Anyone try this bolt action out? Looking for an accurate platform to shoot metallic silhouettes from 200-500 meters.https://www.mossberg.com/product/mvp-precision-rifle-27962/
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Any reason your interested in the Mossberg? That is not a popular long range rifle. If your wanting a chassis based gun with adjust-ability like that one has. I would look at a Rugar Precision rifle, Savage Stealth or Remington PCR. Or check out Howa HCR or Tikka CTR for much nicer rifles. They are all going to be much more popular and have quality aftermarket barrels and parts available should you need them. Still I think you could get a much nicer rifle from numerous manufactures and toss it in a KRG stock and be happier and it will have no issue going to 500 yards. In all honestly you could probably do 500 yards with a numerous rifles under $500.
I have 2 Mossberg rifles and they shoot excellent both will stay under 5" at 500 yards.
They are old cheap used 100ATR rifles my most accurate is a savage axis .223 pencil barrel.
I have a couple AR style rifles and it is very hard to hold at longer distances because of the straight back stock.
Your eye position must be raised quite high above the bore centerline.. and is why most scopes on an AR are mounted quite high above the barrel.
Do that with the scope and the rocking side to side from heart beat or a not so steady rest amplifies reticle movement.
Bipod will help a lot here or a wide flat forearm.
Some people have no issues with a high mounted scope but for me it makes small shots at longer distances very hard or should I say harder than they need to be.
The worst I have shot was an AR10 .308 with scope mounted on the carry handle. holding in the wind at 200 trying to make a tiny group was exhausting.
That was an ArmaLite AR10 and the guy was selling it for 800. I passed it up.
It looks like to me the Company is trying to fill a bolt action spot for the people that love the AR style rifle
They are old cheap used 100ATR rifles my most accurate is a savage axis .223 pencil barrel.
I have a couple AR style rifles and it is very hard to hold at longer distances because of the straight back stock.
Your eye position must be raised quite high above the bore centerline.. and is why most scopes on an AR are mounted quite high above the barrel.
Do that with the scope and the rocking side to side from heart beat or a not so steady rest amplifies reticle movement.
Bipod will help a lot here or a wide flat forearm.
Some people have no issues with a high mounted scope but for me it makes small shots at longer distances very hard or should I say harder than they need to be.
The worst I have shot was an AR10 .308 with scope mounted on the carry handle. holding in the wind at 200 trying to make a tiny group was exhausting.
That was an ArmaLite AR10 and the guy was selling it for 800. I passed it up.
It looks like to me the Company is trying to fill a bolt action spot for the people that love the AR style rifle
There is a a literal truck load of options that are better, cheaper and have more aftermarket support than the Mossberg. There's 0 reason to get it over a Howa, Bergara, Savage, Tikka, Ruger American or Ruger Precision.
Not only are they better, the smaller cost affords you a bigger budget for glass, bipods and an ammo.
Not only are they better, the smaller cost affords you a bigger budget for glass, bipods and an ammo.
Great advice guys, thanks. I just happened on to the Mossberg ad somewhere. Saw a fellow member firing his Ruger PR w/ night force scope at the rifle range recently. A 6.5 CRM. Stacking the bullets at 100. 1/4 MOA looked like. That ammo seems to be priced from $1-1.50 per round. Not cheap plinking ammo.
S&B 140gr can be had for around 55 cents around. It's ok ammo for plinking inside 600 yards. Hornady American Gunner 140s can be had for around 75 cents a round and runs great in most guns.
This could do what your wanting easily. https://www.okshooters.com/threads/fs-remington-700-sa-custom-6-5-creedmoor.286067/
I would probably try a deal without the scope if it was me.
I would probably try a deal without the scope if it was me.
How small of metallic silhouettes are you wanting to shoot between 200-500 meters? Just about any bolt action rifle will handle that duty.
I have a Tikka T3 CTR in 260 Rem. as my training rifle and it will shoot very small groups. It's well supported with aftermarket parts and several barrel manufacturers make prefit barrels for them if that's what you want to do later on. You can swap out the bolt handle easy, add a Yodave trigger spring and get the trigger pull down into the 1lb range safely. The action is butter smooth and numerous outfits make stocks/chassis for them. Gene Sears has several of them in stock:
https://store.thirdgenerationshooti...-10-rnd-mag-5-8x24-tikjrtxc382/category/8968/
Their only downfall is, their barrels shoot a little slower than outer rifles and they have long throats. I wish I would have gone with the 24" barrel rather than the 20", although I can still get out to 1200 yards with a 20" barrel.
This is the one I bought:
https://store.thirdgenerationshooti...-10-rnd-mag-5-8x24-tikjrtc321/category/10393/
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