I am shocked, disgusted, and sick to my stomach...

[PALADIN85020]

Most of you know me as a traditionalist. I like guns with class; guns that reflect workmanship and style. Guns that are products of their time in history, and which have fulfilled their reasons for being.

Imagine my dismay upon encountering this travesty. It truly turned my stomach. Apparently designed to kill zombies; did anyone tell Mossberg that zombies do NOT exist, and anything designed to combat them is really stupid?

This is neither fish nor fowl - well, maybe it's foul. It's ugly. It would offend anyone with an ounce of a sense of esthetics. It's not a Winchester 94. It's not an M4. It's....Frankengun.

Excuse me while I sign off and try to control my gag reflex. What in the name of all that's holy was Mossberg thinking? I hear John Moses Browning turning in his grave. John Wayne is looking down from heaven and shaking his fist, yelling "I won't be insulted!" I mean, good grief.

John

 

[PatAz]

Ugly thing isn't it?

 

[puckforbrains]

I'm sure they will sell,but not to me.

 

[NYlakesider]

Most of you know me as a traditionalist. I like guns with class; guns that reflect workmanship and style. Guns that are products of their time in history, and which have fulfilled their reasons for being.

Imagine my dismay upon encountering this travesty. It truly turned my stomach. Apparently designed to kill zombies; did anyone tell Mossberg that zombies do NOT exist, and anything designed to combat them is really stupid?

This is neither fish nor fowl - well, maybe it's foul. It's ugly. It would offend anyone with an ounce of a sense of esthetics. It's not a Winchester 94. It's not an M4. It's....Frankengun.

Excuse me while I sign off and try to control my gag reflex. What in the name of all that's holy was Mossberg thinking? I hear John Moses Browning turning in his grave. John Wayne is looking down from heaven and shaking his fist, yelling "I won't be insulted!" I mean, good grief.

John

Got to agree with you there. That "thing" is beyond ugly.

 

[kudzu3]

I totally agree! Wonder how many have sold.?

 

[LEO918]

What a ***.

 

[H Richard]

My tolerant opinion of Mossberg just changed to disgust.

 

[DeathGrip]

A couple of weeks ago at the local Pawn and Gun a guy brought one in for pawn. It caught my eye only when it was right under my nose. It turns out they have one hanging on the wall and I didn't see that one either.

I guess my eyes know better than to focus on one.

 

[Hudgehog]

Man that thing is horrible...I am so sick of all the zombie stuff...totally ridiculous

 

[COL Jagdog]

I'll bet it's mother loves it.

And that's probably the only thing or person that loves it.

 

[Mule Packer]

This is a joke, right? If it's true, it just goes to show that some manufacturers will do anything for a buck. I guess Marlin's bottom line wasn't as good as they wanted it to be, so, as a result, they appear to be grasping at straws. The only thing they need to do now that will be equally as stupid is to offer it in camo, too.

 

[old bear]

The only thing they need to do now that will be equally as stupid is to offer it in camo, too.

Stop it!! Don't give them any more bad ideas..

 

[Biginge]

How,d ya like to have a pup outta that one?

 

[shouldazagged]

Paladin, you don't even have to be a traditionalist (I'm one too) to be nauseated by that malformed, misconceived and shamefully manipulative heap of excrement. But being a traditionalist certainly adds to the heaves.

It has to have been designed to appeal to the more affluent devotees of the Bud K catalog, or jerks who just like to make right-thinking people barf at the range.

Mule Packer, I don't think that atrocity is built on a Marlin. Their quality may have slipped since the buyout, but I'd hate to think one of theirs was the basis.

 

[Bat Guano]

I first caught sight of that "thing" some months back; thought it was a photoshop joke. Go figure.

 

[Rule3]

But John, it's a Special Purpose and Tactical

The original was ugly enough, this is it's offspring

Mossberg & Sons | Mossberg 464?

 

[ralph7]

I don't like it either, but if you could time travel back into the 1930's or 1940's and show a few people a Glock or an AR, think you would get pretty much the same reaction as here.

 

[Qball]

Mama Mia

It would fit right into the movie "Cowboys and Aliens"

 

[walkin jack]

You have all heard I'm sure the three levels of ugly. That one belongs in the 3rd level for sure. I would be ashamed to be seen with it.

 

[ACP230]

I handled one last fall.
The adjustable stock felt OK.
The weight was good. The sights were typical open iron sights.

The forend felt like a cheese grater in the palm.
Quite an aggressive one at that.
I might be tempted if it had a "regular" synthetic forend.

One thing about adjustable stocks is they let people of differing sizes
find the right stock length for them without resorting to a saw.
My wife is short and most of my .22s, and other rifles, are too long
for her to shoot comfortably. She was able to use a loaner M4.22
type rifle at an Appleseed shoot with no problems from the stock.

I will probably just stick to my traditional Marlins.