Keith and Steve are taking a break today, so their fellow Brownells Gun Tech™ Caleb Savant has stepped in to show us his Mossberg Model 151M(b) rifle. In production only from 1948 through 1954, the 151M(b) is a semi-auto .22 rimfire target rifle from the higher end of the Mossberg lineup but still very affordable, both then and now. It's fed by a tubular magazine running through the buttstock, and like most tube-fed .22s, it'll shoot .22 Short, Long, and Long Rifle ammo. When Caleb rescued this gun from a sugar cane farmer's barn in Louisiana, it was a basket case. He has refinished the stock with a "better-than-factory" hand-rubbed oil finish but hasn't yet repaired some previous owner's ham-fisted attempt at threading the muzzle because the rifle is extremely accurate. Why risk messing that up? The two-piece Mannlicher stock and period Weaver single-power target scope on top make this 151M(b) stand out from run-of-the-mill rimfire rifles. Do you have a Model 151 or similar Mossberg rimfire? Got a "rescue rifle" story? Tell us about it in the comments below.
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