Thread: I bought a "well used" rifle, for a very modest price

Hi team,

I bought a .243 mossberg patriot, with a no name suppressor, and 80 odd reloads, to be my primary hunting rifle.

As I understand this rifle has passed through the hands of a few fellas on here @JoelA and @NewbieZAR.

I bought some warne rings on here, and mounted the scope I bought when I was an apprentice all those years ago a vx1 3-9x40, love the banged up thing to bits.

Terrible mirage st 200m on anything above 6x, boresighted, few test shots on steel, then managed the 5 shot group pictured. Nothing about the function of the rifle felt cheap, trigger felt fine, all in all stoked with it as a hunting rig.

Thanks Lars

if the scope itself is crappy above 6x...seriously consider sending it back for a refurb,that is a very dead deer grouping,nothing to be sneezed at.
you can borrow a scope till refurbed comes back....I have a fixed 4x that came back refurbed from previous owner who onsold it as had replaced...it is better than a new one.

Good thaught, ill see how it performs on a day with less mirage. Who does refurb work?

Might be wise to not have personal addresses displayed in photos.
I'm sure you didn't mean to?

goes back to leupold in states normally....check with your local gun shop.... a good clean with lint free cloth NOT tail of your swannie.....can make difference as can fine tuning the amount the rear lens is screwed in/out....

Originally Posted by Larrygoat

Good thaught, ill see how it performs on a day with less mirage. Who does refurb work?

Leupold have a lifetime warranty

Hey mate, glad to see the old girl getting used. I have shot many many deer with it. Pm me if you need the load data for it.

Your fine to go hunting with that group. Under a dinner plate size group is hitting a deer in the lungs.

Go harvest meat.

Great stuff Larrygoat. A great reminder that we don't actually need a brand spanking, top of the range whatsit, with the shiniest 50million power, latest, greatest gimicky whatever to shoot a deer.

When considering spending lots of money on something shooty, I think it is always good to remember the farking fousands of deer got shot by hard as nails chaps with a heavy as hell, dirty old three-oh, through open sights. Arguably targets were slightly more plentiful, but still...

Given it has already lasted through 2 owners, how long do you think the Mossberg sticker will stay on for?

Originally Posted by yeah_na_missed

Given it has already lasted through 2 owners, how long do you think the Mossberg sticker will stay on for?

Don't take it off or the rifle might not shoot afterwards!

A mozzy atr 100 308 was my first centre rifle.I thort mossburg make shot guns,their rifles must be ok.I couldnt afford a 2k rifle ,so it had to be a $800 rifle,scope package deal.I had a lot of fun with it,many deer and roos didnt like it.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Don't take it off or the rifle might not shoot afterwards!

When i had it (i had it for several years) i had a cheekpiece wrapped onto it with a sport bandage, so it was always covered.

Glad to see it's working out well for you @Larrygoat. I ended up only taking it to the range once and hunting once, so minimal stock use, thus keeping that all important Mossberg sticker intact ��

I read a thread from a very reputable source, that a mossberg sticker grants 10% accuracy bonus and 50fps, so it's staying on there allright!!

Originally Posted by Trout

A mozzy atr 100 308 was my first centre rifle.I thort mossburg make shot guns,their rifles must be ok.I couldnt afford a 2k rifle ,so it had to be a $800 rifle,scope package deal.I had a lot of fun with it,many deer and roos didnt like it.

The fore mentioned Mossy is still going, accuracy not quite what it used to be, however freezer still full