What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
The partial depth hole forward (to the right) of the recoil lug?
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Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
Reason to send it back?
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
What sort of rifle, praytell, is that hole in?
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
That almost looks like a barrel nut with a hole for a spanner wrench. I could be wrong.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
That occurred to me, but looks kinda sloppy for something done on purpose. Might go into the barrel.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
I sent a picture to the manufacturer asking them what it is. A place for a spanner to bite makes sense. It is sloppy though.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
The partial depth hole forward (to the right) of the recoil lug?
Looks like a Remington 700 to me... Did the bolt handle fall off and trigger snap too. The extractor hanging on by a fingernail?. Wait, it is a fingernail.. Carry on..
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
An index mark to shorten the the process of setting the head-space when swapping barrels? I would agree that whatever it is, it does look sloppy.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
A hole to install a pressure sensor? Or maybe a hole for the barrel nut wrench?
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
Looks like a hole for a spanner wrench on a barrel but, partially filled with I hope is grease but looks like epoxy.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
Originally Posted by CrimsonTide
That almost looks like a barrel nut with a hole for a spanner wrench. I could be wrong.
that's what I'm thinking - looks to be a barrel nut on that barrel, or some odd profile I've never seen...
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
It looks like the barrel nut has a small hole that aligns with a detent drilled in the barrel.
Tighten the nut and lock it in place by stamping the smaller outer hole into the larger detent?
I'd assume corporate doesn't want the consumer to re-barrel the rifle.
Tighten the nut and lock it in place by stamping the smaller outer hole into the larger detent?
I'd assume corporate doesn't want the consumer to re-barrel the rifle.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/05/15
Mossberg
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Mossberg
Yessir. Rem260, I am now the owner of a Mossberg ATR. How about that? It took a clearance price of $147 new in the box to get me to bite, but I did. I am going to put a Boyds Laminated stock on it. I should have a pretty decent rifle for $270. I bet she'll shoot.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Looks like the barrel nut was staked to the barrel once headspace was established.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Mossberg
Yessir. Rem260, I am now the owner of a Mossberg ATR. How about that? It took a clearance price of $147 new in the box to get me to bite, but I did. I am going to put a Boyds Laminated stock on it. I should have a pretty decent rifle for $270. I bet she'll shoot.
A turd by any name is still a turd.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by 260Remguy
A turd by any name is still a turd.
Mossbergs are known for their accuracy, they rival Tikkas.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Looks like a Remington 700 to me... Did the bolt handle fall off and trigger snap too. The extractor hanging on by a fingernail?. Wait, it is a fingernail.. Carry on..
and BSA'17 gets it wrong yet again...
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
The partial depth hole forward (to the right) of the recoil lug?
Looks like a Remington 700 to me... Did the bolt handle fall off and trigger snap too. The extractor hanging on by a fingernail?. Wait, it is a fingernail.. Carry on..
Based on what, the barrel nut?
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
The partial depth hole forward (to the right) of the recoil lug?
Looks like a Remington 700 to me... Did the bolt handle fall off and trigger snap too. The extractor hanging on by a fingernail?. Wait, it is a fingernail.. Carry on..
LOL... Someone hasn't kept up with their yearly eye checks.
Probably been too busy coming up with false opinionated opinions.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by toad
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Looks like a Remington 700 to me... Did the bolt handle fall off and trigger snap too. The extractor hanging on by a fingernail?. Wait, it is a fingernail.. Carry on..
and BSA'17 gets it wrong yet again...
Originally Posted by Hawk_Driver
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Looks like a Remington 700 to me... Did the bolt handle fall off and trigger snap too. The extractor hanging on by a fingernail?. Wait, it is a fingernail.. Carry on..
Based on what, the barrel nut?[/quote]
No Need for Further Comment:
Jerry
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by smokepole
Originally Posted by 260Remguy
A turd by any name is still a turd.
Mossbergs are known for their accuracy, they rival Tikkas.
OK, they are accurate turds. I never seen one at the range or in the field. The Raptor lineage is a turn-off for me and there are lots of inexpensive bolt action CF rifles that I would select ahead of a Mossberg ATR, but spend your money where you want to and I will do the same.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
260, that was 100% tongue-in-cheek!
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
I have trouble seeing nuance in the printed word.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by smokepole
260, that was 100% tongue-in-cheek!
They are normally pleasantly accurate rifles.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Note: it took some serious GoogleFu to identify that thing; I just knew BSA was WRONG! 
$147 is fairly reasonable.
$147 is fairly reasonable.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by smokepole
260, that was 100% tongue-in-cheek!
They are normally pleasantly accurate rifles.
They are also a Mossberg product, the company that put the "Home" in "Homely".
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Originally Posted by 260Remguy
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by smokepole
260, that was 100% tongue-in-cheek!
They are normally pleasantly accurate rifles.
They are also a Mossberg product, the company that put the "Home" in "Homely".
Are you still sore over losing that bet even after I let you off the hook?
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Hardly. A steak dinner is pocket $$. I just think that all things Mossberg are crap.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Generally ugly crap as well. You would think that as long as they've been around, one time at least they would have managed to find someone with an eye for what looks good. If you're going to build crap, at least make it attractive crap.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/06/15
Cheap, but reliable, crap sells in volume and all those little margins add up.
I thought that the 800 Mannlicher and 800 Deluxe were good looking rifles, but the plastic trigger housing is poorly designed and potentially dangerous. Like somebody posted, Mossberg's best center-fire rifles were the 1500s that were rebadged Howas.
I thought that the 800 Mannlicher and 800 Deluxe were good looking rifles, but the plastic trigger housing is poorly designed and potentially dangerous. Like somebody posted, Mossberg's best center-fire rifles were the 1500s that were rebadged Howas.
Re: What The Heck Is This - 09/07/15
If it shoots reasonably well I am going to treat it to a Boyds stock. That should handle some of the ugly. I just mounted a VX2 a few minutes ago. It feels great.