Trumpet
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What about a Savage hog hunter?
Ruger Gunsite Scout or Mossberg MVP Patrol?
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That's a slug gun, or does it come in 308 as well? Certainly different from scout rifles in design.
Trumpet
SCSC/NRA life member. MSI member
- Oct 29, 2005
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Thanks for the link. Phone browsing on a slow connection so didn't look it up. So the primary difference with the Savage Scout appears to be scope placement based on the pic, right? OAL looks similar.
10 round magazine. Stock is not accustock on the hog. That is a nice option too. Shot my scout yesterday at hap baker. Sights are off. I was just trying it out. I had 3 other rifles to dial in.
If others are interested, Hog Sniper has 1 in FDE and 308 here ...
http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=178447
gpfan
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I have the Mossberg MVP Patrol in 7.62NATO (.308) and love the gun. Well balanced! Great shooter. Uses readily available and inexpensive AR10 mags.
The only problem I had was the bolt. Feeding was rough and with full magazine, extracting was sometimes not possible w/o removing the magazine. The problem is the fluting on the bolt. It has sharp edges and scrapes and binds on the top round in the magazine on the way back. Simple fix is to take some emery cloth to the fluting of the bolt and smooth out the sharp edges. Works like a champ and fun to shoot. It also gave the bolt a cool look with silver raised spiral edges against the black fluting.
I had no issues when the mag was 1/2 full and my 5.56 MVP doesn't have this problem.
Also note that though the barrel is stamped 7.62NATO without the .308 designator, I contacted Mossberg and they confirmed via email (which I'm saving forever!) that this rifle is good for .308 as well. All their literature shows "7.62NATO (.308)" and they stand behind that.
The only problem I had was the bolt. Feeding was rough and with full magazine, extracting was sometimes not possible w/o removing the magazine. The problem is the fluting on the bolt. It has sharp edges and scrapes and binds on the top round in the magazine on the way back. Simple fix is to take some emery cloth to the fluting of the bolt and smooth out the sharp edges. Works like a champ and fun to shoot. It also gave the bolt a cool look with silver raised spiral edges against the black fluting.
I had no issues when the mag was 1/2 full and my 5.56 MVP doesn't have this problem.
Also note that though the barrel is stamped 7.62NATO without the .308 designator, I contacted Mossberg and they confirmed via email (which I'm saving forever!) that this rifle is good for .308 as well. All their literature shows "7.62NATO (.308)" and they stand behind that.
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The bolt fluting was such a weird design decision on Mossberg's part. Yeah, it lightens the bolt, but was it ever that heavy to begin with?
A couple other clever things I've read people do to smooth the action:
1. NiB the bolt by sending it off to WMDGuns. (I would totally do this.)
2. Slather the bolt in bore paste, rack a few hundred times
I still haven't seen a fix for the "fully retracted bolt flops around too much" issue, though, which was actually the most annoying part about mine. Might be a basic design flaw by letting the bolt go too far back unsupported by rails.
A couple other clever things I've read people do to smooth the action:
1. NiB the bolt by sending it off to WMDGuns. (I would totally do this.)
2. Slather the bolt in bore paste, rack a few hundred times
I still haven't seen a fix for the "fully retracted bolt flops around too much" issue, though, which was actually the most annoying part about mine. Might be a basic design flaw by letting the bolt go too far back unsupported by rails.
BenL
John Galt Speaking.
If they'd offer the Savage scout in left-handed, there would be one in my safe.
byf43
SCSC Life/NRA Patron Life
A good friend of mine showed me his new Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle, last weekend.
Nice rifle.
I'd like to get my hands on the Mossberg MVP and take it for a test drive.
Still, I have that FR-8 that I got from the same friend that has the Ruger.
Nice rifle.
I'd like to get my hands on the Mossberg MVP and take it for a test drive.
Still, I have that FR-8 that I got from the same friend that has the Ruger.
gpfan
Active Member
Update - I ended up selling my Mossberg MVP Patrol 7.62NATO/.308 to a friend of mine. He tried it and really liked it and I needed to clean out my safe a little. One thing I did which helped the feeding issue was to clip off one loop of the spring in the magazine to take some of the tension off when the mag is full. Still enough tension to feed the last round, though.
With all that being said, I absolutely love my 5.56 version. :-)
TheGunnyRet
Ultimate Member
308, 338 Fed, 223, 300WM...
Looking at the Hog Hunter 338 Fed and then dropping it on a McRee Chassis... still just under 1k w/o a scope though...
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