Being a sucker for lever rifles, I'm always checking pawn shops for oddball guns. Came across one today, which I thought was an older Marlin 336 Texan (short barrel, straight stock). Picked it up, found out it was a Revelation 207 in .30-30 instead. I originally thought it was a 336 clone, but seems it is actually a Mossberg 472.
How closely are the 336 and 472 related? Just looking at one, they look remarkably similar, with the obvious exception being the Mossberg trigger is pinned to the lever. Do they share any internal parts? Scope mounts the same/
I'm thinking if I can get it cheap enough, may make an interesting .30-30AI conversion...
The Mossberg 472 and 479 both look a lot like the Marlin 336, but I don't think that they share any common parts. They are physically very similar to the Marlin, which I am sure was Mossberg's intent, and they accomplish the same mission within the same market niche.
IIRC, someone, maybe Regan Nonneman, told me that the Mossberg's had much lower Rockwell hardness scale test numbers and that he wouldn't rechamber a Mossberg 472/479 to a cartridge that produced any greater pressure than the two cartridges that they were originally chambered for, the 30-30 and 35 Rem.
I have a couple of these rifle, one is a Mossberg 472 and the other a Coast-To-Coast hardware house brand rifle, a CC779, that is the same as a Mossberg 472. Both of them are accurate enough, +/-2 MOA, with old Simmons 1053 1.5-4.5x scopes and Fed/Rem/PP 150 and 170 grain factory ammo. I wouldn't pay more than $300 for one of these in minty condition and much less for one with any meaningful wear on it. Since these rifles weren't in production for very long, there aren't a lot of repair/replacement parts out there. I paid $200 for the CC779 in 2003 and kept it as a truck gun for several years. I paid a little more for the Mossberg 472, as it was in a little better condition, with the intent of giving it as a gift.
