I have a friend who has a Mossberg rifle that easily more than 30 years old and taken lots of game with it. While Mossbergs are not a name dropper in the rifle world they generally make sound servicable product.The onlyweakness on my friends riflewas that when the safetywas on it did NOT lock down the bolt handle and while that can be tolerated once you are aware of the problemit can be a disadvantage in the right circumstances. That problem may be gone by now.