#MossbergPatriot

The history of fish-and-game laws is filled with tales of authorities devising new crackdowns to preserve wildlife (or sometimes human life)… and gearmakers, ammo manufacturers, firearm designers and hunters themselves figuring out how to work with said laws. The new-for-2024 400 Legend Mossberg Patriot is the perfect example. It isn’t the traditional break-action or lever-action rifle that many lawmakers might have envisioned when straight-wall cartridge laws were introduced. It’s a modern bolt-action that just happens to shoot a new-fangled cartridge with old-fashioned characteristics. Sort of.

One of the goals of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to share treasures from the world of firearms, while giving credit to the photographer. Today I think Holt Works Photography really managed to capture the “lifestyle” in the image above. We see a Mossberg Patriot .308 Win bolt-action rifle with a Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8×24 scope. There are more details about the build below.

Mossberg has announced that the new Hornady 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge (PRC) will be available as an option for their Patriot Predator bolt-action rifle series. The 7mm PRC cartridge is designed to surpass current 7mm cartridges in performance. Mossberg have two models available, both with synthetic stocks and with 24-inch barrel lengths with a 1:8-inch twist rate, designed to maximize the performance of the 7mm PRC cartridge. The carbon steel barrel is free-floating and the dangerous end comes threaded (⅝”-24), if you like to add a suppressor or muzzle brake. Depending on the model, the MSP is between $519 to $616.

My first shotgun was a Mossberg 500, and I loved it so much I ended up picking up a Mossberg 590A1. That was more years ago than I care to admit, and both shotguns have stood the test of time, a ridiculously high number of rounds, and the expected abuses of use in all kinds of weather and multiple moves (the last of which involved flying them across the country, which was a nerve-wracking experience, but they and my other guns all made it just fine). And it looks like my two Mossberg boys – yes, boys, you guys may name your guns after women, but I name mine after men – will have a brother soon, because at SHOT 2015 Mossberg is unveiling its Patriot line. And it’s not going to be small, either, it’s supposed to include a total of 50 guns.