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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: fatbaldguy on May 24, 2013, 05:43:21 PM

Title: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: fatbaldguy on May 24, 2013, 05:43:21 PM
Handled one yesterday in the LGS.  Just so-so on the build, fit and finish, mags wiggle and waggle too much.  Biggest complaint?  Doesn't anyone stock a rifle for more than a midget?  Jumpin' Jimminy, I had to lay my head sidewise on the stock to look through the mounted scope!

Overall, I was not impressed.  So unimpressed, I don't even remember the price, but it would have been too much.

It does, BTW, accept AR mags.  We put a DPMS, Colt, and some no-name in.  They all did the wiggle and waggle.
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: Magoo541 on May 24, 2013, 05:55:01 PM
That's too bad, a decent, inexpensive AR will always have a market but junk will never sell for long.
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: tombogan03884 on May 24, 2013, 07:48:31 PM
There's "junk" and then there's "junk".
If your buying a plastic, or partly plastic, gun then you are going to care a lot more about reliability over cosmetics .
This isn't a Holland and Holland we're discussing.  ;D
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: billt on May 25, 2013, 05:18:03 AM
The Mossberg MVP comes in several different stock configurations.
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: 1Buckshot on May 25, 2013, 08:08:38 PM
I have a MVP Predator in 308 with a 18" barrel ordered. I sure hope it  as good as the reviews I read.
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: gunman42782 on May 26, 2013, 05:29:44 PM
I know three guys that bought the MVP, and they all say it will drive tacks.  I work with one of them, and know he aint B.S.ing me. 
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: fatbaldguy on May 26, 2013, 07:27:28 PM
I know three guys that bought the MVP, and they all say it will drive tacks.  I work with one of them, and know he aint B.S.ing me. 

Every body raves on the action, barrel, and trigger.  It just didn't do anything for me.
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: Red-Ryder on June 02, 2013, 07:42:59 PM
Just curious , OP  you say you were not impressed - but to what are you making the comparison too??
A little wiggle can be cured by bedding the stock


Other rifle companies should take note , I have wanted a Gunsite scout but Ruger takes a proprietary mag that are rare and expensive , and demand has the Ruger scout climbing to prices that are mind boggling

When I bought my Ruger SR-22 yesterday , I also walked out with a nice , brand new master catalog from Mossberg. All I got to say is wow - Mossberg has stepped it up - what a line up of products ! Enter mossberg MVP similar bolt 308 that will use same mags as my AR10- early reviews seem ok with regards to action and trigger
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: billt on June 03, 2013, 03:28:08 AM
Enter mossberg MVP similar bolt 308 that will use same mags as my AR10- early reviews seem ok with regards to action and trigger.

Are these the Mag-Pul, Stoner AR-10 mags that the DPMS .308 rifles accept as well?
Title: Re: MVP by Mossberg
Post by: fatbaldguy on June 03, 2013, 03:58:31 AM
Just curious , OP  you say you were not impressed - but to what are you making the comparison too??
A little wiggle can be cured by bedding the stock


Other rifle companies should take note , I have wanted a Gunsite scout but Ruger takes a proprietary mag that are rare and expensive , and demand has the Ruger scout climbing to prices that are mind boggling
 

I thought the MVP to be of less quality than any of the Remington's, or CZ's on the wall.  Were it me, I'd get the CZ 527 carbine in .223.  Cheaper than the Remington's of course, and comparable to CZ in price.  The CZ is limited to 5 round magazines currently though.

For the Gunsite Scout try  http://www.alphaindmfg.com./store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=51  for magazines.  I currently have two, and will be ordering more.  Less bulky, easier to load, and function is at worst, as good as OEM.