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Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:16 pm
by doc540
Finally gave in to the dreaded "Rimfire Benchrest" disease.

The Mossberg 144 shared a birthday with me in 1949.

Learned a lot today.

1. Don't shoot late in the day due to wind.

2. Wind can REALLY affect accuracy with subsonic bullets.

3. The Mossy likes Wolf Match Target.

4. Making tight little groups is fun and quite the challenge.

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The Old T-Bolt
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Old_Painless (from AR15.com) behind the glass
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Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:23 pm
by nyj
That's probably one of the best looking .22's I've seen.

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:41 am
by Iunnrais
nyj wrote:That's probably one of the best looking .22's I've seen.
Agreed. Love the finish on the stock.

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:45 pm
by WildBill
Great rifle! I have one just like it, except mine still has the original Lyman target sights. I never had a T-bolt.

My dad bought mine in the early 60s and I used it to learn target shooting. I earned many NRA marksmanship medals with it.

I got all the way to sharpshooter, I still have the medal, but was never consistent enough to make it to the Distinguished level.

I'll bet that Ol' Doc refinished the stock. :cool:

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:28 pm
by doc540
Thanks, and I think it's been refinished, too but before I got it.

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:33 pm
by WildBill
doc540 wrote:Thanks, and I think it's been refinished, too but before I got it.
Mine isn't as shiny. ;-)

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:51 pm
by doc540
We're making progress. :cheers2:

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Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:37 pm
by The Annoyed Man
Man, that thing is a tack-driver, AND beautiful.

You ain't got no ugly guns, do you? :mrgreen:

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:42 pm
by doc540
The Annoyed Man wrote:Man, that thing is a tack-driver, AND beautiful.

You ain't got no ugly guns, do you? :mrgreen:
hmmm.....don't think I do even counting the old Daisy Model 40.

It's old but pretty in its own way. :)

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Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:15 pm
by doc540
It's official now.

This Old Mossy will shoot!

100yds today

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Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:15 pm
by Oldgringo
Doc540, you might enjoy this forum: http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is a Mossberg sub forum therein.

Oh, where did you find your .22 LR bullets?

Re: Old Gun, Old Shooter, New Fun

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:38 pm
by doc540
Oldgringo wrote:You might enjoy this forum: http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is a Mossberg sub forum therein.

Oh, where did you find your .22 LR bullets?
Thanks, I joined a while back, and they've been very helpful.

J&G Sales has a few bricks for about twice the normal price.

Then I found four bricks on about page 8 of a Google search. Bought all they had. :thumbs2: