[Marlin95]

Is buying a Mossberg 100Atr in .270 for $250 worth it.It doesnt have a dura wood stock its all black synthetic

[hossdaniels]

I've heard the new ones are better than the older ones. No proof, maybe a magazine review I read somewhere. IIRC the trigger is much better than it used to be and It grouped extremely well for a rifle in that price class(1.5"avg). All accounts put it far ahead of the remington 770 and the 710. I still say a beat up old 700 is a better rifle.

[Ash]

That is the going price for them, so it is fair. No point in buying more with a crappy scope that you'll have to get rid of later. In any case, they are much better rifles than the 770 at much less money.

Ash

[Cypress]

I'll agree with hoss on the used 700. I sighted in a 100atr for a guy at work and it shot 2" groups on average. Good enough to hunt with but not near the rifle a 700 is.

[Marlin95]

thanks i guess ill get it but im still open for opinions

[Ash]

Put good glass on it and be happy. I don't have a 100ATR but I have the 800 and 810 Mossbergs from the 1960's in everything from 243 up to 7mm Mag and am happy with them.

The ATR is the offspring of a Savage 110 and the Howa 1500, sharing features from both. At that price, it is a good rifle and while it doesn't have the Remington name that you get with the 710 or 770, it is a far better rifle at a far better price.

Ash

[pbrktrt]

the new marlin seems to be a 110 clone & might be worth looking at also. or go with a stevens, a savage without the accutrigger but everything else is pretty much the same.

[foghornl]

Have an ATR-100 in .30-06. In MY hands, with cheap soft-point ammo, will hold inside 2"@100Yds, 5 shots.

Shooting Budd with much steadier hands and Fed Gold Medal Match ammo got a smidge under 0.7"@100Yds, 5 shots.

Bought it in Sept. 04 so it is one of the earlier ones. I might install some better glass...I have a Simmons "Blazer" 3-9x50 on it right now.