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I have a Mossberg 46 M which I was given, I wanted to load it with a bunch of 22 Shorts, but the tube magazine hangs up the tension rod with these little guys.
As that G'Hogs started showing up today, I thought I would keep this next to the back door.
Any one have any advice concerning this?
Jerry
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:20 PM |
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I have the later Mossberg 146b, but haven't ever tried .22shorts in it. I do like the "high capacity" tube magazine though - it's my favorite 'squirrel rifle'.
I bought it as a rusted ruin from a young guy at the local range here, needing to sell some guns to pay for his Grandad's funeral. Seems the old feller had a bunch of guns stashed all over his house. This old Mossy was stashed under his trailer! It looked aweful, but I figured I could use the stock for a project - gave the kid $40 for the relic.
Then, I ran a cleaning rod down the bore, expecting it to be rough as a cob and pitted - it came out mirror bright! DANG! I figure the coating of waxy .22 lube protected it!
After a couple days of heavy-duty cleaning, derusting and finally refinishing, it looks and shoots like new! Even the S130 peep sight cleaned up good.
Seems you just can't ruin a good Mossberg twentytwo! 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 01:05 AM |
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Bigdog, I've had a 146B for 43 years. Shorts are about the most accurate round in mine. When I was a kid more squirrels fell to shorts than anything else. As I recall they were about .59 per box, Long Rifles were about .89 a box. Biggest problem with shorts is getting the inside brass tube back down the magazine tube. Those shorts stack up in there at a fairly steep angle. Threading the tube in can be a little frustrating. RD
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 02:14 AM |
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That must be the problem I am having, getting that rod back into to the tube is really hard and I am not about to push harder or strike it.
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Jerry
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 09:16 AM |
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Maybe try gently shaking or tapping the butt on the floor as you ease the tube down? Jostling the Shorts should let the tube slide down over them.
miestro_jerry wrote:
That must be the problem I am having, getting that rod back into to the tube is really hard and I am not about to push harder or strike it.
Thanks,
Jerry
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 11:22 AM |
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Bigdog, I see your thinking on this and it works for the first two or three but once the spring pressure starts to build on the stack there not a lot of jostle to it. The more you put in the tougher it gets. RD
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