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Old January 23, 2012, 03:24 PM   #51
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I can hear my 117 year old Winchester model 1892 laughing from within the gun safe.... and it is at home 35 miles away from here!
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Old January 23, 2012, 08:01 PM   #52
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You are the same guys who laughed at improvments over the Volcanic. Were dismayed when a shirt manufacturer bought them out. You knocked a forearm on the Henry. Cried when they added the King's Patent loading gate. Thought centerfire cartridges and smokeless powder were a fad. Were disgusted by a vertical bolt lock and high-pressure cartridges. Thought angle-eject was a perversion. Optics on a lever were sacrilage to you.

You are all old fuddy duddies but Mossberg and I, we are forward looking.

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Old January 23, 2012, 08:09 PM   #53
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I wonder if you could buy the colapsable butstock as an option ? No guys Im serious, Ive got to start getting ready for Grand Kids, in the next several years. I love the 30 30 cartridge as a first Deer Rifle, and if I can adjust the buttstock thats a plus, then when the kids are done playing with it, I can return it to normal. Ohh, dont look at me that way, Im not gonna mount a flashlight on it.
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Old January 23, 2012, 08:12 PM   #54
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Ohh, dont look at me that way, Im not gonna mount a flashlight on it.
With no flashlight on it, how will you see the hogs at night?

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Old January 23, 2012, 08:42 PM   #55
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Good point, HMM, Mossberg may be on to something.
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Old January 23, 2012, 09:03 PM   #56
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And damn proud of it. Angle eject is a perversion and optics are sacrilege.
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Old January 23, 2012, 10:38 PM   #57
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Bwhahahhaha!

Mossberg must have lost a bet with Winchester.
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Old January 24, 2012, 09:15 PM   #58
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When's the first "space movie" this'll appear in?
As for buying the rear as an aftermarket product, I don't know what other guns it may fit than a Mossberg, but, knowing Mossberg the "replacement part" will not be available separately for many months.
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Old January 25, 2012, 05:19 AM   #59
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All the steam punk kids oughta like it.
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Old January 27, 2012, 09:33 PM   #60
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Mossberg makes this same rifle in traditional wood and blued steel. I personally prefer the traditional model. If I was hunting in conditions like the people in the History Channel's program "Swamp People" I would want a composite stock and durable non rusting finish on the metal parts. For this kind of use it is too bad they don't make a gun like the old Remington Nylon rifles that came out in the 60's. I thought they had all the appeal of a day old roadkill, but they could take abuse that would leave a normal rifle a pile of rusting junk and still fire. I would hope the firearms world is big enough for all kinds of guns to be accepted.
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Old January 28, 2012, 05:22 AM   #62
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Nope, not that thing. Not in my world anyway.
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Old January 28, 2012, 12:36 PM   #63
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Looks like a great little hog or varmit gun to me, but seems to be missing the top rail for optics or night vision. Having a stock that you can adjust means being able to make the gun more compact when you need it to be or stretched out when you need it to be. A full draw length stock can be cumbersome in some stands and more difficult to use from some prone positions where a shorter stock would be more beneficial. It can be hard to hold a light in one hand and run a rilfe in the other when night hunting.

XS Sights had announced a tri-rail for the Marlin 1895 a few years ago, but it never made it to market and I was disappointed.
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