Do you remember using or owning one of these Mossberg bolt action shotguns

[mauser58]

I have one already in like new condition in 12 Gauge. I came across this one today which came from an estate. Had to have it as looked unused .
Model 385KB 20 Gauge bolt action. Yeah they had that funny looking Poly Choke.

 

[engineerbrian]

Yep, my father has one. Its a pretty cool shotgun. The last time it was out was a few years ago when my son had it out squirrel hunting.

 

[Mark75H]

Absolutely. There was one at the HoCo show this past weekend, just like the one I took my first goose with. Popped a bunch of squirrels like Brian. My brother still owns it.

 

[Doco Overboard]

First store bought bought gun we ever had. 20 gauge. I still have it.
Anyway, pay particular attention to the way the trigger-guard is attached to the bottom of the action.
Theirs a machine screw with star lock washer on it. If that sucker comes loose on a closed bolt with loaded round, the slightest manipulation of the bolt knob will allow the sear to override the cocking piece. And I mean like dragging the bolt knob across your coat or tapping it with your finger.
Closest I ever had to a serious hunting accident is when my oldest lad was carrying one behind me in Tuckahoe park.
If he wasn't doing what he was supposed to do, he would have gotten me. They're made as cheap as a gun could be but, fun to shoot none the less.
I wrote Mossberg about it and never heard anything back from them.
Id rather hold a jack ass in the rain without a coat, than rely on that rear sight thing too. Its good for nothing as far as I could ever tell.
I had another one around also, but I think it was a Western field or Noble or something and it was so loose when you fired it powder would burn outside the front bridge.
I caught the kids shooting it and dismantled it but kept the mag.
It had an acorn shaped bolt knob and no accu choke.

 

[rseymorejr]

My first shotgun was one of those in 12 gauge, the Western Field version. My father bought it
for my when I was 14 or 15 from Duffy's for $40. It was just like brand new. They had a nice double barrel 12 gauge there for about $100 but "we can't afford that"

 

[remrug]

I have one that has a non functioning firing pin. Im sure its not worth fixing. Or worth paying the transfer fee.

 

[TI-tick]

I have a Mossberg 500 with a poley choke.. may have a bolt action w/o; may be a Sears.
Both 12 ga.

That 500 is a pig; heavy; first shotgun I bought.

 

[mauser58]

I have one that has a non functioning firing pin. Im sure its not worth fixing. Or worth paying the transfer fee.

Havlin Gun Parts sells the complete bolts and other parts

 

[6-Pack]

I inherited my grandfather’s bolt action Mossberg that looks identical, except mine’s a 12 gauge. Unfortunately, the magazine was lost years ago and I haven’t found a replacement. The choke is really cool - you just dial it to where you want it on the fly.

 

[P-12 Norm]

I have one already in like new condition in 12 Gauge. I came across this one today which came from an estate. Had to have it as looked unused .
Model 385KB 20 Gauge bolt action. Yeah they had that funny looking Poly Choke.

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My dad had one like that in 12 ga, not sure when he got it, but it was a HUGE model, so much so that even in my teens it looked huge. But dad was a big guy, and it fit him. He used to hunt squirrel and rabbit with it back when we lived in IL (left there in 1957).

 

[delaware_export]

Had one, forget exact model, but that looks about right. complete with the twist choke. And ?compensator slats? Right behind the choke. Coolest thing was that it spit fire when shooting at night.

traded hr topper 20 for it, straight up. worst mistake evah ! Victor, if you’re out there… never mind! It’s long gone!

The bracket / slide part on the back of the mag, that slides on to lock the mag in, cracked off and had it brazed once.

it was one of only 2 guns I ever got rid of. The other was the topper.

 

[E.Shell]

I had one in the '70s. Came with a fixed choke. I shortened the barrel, installed rifle sights and made a slug gun out of it. My hunting partner had one too, but with a PolyChoke like the OPs'.

 

[mauser58]

Havlin Gun Parts is a parts dealer for older and newer Mossberg. They have the mags and are like $28. Ii have bought parts from them for my old 22 rifles

 

[pbharvey]

That was my first shotgun I bought with my own money. I still have it. I don’t remember if I bought it from Kmart or Wards.

 

[MeatGrinder]

I have one just like the OP's, but not nearly as pretty.

 

[sxs]

I have a Mossberg 500 with a poley choke.. may have a bolt action w/o; may be a Sears.
Both 12 ga.

That 500 is a pig; heavy; first shotgun I bought.

I, too, have a Mossy 500 with Polychoke. It is still my "heavy brush shotgun" for hunting small game.

 

[h2u]

I had one exactly like the OP.
I let my friend Dave (oldcarjunkie) talk me into trading it to him. I now miss both of them…

 

[Bertfish]

Bolt action shotguns and pump action rifles are a sin

 

[Rockzilla]

Yep.. Still got mine 20ga. "Joe The Motorist Friend" Sold Guns Long...
Long...Long..ago, get your tires, oil changed, car parts and buy a gun..
One stop shop n.. First shotgun.. then came more later.

_Rock

 

[sxs]

I had one exactly like the OP.
I let my friend Dave (oldcarjunkie) talk me into trading it to him. I now miss both of them…

I can't drive past that interchange of rt 100 and rt 170 without thinking about Dave. I guess they never found the sedan that cut him off.