Description
Mossberg Patriot Revere .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO Bolt-Action Rifle
Features and Benefits
- Bolt action with a 5+1-round capacity
- Steel receiver
- Blued metal finish
- Walnut stock
- Weaver-style bases accept optics
Specifications
- Handedness: Right
- Barrel length (in.): 24
- Action: Bolt
- Rate of twist: 1 in 10 inch
- Caliber: .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO
- Type: Centerfire
- Product weight: 7 pounds
- Style: Hunting
- Metal finish: Blued
- Product length (in.): 44.25
- Magazine capacity: 5+1
- Stock: Walnut
Some other features are real upgrades such as the detachable, staggered-round magazine. It doesn’t hold or feed rounds any better than the ATR’s blind magazine but allows a hunter to unload their rifle without difficulty and to more easily clear cartridge misfeeds.
Unlike the detachable magazines on many other current rifles, the Patriot can be loaded from the top with the magazine still in the action, a desirable feature in the field. The release tab is recessed so it can’t be inadvertently released by Mother Nature’s many fingers, unlike the long levers jutting well below the stock on “tactical” hunting rifles.
The “Lightning Bolt” trigger broke cleanly at 3+ lbs., but I like ’em a little lighter in relatively light rifles so I removed the stock and adjusted the pull down to 2.5 lbs. The change is easily accomplished with a screw on the front of the trigger housing.
At the range the rifle didn’t shoot very well, so I performed my standard “bedding” test on the free-floated barrel, grabbing both the tip of the forend and barrel in my right hand and squeezing. The forend easily touched the barrel, meaning the barrel wasn’t really free-floated.
What’s in the Box
- Mossberg Patriot Revere .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO Bolt-Action Rifle
- We recommend the use of protective eyewear whenever using or near the use of this item
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