Mossberg’s No-Frills “Plinkster”


The original Mossberg Plinkster was a semi-automatic with 500mm barrel and a thumbhole stock molded from high-impact polystyrene.The new “Plinkster” is a boltaction but a bit more conventional.

THE FIRST .22 RIFLE made by the firm of O.F Mossberg was a hammerless pump which came out in 1922. During World War II, the company produced the Model 44 training rifle used for preliminary marksmanship testing by both the U.S army and Navy. Mossberg became known for making rather beefy rifles with man-sized stocks and hand-filling forends, the excellent accuracy of their AC-KRO-GRUV rifling, and the trademark plastic grooves at the front of the pistol grip.

Times have changed and so have their rifles. Today the firm’s name is Mossberg International Inc. and their line of rimfire rifles is a lot slimmer and trimmer. They are being made by CBC in Brazil.

The rifle sent for testing was the Model 802 Plinkster, a 10-shot clip-loader with brushed chrome finish on all the exterior metal surfaces – action, barrel, bolt and trigger guard-magazine floorplate. The effect when combined with a black synthetic stock, black bolt handle and shroud, iron sights magazine and trigger poses an attractive contrasting appearance.

 

 

 


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