I ended up removing the screw myself instead of sending in the whole gun, threads weren't damaged just an unbelievably soft screw. Took it out, did some barrel break in/ cleanings on the property and hit the 100yd range. It shoots alright but is much pickier with ammo than either of my other 2...
Thanks, Well I'll update this thread as info is gathered. I wanted to see what Mossberg said before I just extracted the screw myself, the gun itself looks pretty good on the outside but there are a couple things that I hate about it, number 1 is that the front action screw hole is shallow and...
Picked up my patriot today and took it home to give it a good cleaning and new bases, unfortunately when beginning the process one of the screws to the included 2 piece bases striped immediately. I'm not sure if it was just a weak screw, or if it was installed too tight by mossberg or if it was...