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Old Mossberg, oddball rifle

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A friend brought over a mossberg .22lr and asked me about it. I've never ran accross one of these it appears to be a model 151M, man in New Haven Conn. Semi-Auto, It has a plastic trigger guard, and I was not able to locate a serial number off the rifle. It also has more or less a manlicker(sp) stock only the last inch of the barrel is not under the stock, ammunition is fed in through the right side of the stock, and the most unique thing about it is the adjustable sights. You have a basic rear adjustable sight, but the front sight allows you to select from one of four or five different recticles, kind of like a swiss army knife or something. I'm really curious about the sights. He's not interested in the value as it belonged to his great grandfather, and is in at best fair condition, just looking for some general info, how many made, date of manufacture, all that stuff you experts are good at. Anything you can do to help me give him some info would of course, be greatly apprciated. I plan on getting ahold of Mossberg to see if they'll send me a schematic so I can break it down and clean it up for him. I could post pictures of the sight but I don't know how well they would turn out.

R/

Dave


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  • 625
    Hi Dave,

    The Mossberg 151M that your friend has was made in 1946, and is an evolution of the pre-war 51M. It was made primarily during 1946, as several mods and a,b,c,d, suffixes began appearing in 1947. The rifle originally sold for $30.90. They were not serial numbered, and the production quantity is unknown.

    I have extra copies of the original hang tag, parts breakdown, and exploded drawing, and would be gald to send them to you on receipt of an address. Contacting Mossberg will only get you referred to Vic Havlin, who is an excellent reference, and source of parts.

    Regards, Jay

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  • Tailgunner1954
    The front sight sounds like the same one that's on my Mossberg 44US, you select the front sight depending on the target your shooting.
    With the rear peep and the front "ring" sight centered on the target "black" you should see a sliver of "white" around the "black" to hit in the 10 ring.
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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