I went out and shot it today. These rifles do shoot well. I was sub-MOA all day long hot or cold barrel.
I'll stick with my original sentiment: spend the money. If you're looking for a rifle that you'll almost never shoot then these are fine.
If "$50 for a replacement stock" is taking care of it then I guess we have different ideas of that phrase.
I had a Mossberg 800 in my youth in 308 and it was a beautiful rifle. The intricate stock designs and craftsmanship was incredible. Through some family crisis years later it ended up who...
I ordered a 25-06 with a synthetic stock and marinecoat finish. I take it out of the box and it's clearly not free floating. The left side of the stock is pressing firmly against the barrel. You can easily see that the stock is warped. Now I get the fun process of trying to get Mossberg to send...