giggitygiggity
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How does the Mossberg Patriot stack up to other bolt action hunting rifles? I ask because $239 at Palmetto State Armory is quite a deal for a rifle if it can hold its own.
If I remember correctly, the story was the owners disassembled the bolts but forgot to put the pins back in, resulted in the bolt heads (with lugs) would not rotate to lock in when bolt handles were turned. Savage has the same design.There were several incidents of the bolt breaking and the bolt coming out, injuring the shooter. I only heard about the 30-06 having this issue. It had to do with a pin that was holding the lugs of the bolt onto the bolt body, breaking and the bolt body would become a projectile.
This is where the "rumor" started about the pin breaking. Many not believers! Use your own judgement. The pin is not really load carrying, it is the lugs carry the load, so I don't see how the pin would break. Missing is more likely.Can anyone tell us more?
I don't mind it. That part of the rifle does not have to be too terribly strong. The other side makes up for it, and the lug-thing in front of the action takes the brunt of the recoil.
1stmarines point wasnt that it NEEDED to be that strong, atleast from a safety point of view. But the full bodied actions like the savage, Tikka, Ruger Americans, and other with small loading ports are STIFFER and thus more inherently resistant to torquing/flexing etc. The Majors have always had budget variants or guns, but recently weve been seeing an increase in options, quality, and refinement of what most of us would call entry level guns.
Using the Patriot as an example, compare it to an ATR or Raptor rifles from a few years back. Its basicaly the same gun, but mossberg has spent the time and energy to make it compete with the other guns in its price range, its still not as nice as a gun that costs twice or three times what it does, but its likely to be accurate enough, and safe/reliable enough now. Few years back they had many more issues.
Sorry, didnt mean to sound like i was arguing. just wanted to clarify a bit.
What is the value of arguing riot?. I rather think we are sharing different perspectives.I did not think you were arguing. Its cool. And I'm sorry if I sounded argumentative; I wasn't trying to be.