Bought a Mossberg MVP today

Ian

Notorious member
One of our automotive customers (sporting goods sales rep) dropped by to pay his bill and jaw-jack a bit, found out he was on his way to unload a bunch of stuff and among the rifles was a NIB mvp, like this one :https://www.tombstonetactical.com/c...-varmint-rifle-223rem-24in-threaded-5rd-gray/

I made him a cash deal on the spot since I've wanted one of these for a while due to taking AR magazines. I'm thinking really hard about trying to scare up a 300 Blackout reamer and fit a 14.5" pinned-to-16"-with-brake barrel on it. Or just leave it alone, it's already threaded and I have a very sturdy .22 centerfire suppressor.
 

Wasalmonslayer

Well-Known Member
That looks like a nice shooting iron....

I would give a go before you mod it. It may be a ton of fun just the way it is :)
 
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waco

Springfield, Oregon
Been looking at one of these for my wife for some time. The look like a good little rifle. Lots going for them.
Please let us know how it shoots!
 

Ian

Notorious member
Will do. I can shoot this one at home with the can on it, and if I can find some optics to rob from something else I'll try to shoot it some on Sunday.

The profile photo doesn't do it justice, you need to get one of these in your hands to appreciate it if you haven't already. It's small, very lightweight, well-balanced, and handy. The action is scaled down to 5.56 instead of being a standard, full-sized "short action" with a small chamber and bolt face like most maker's rifles. Even with a 24" barrel it seems very "short". The magazines fit loose and the bolt has quite a lot of side-to-side flop when all the way back, but the trigger is good and and the action otherwise feels pretty smooth. It doesn't reek of 'cheap and gritty" like the Savage 110 etc. do before a little finish work is done.
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
I REALLY want to see one in person. My wife has been asking when I plan on building HER a rifle....:embarrassed:
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
Your wife is asking you to build her a rifle and you haven't? Man, not cool at all.
Think of the things you will need. New moulds. A new RCBS pot. Maybe a Star sizer.
This is an OPPORTUNITY. Take advantage of it.

You might even need a new truck to carry all of her stuff to the range.
 

Ian

Notorious member
I was just fiddling with it and wondering the opposite. It has a slim, double-rollover cheek piece which is pretty much parallel to the bore and about 3/4" lower than bore center line. Someone had children and ladies in mind when they established the ergos for this rifle, but still it isn't uncomfortable for me at all (6-0, 165 with 35" sleeve measurement), just might require medium or better scope rings, probably "better" if shooting prone.
 

Pistolero

Well-Known Member
I handled a Mossberg .308 with a AR type flash hider on it, heavy bbl, light stock, really
usable fiber optic front and middle open sights, and rail. Uses Magpul 10 or 20 rd big-AR
mags. VERY handy rifle, extremely smooth bolt action and nice light trigger. Nothing at
all wrong with it.

Different size from, your's Ian, but I suspect the smooth action and nice trigger carry over
through the breed.

That should be a nice one.

Bill
 

Ian

Notorious member
Thanks, Bill, I just need to break it in and find what it likes. Eventually I'm going to shoot cast bullets in it, we'll see how that goes! So far it has ten factory rounds through it and the groups are not very impressive, hovering around 1.5" at 75 yards.

A photo, with the 5.56 suppressor I built on a form 1 for my ARs. Titanium tube and end caps with 316 SS 60° cones. Heavy but tough. Sounds like a .22 rimfire shot through a 24" barrel.
Mossberg 5.56.jpg
 

Gary

SE Kansas
Looks very nice Ian. I'm thinking of doing a Form 1 for my Handi 7.62 x 39 that I recently got back from a Gunsmith in Arkansas.
 

Longone

Active Member
I guess they went with 5.56 chamber so it will eat almost anything, I suspect the throat is near the muzzle.
A while back I had a Winchester mod70 Stealth with a 9” twist, absolutely hated higher velocity ammo. If my memory is close I ended up with 23 grains of Varget and a 69 Sierra. It would shoot little bug holes @ 200 yards. Of course consult a reloading manual and work up a load for that rifle.
If you plan on trying lead bullets the lead and twist might work out well.
Hope it works out well for you.
 

Ian

Notorious member
I'm going to try some bullets that were recommended to me for the purpose, and yeah, the throat does go nearly to the muzzle. I've been trying the fitment of various cast bullets and so far of the four moulds I have from 55-77 grains, none of them will fill up the throat. The MP NATO bullet, powder coated, will actually fit perfectly, but only the gas check is in the case neck and on a .5.56 that won't even hold well enough to handle.

I may get PO'd, yank the barrel off, and set it back with a Wylde chamber, but only if I can't make it shoot jaxkets as well as it ought to. So far it shoots LC 55-grain FMJ surplus into 2" at 75, Federal AM 55 FMJBT into 1.5", and Federal AR-223 50-grain varmint into one hole with 2 flyers in five. Word on the MVP forum is they like to be handloaded and people have gotten some really, really fantastic groups with all bullet weights from 48 to 75 from 100-1000 yards, but it seems no two rifles prefer the same bullet. Hornady V-max 55s, factory or handloaded, seem to give the most consistently good results in all the variants of the rifle. I'm going to start off with 63-grain Sierra SMPs due to the throat and the fact that I'll likely never shoot it beyond 300 yards where I live.
 
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Longone

Active Member
If you are considering setting it back you might want to consider an Ackley. Neat little package.