I have always liked the accuracy of the mossberg 44 rifles, but they always had those boat paddle burch stocks, and those plastic trigger guards were usually loose

Ran up on one yesterday it's a 44a, no us property marked, no serial number, in a nice walnut stock, gun was sporting the mossberg s331 rear site, and a Lyman 17 front sight
Well fitted plastic heaters butt plate.
But the thing that made me buy it was a expertly crafted and fitted wooden trigger guard
60 years in the hobby, this is a first for me

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I have a passion for single shot firearms. Most are cheaply built, and I pass on them. The first thing I look at is the trigger guard. The vast majority were designed and built as an afterthought. Being a devout collector and admirer of early Winchesters, they had bling spots as well and trigger guards was one such blind spot. The vaunted model 52's, the cream of the crop with no expenses spared, the gun all other guns wanted to be when they grew up, had a stamped steel trigger guard. Just like all low-cost guns. There are exceptions. I bought a Winchester model 20 just because the trigger guard was milled into the action. Prewar Harrington & Richardson single shots had milled steel trigger guards. Then they went to cast to plastic. Yuck. Yes, I have bought guns, plural, just because I liked the trigger guard.

That is a first for me too. Very cool, though.
Larry

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Very nice OP. I would have bought that myself. A couple years ago, I took to breathing life into old Remington 510's. Now I have 5 of them, and no idea what to do with them

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I like the Safari Arms trigger guard and front strap. Not as cool as a Secamp but it’s trying.

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I've only got ONE rifle with a plastic trigger guard and that is my Marlin / Glenfield M25 from the 1960's which was my first firearm. It also has a Chromed Bolt and an inexpensive Birchwood Stock. It came with a "Marlin marked" 1/2" scope (still new in its original box) and was my 11th Birthday present.

Well I still have it today and it has a Bushnell scope on it. Amazingly enough, the factory trigger is light, crisp and is better than almost any new rifle today (except high end target rifles of course). It is also extremely accurate and has never had any failures or problems of any kind! I have shot the snot out of it (10's of thousands of rounds - many shorts as a kid) and it is still super accurate and a pleasure to shoot. After friends see what it can do at 75 -100 yards the smirk is wiped off their face after the initial ribbing about the "cheap rifle". Yes, it is a cheap rifle with a plastic trigger guard, however a cheap rifle in the 1960's was still made relatively well compared to a cheap rifle today.

That's a vast improvement over the usual deformed plastic originals, quite nice.

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My deer shotgun is a Mossberg 185 in 16 gauge with that plastic extended trigger guard with the finger grooves. My brother used to have a bolt action 22 with the same. We always felt it gave us a better grip on the stock.

In my list of guns i wish I had kept, is a old marlin glenfield 22 single shot, the one with a squirrel on the stock, I supplied meat for the table on many occasions with that little gun

“Ever buy a gun because you liked the trigger guard?”

Pretty much every S & W K frame revolver ever.

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