Another pretty time-traveller followed me home.

Found a minty Mossberg 46M at a local shop. I dont usually frequent this particular establishment, because its out of the way and they have always had a reputation for high prices, but I was in the neighborhood and I said "Why not?"


Needed just a little cleanup, but overall amazing condition. The price was so reasonable, even the clerk did a double-take and had to ask his boss if the sticker was correct. I guess they didnt have much into it, or they figured nobody still wanted these guns, but $215 OTD and it was all mine- winning!


Aside from the great condition, the really amazing thing about this specimen is its completeness. Ive had many old Mossys over the years, including a few "M" models, but never had one which wasnt missing some of the small bits. Here you see the oft-lost red and green plastic safety indicators.


The front sight assembly is complete and undamaged, including the (usually missing) shroud, and (usually broken) flip-up spring-loaded multiple posts.




This is the FIRST Mossberg Ive had which included the original- and way overengineered- QD sling swivels.

They use a teeny-tiny spring-loaded pin to secure them to the special mounts. Lose them, and you are scroooood!


Even the bolt dust cover is still in place!


Im pretty stoked to add this classic time-travelling bolt gun to my rimfire battery!

bannockburn said:

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Really, you just happened to find it sitting all by it's lonesome in some nearby gun shop.

How many times do I have to explain to you "time travelers" that you're not supposed to bring back any souvenirs from your little side trips! Do you have any idea what bringing something back like that, in mint condition no less (like it just left the factory), does to 1) the Time/Space Continuum and 2) how it looks to everyone else who isn't a time traveler?

Anyways nice score with the "old" Mossberg...wink, wink!

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Oh, I dont know, I watch alot of Star Trek, so time travel for pretty much any menial reason always seems consequence-free, lol.

Ugly Sauce said:

Wow, I've never seen one of those.

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I figured many of our members might not have, so I tried to highlight some of their neat features. Mossberg made a vast array of variations on this theme from the 1940s through the early '80s. There were single shots, tube and clip-fed repeaters, bolt-actions, semi-autos, full-stocked, heavy-barrelled, etc, etc......
There were even models with a flip-down forend which could be used as a vertical grip or a monopod!

I remember when these were everywhere. Back in the '90s, you would see dozens of old Mossberg .22s at a gunshow in the $100-200 price range- though they always seemed to be missing little pieces here and there!

Picher said:

I think the green position meant "Safe" and the red, "Fire", but I am not sure. I'd have preferred an "S" over the safe position, with a tactile bump instead of the colors.

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Yup, red is "Danger" lol.

Some Mossbergs substituted a stamped "F" and "S" filled in with paint for the plastic dots. Probably a wise move, beacause the dots usually flee the scene sooner or later.......

Despite the torrential downpours, got a chance to put a few down the pipe-

Turns out I was wrong- red means "stop" and green means "go" lol.


Accuracy was good, though not stellar, with cheap WWB. Took awhile to get the complicated and fragile sights dialed in, but not too shabby. I tried a few Aguila Super shorts throuh the tube magazine as well. Feeding was fine with both shorts and LR, but the shorts had a bit of a hard time clearing the port on ejection.

Overall, Im pretty happy with the results.