.But I'd like if someone could tell me about the front sight-never seen anything like it before
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Re: OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 06:07:53 PM »
I had a 640K Chuckster 22MAG with a weaver V22 on it that saw thousands of rounds fired at California ground squirrels in the early to mid 70's (I did the squirrel ADC for the Padre at the Mission San Antonio de Padua in Ft. Hunter Liggett to keep them from burrowing into the mission's adobe walls).   Great little rifle that followed me to the Rockies where it saw some high country pika, pine squirrel and marten hunting for a few years before I replaced it with a Ruger 77/22 about 1985.
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Re: OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2009, 02:32:57 PM »
On the very front it should have a small piece( it is the end of the locking spring) you press down then you  select the front post and put it in position (there was 4 of them originally) and release the spring and it locks in place , get a hood for it , the hood was the first thing lost and the gun was set in the corner or up against the wall and the post that was up got broke or damaged, the hood was there to prevent that. havlins has repos of the hoods. i like the circle front post with the hood on you have three circles  looking thru the peep real neat sight set up.
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Re: OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2009, 01:48:41 PM »
correct-there is no hood for the front sight-it must have been lost
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Re: OLD MOSSBERG .22'S
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 03:53:00 AM »
Those old Mossbergs all had good barrels and were well built guns. They did some unusual and innovative things, the sight set you mention being one of them. They also built a smoothbore .22 with a rifled tube screwed on to the end. The one person I've known who owned one claimed it shot as well as any conventional .22. Mossberg very early on offered their .22's with the option of a factory mounted Mossberg scope and I believe they were the first to produce grooved receivers as are now standard on .22's.  It is really a crying shame that Mossberg no longer builds a .22.
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