Mossberg 46B 22lr

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Branxhunter
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Mossberg 46B 22lr

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A good mate of mine recently brought home his dad’s old Mossberg 46B 22lr.

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Interesting design with a 15 round tube mag and a kicker that flicks the rounds up to align with the chamber:

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He ordered a Havlin side mount from Brownells:

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Then removed the open sights, bought some Leupold rings and a Vortex Crossfire scope, and turned up this morning to zero it in.

The Loopy rings had the scope sitting way up in the air so I offered him some very low old school Weaver mounts.

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We zeroed with these - reckon he has had them for a while:

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Then settled in to see how it would group with a few different loads.

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So rounds of choice are PowerPoint 40gn HP, and CCI subsonic HP.

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Re: Mossberg 46B 22lr

Post by Rabbitz »

Nice.

All the groups appear to be within MOR.
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Re: Mossberg 46B 22lr

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Undoubtedly a keeper Marcus.
Good stuff.
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Re: Mossberg 46B 22lr

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Looks great and shoots well.

Been a while since K Mart used that logo and sold 22LR at that price. In fact, I can't recall the last time I saw any ammo for sale at K Mart....
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Re: Mossberg 46B 22lr

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ive got a 42B with the side mount,low mount rings.
mine has battle sights and multi pin front sights.
7 round mag
and will put all 7 in a 50c piece all day,using wini 40gn hp subs.
the stock on mine came up brilliant after a good rub down and a BLO job :lol:
its been a few yrs since that and the stock has darkened and looks amazing.

i got my spare parts from havlin sales in the US, i couldnt tell you if they export any more.
i am more than happy with my rifle,as you will be.
im still using the vortex scope the rep gave me,back when advertisers were allowed on here.
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Re: Mossberg 46B 22lr

Post by Branxhunter »

Hey Lonerider it would be great to see some pics of yours, sounds great.

My mate used his out after a few rabbits during the week, he was very happy with how it performed. He sent this pic

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