Any Mossberg MVP Shooters out there!

[bombadillo]

I looked at a MVP in 223 today at Big 5. The mag was stuck and too a hard pull to get it out. That was a turnoff form. Is that common? Did anyone feel like there is a break in or loosen up period with it?

Yes yes and yes.

There are WAY better mag releases made by a guy on mossbergMVP.com and lots of better upgrades to the bottom "metal". Better metal part upgrades, and like what I ended up doing is just upgrading to a chassis and solving any and all problems there were to begin with. Either way, the MVP's are shooters.

[mmesa005]

Interesting as I was eyeing one of these at Big 5 and now want one! I just purchased a S&W AR-15 but wish I did this first!

Thanks for starting this thread!

[LBDamned]

Interesting as I was eyeing one of these at Big 5 and now want one! I just purchased a S&W AR-15 but wish I did this first!

Thanks for starting this thread!

too bad you didn't see this thread a year ago when it started... but the M&P15 is a good gun too.

[mmesa005]

too bad you didn't see this thread a year ago when it started... but the M&P15 is a good gun too.

I never planned to get a long gun but my younger son wants to shoot rifle vs. pistol. I let his desire for something cool outweigh something for practical. At the range today I noticed that just about everyone shooting long guns had bolt action models. I really like the bolt action, very smooth and makes you take your time with each shot (in my opinion).
Oh well there is Mossberg in my future. Once I get my reloading press sold I will have the funds I need for the rifle

[bombadillo]

I never planned to get a long gun but my younger son wants to shoot rifle vs. pistol. I let his desire for something cool outweigh something for practical. At the range today I noticed that just about everyone shooting long guns had bolt action models. I really like the bolt action, very smooth and makes you take your time with each shot (in my opinion).
Oh well there is Mossberg in my future. Once I get my reloading press sold I will have the funds I need for the rifle

You won't regret it!

[zhoohuntr]

I also have a MVP in 308. Love that thing. Compact, just right LOP and just the right weight so you don't wander all over with every wind gust or heaving of your chest. Trigger pull is nice and crisp, and the picatinny rail gives you more room in adjusting your scope. The barrel is medium contour, almost bull barrel, so it is very rigid and doesn't wander when the bbl gets hot.
My favorite pig gun was a Rem 788 in 308, but the magazine setup really sucked. The MVP magazine is much wider and goes in mag well better. The 788 mag well is very narrow and you have to fit the mag in just right along the rail. Remington had a great shooter in the 788, but the magazine well was designed by an idiot.

I've got a Patrol model in 308. Love the trigger and smoothness of the action. Waited over a year for the 308's to come out, and glad I did.

Great gun for a very reasonable price. Relatively light, reliable, accurate and HANDY (short). Takes all sorts of different non-proprietary magazines. Just got some of the ASC 20 rounders which are "formed" to hold the capacity to CA legal 10 (see/buy them at Mag Commander).

Some folks have expressed concerns regarding the smoothness of the actions, but I think that this has only related to the 223 Patrol at this time. If that is what you are going to get, check the action of the gun you are going to purchase.

If there are issues with your gun, Mossberg has great customer service. This I've learned mostly from folks who bought their 930 SPX shotguns, which definitely had some teething and quality issues early on as Mossberg couldn't keep up with the demand for them.

Get one!

[glock_this]

So with the proper barrel & length will there be a CA compliant & purchasable MVP Light Chassis?

[bombadillo]

So with the proper barrel & length will there be a CA compliant & purchasable MVP Light Chassis?

The only thing regulated on this would be whether or not you had regular capacity magazines prior to 2000 or not. Otherwise, there is nothing on it that would be illegal anyway because it is not a semi-auto.

[sonofeugene]

I've been enjoying mine in 308. I burnished in the bolt with tungsten disulfide, cleaned it up, and oiled per usual. Nice and slick now. Added a Leupold VR-X 3-9x50 Firedot with Warne medium QD rings. Added GrovTec QD swivels to the side of the forend, heel of the butt, and added a V-Tac sling. Also replaced the factory sling mount at the toe with another GrovTec socket and installed an Atlas Pic rail with QD swivel socket on the bottom of the forend. And, of course, an Atlas bipod. Oh, and I made the pocket for your finger where the mag release is larger so my finger gets in there real easy and dropping mags is a no brainier.

[glock_this]

The only thing regulated on this would be whether or not you had regular capacity magazines prior to 2000 or not. Otherwise, there is nothing on it that would be illegal anyway because it is not a semi-auto.

So since bolt action, overall length and threaded barrel are no issues? Nice.

I have been looking at wanting to do a bolt action 5.56 that I can scope (maybe Eliminator 3) and use my many AR mags but get a bit more precision out of than an AR and not break the bank.

[bombadillo]

Threaded barrel is not an issue, but OAL has to be 26.5" in length federally I believe it is.

[glock_this]

Yeah, I see now they have the page up at Mossy w/ specs and they have an 18" fluted MB and though an adjustable stock, OAL should not then be an issue (35.5" - 37.75" is even noted).

On something like this, if you were going to do the 5.56, would you - for the longest possible shots as the goal of owning that rifle - want a 1:7 or 1:10? Or do you think they mean the 5.56 is 1:7 and the 7.62 is 1:10? They give you a selection option for caliber and twist. Also, I assume for most accuracy over longer shots, one would pick the 18" over the 16" barrel.

[spamsucker]

ok, my turn then:
LSS, MOE stock, DPMS PSG-1 grip, Harris bi-pod, jard 12 oz trigger (not pictured), SWFA 16x42 SS, 20MOA base, Burris Sig Series Rings. This is my squirrel rig. I have done 900m with it and it's boringly accurate. Groups are consistently between .20" - .75".



It's a 9 twist gun. I use up to 75 grain bullets with it. 900m is easily accomplished with 70-75gn pills seated to be fed from the mag. There's no need to go with a faster twist. 1:8 only buys you 5-10grains more bullet weight which gets you almost nothing ballistically. 1:7 twist would let you do 90gn bullets but they're never going to be mag length and the throat on a MVP by default isn't long enough to deal with them (at least on mine) being seated to a useful length even for single feeding. 9 twist is right for the .223 in the long barrel version. The short barrel version might actually benefit from a 7 or 8 twist.

[spamsucker]

Picked up my 556 chambered 24" varmint from big 5 jail..

Now I have zero clue on what scope/mounts to get. Only plan on doing target shooting in the desert, like maximum 500 yards. Vortex, leupold, and nikon seem to have good quality scopes for not crazy high prices. Adjustable up to 10x (trying to stay under $500 for everything.) Maybe an adjustable scop up to 10x.

Any recommendations? Not that hard finding the scope, it's matching the rings up to he the correct height I get confused on,

Why do you want a variable? Just put a fixed 10x on it. SWFA 10x42 SS for 300 or you can step up to the 10x42 HD for 800 if you want better glass and better turrets (IMO). All variables do is add cost, reduce the available adjustment range and make it heavier. If you're just shooting targets from 50-500m then 10x is actually a little more mag than you need. You could do a 6x.

[glock_this]

I see most of the photos posted up have no muzzle device. Why is this? Just not needed on a rifle like this?

Makes me wonder why they offer the SilencerCo Saker Trifecta muzzle brake on the new MVP LC? For quick follow up shots? But how quick could you be on bolt action to even need a muzzle brake for a follow up shot? Or am I missing it's purpose entirely and why they offer it?