Recent content by Ken Osborne

Marion, Va

I doubt there are enough of these guns around to draw any attention but I have been enjoying mine a lot. I have shot (but I don't count) between 600 and 1,000 rounds and it has had no malfunctions at all. 22 ammo has recently been available for under 6 cents per round so I have been shooting...

22, 22mag, 380, 38 special, 9mm, 223, 5.56 and 12 gauge.

I really like my little Henry lever action 22 but I have promised it to my 14 year old grandson as a reward for becoming an Eagle Scout. He is really looking forward to getting it and I think it makes him more determined to get it early rather than later. Most boys that become Eagle Scouts get...

I thought Mossberg only made shotguns until I ran across the Blaze 47. My first 22 was a JC Higgins single shot I got for Christmas in the early 60s. My Dad paid $10.88 for it from Sears Roebuck and they mailed it to us. My other 22s were Marlins until I bought a Henry lever action.

I wonder how many people have bought a Blaze or Blaze 47. The wood Blaze 47 I bought last fall was the first Mossberg prodict I bought in my 69 years on this earth. I bought it simply because I liked the way it looked and it had a 25 round magazine. I shot the heck out of it and found it both...

I just installed a Limbsaver pad on my shotgun because recoil makes more of a difference when you get old. There is a time when the effects of recoil don't instantly go away. I wish I had gotten one years ago.