I bought one of these rifles in 30-'06 last year, mainly because I like the way they look. I had planned to take it to Africa, but at the range, I kept getting missfires. The primer told the story -- it was just barely dimpled, whether the round fired or not.

So I sent it to Mossberg. When I got it back, (no explanation enclosed) I loaded up a bunch of ammo and headed to the range. Same exact result!

By now, our Africa trip was upon us, so we went without it. I finally got around to sending it back to Mossberg and this time got back a new rifle (again with no explanation as to what was wrong). I took it to the range last week and was very happy with the one and two hundred yard groups, but I got one missfire. I tried the round again and it fired on the second go round.

Anybody have any ideas what's causing these missfires?

Misfires in a single shot aren't good news, on a gun to take to Africa it could be fatal. I always thought Mossberg hade good customer service, at least I had not heard anything bad about them.

Maybe with all the problems the different boards were reporting is the reason behind Mossie dropping the rifle from production?

I have had one in 06 for about 1 yr. now and have not had any problems out of it, thank goodness. The thing I want to know is where can I get extra barrels for it, Mossberg charges too much for them.

Steve E........

I have never seenopne in person, despite being a real single-shot nut! I have looked for them at a number of shops and gun shows. I think the problem with them is they just never caught on. They do appear to be somewhat ponderous and heavy, so that may be a factor. (They're NOT A NO.1!!)

If things don't sell well, they don't last long, as the "bean-counters" run every industry these days!!

SteveE
Try Wal Mart sporting goods dept. Ask for special order book and look for the Mossbergs in there. They were there last year and about $165 for a new barrel I think.