![]() There were no surprises shooting the big-bore Patriot the bolt ran smooth, positive and bind-free, the trigger was excellent and the rubber buttpad did all you could ask to reduce felt recoil. The center blade trigger safety has been depressed. Stacking or overtravel, and without any perceptible movement to the break after Trigger pull was excellent, with no creep, Safety reminiscent of the Savage Accu-Trigger, and is user adjustable for pull The trigger is Mossberg’s LBA adjustable design with center blade Manual safety engaged for safe removal of a chambered round. Head for positive operation with gloved hands, and it can be opened with the 2-position It features two locking lugs, spring-pin ejector, side-mountedĮxtractor, cocking indicator at the rear, oversize bolt handle with knurled The stainless-steel bolt is fluted in an eye-catching spiral ![]() The Mossberg comes with a thread protector but no muzzle device-an omission we can easily forgive given its very attainable MSRP. SilencerCo’s excellent Hybrid 46 sound suppressor did an admirable job of killing noise, felt-roil and muzzle blast. The Patriot Predator’s 16.25 barrel helps make for a light, compact and handy package in the brush. The muzzle is threaded at 11/16” x 24 TPI for attachment 450 Bushmaster Predator is built onĪ forged and machined carbon-steel receiver with a 16.5-inch medium–profileĬarbon steel barrel. Textured synthetic stock in Flat Dark Earth color, while the other chamberingĪre also offered with a Cerakoted metal finish and Strata camo synthetic stock. 450 Bushmaster model is available only with blued metal and a Predator you’ll ever encounter, plus most any game animal on the North AmericanĬontinent. 450 Bushmaster, making it capable of handling any For testing we used a Nightforce SHV 3-10×42 scope in a pair of Nightforce 30mm rings. Highlights of the action include a spiral fluted bolt with an enlarged bolt handle, user-adjustable LBA trigger, two-position safety, 4-round magazine and included Picatinny optics rail. With a number of changes and enhancements to make the Predator ideally suited Technologies Mossberg employed to develop its affordable Patriot series, but In recent years, and the new Patriot Predator incorporates all of the rifle Mossberg centerfire rifles have come a long way ![]() Platform, look no further than the new Mossberg Patriot Predator bolt gunĬhambered in. If your taste in hunting rifles runs more toward the bolt-action ![]()
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