Identify this .30 .30 lever action
09-08-2009, 08:22 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Identify this .30 .30 lever action
Hi all,
Sorry I dont have a pic as it is on layway at the pawnshop, but I'll do my best to decribe it to ya. It is a mossberg lever action with a brass buttplate no rubber pad, also has native american engraving on receiver, dont know about that. I think it is an Indian Chief, fancy engraving on the other side. Near as I can tell, it is a commemorative edition of mossberg 472c maybe or maybe a 205 revealtion, just not sure and yes I searched all over the net and didn't find much on it. Just wanted to know when it was produced and if I made a good buy for two hundred bucks. It looks very lightly used too. Thanks
Sorry I dont have a pic as it is on layway at the pawnshop, but I'll do my best to decribe it to ya. It is a mossberg lever action with a brass buttplate no rubber pad, also has native american engraving on receiver, dont know about that. I think it is an Indian Chief, fancy engraving on the other side. Near as I can tell, it is a commemorative edition of mossberg 472c maybe or maybe a 205 revealtion, just not sure and yes I searched all over the net and didn't find much on it. Just wanted to know when it was produced and if I made a good buy for two hundred bucks. It looks very lightly used too. Thanks
Last edited by UncleC; 09-08-2009 at 08:31 PM. Reason: spelling
09-09-2009, 03:05 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: canada
Posts: 257
well way back mossberg had made leverguns, they were meant to be "deluxe" models over the lesser winchesters and marlins. ive got a s.i.r mailorder catalogue from the 1960's and they were listed $35 more then the un checkered winchester and had the option of a peep sight. i think because of the quality that they were meant to be built to back then they might be better then the new ones
09-09-2009, 04:49 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Belmont, MS.
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From the description of the brass buttplate and the etched Indian scenes it sounds like a Model 472 One in Five Thousand. If it is it was made in 1974 and serial numbered between 1 and 5,000. You got a good buy on it.
09-09-2009, 06:46 PM
#6
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
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Mossberg manufactured the Model 472C from, 1972 to 1976. The design made use of a locking bolt much like the better known Browning designed Winchesters. Unlike the Winchesters, the trigger mechanism was attached to the operating lever and a hammer-block safety lever was fitted to the rear left side of the receiver. The Model 472 superficially resembled the Marlin 336, with a loading gate on the side of the receiver and a prominent operating-lever pivot.
There is no collector interest in house brand firearms, their values are always lower than their counterparts that carry the original manufactures brand name. I would estimate value to be in the $125.00 or less range. As for how good the rifle is, Mossberg has a reputation for manufacturing inexpensive but good quality firearms. If you can hit what you are aiming at, and the rifle functions well without malfunctioning or jamming, you probably have a good gun.
There is no collector interest in house brand firearms, their values are always lower than their counterparts that carry the original manufactures brand name. I would estimate value to be in the $125.00 or less range. As for how good the rifle is, Mossberg has a reputation for manufacturing inexpensive but good quality firearms. If you can hit what you are aiming at, and the rifle functions well without malfunctioning or jamming, you probably have a good gun.
