Author Topic: Who made the Mossebreg 800 D Super Grades (Read 459 times)

Mac11700 · « **on:** March 18, 2005, 11:10:27 AM »

I have a question for all you rifle guru's out there...who made the Mossberg 800 D Super Grade rifles in 308 Win...

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Mac

Flash · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2005, 12:25:15 PM »

I once heard that these were Japanese imports. I seen one at a gun show in 222 and it was gorgeous. The owner wanted $600 for it and told me that it was made in Japan.

jhm · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2005, 01:35:10 PM »

Mossberg made them, then in 1985 they purchased the parts inv. and imp. rights to the rifles S&W was having built and imported from Howa of Japan those new model #s are the 1500 series btw the 800d was 1970-73 manu.

JIM

Don Fischer · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2005, 03:00:52 PM »

If I remember right, wasn't the 800 made in Mossberg's "Pederson" custom rifle shop? They also put out the Pederson O/U shotgun. I've seen one of the shotguns and it didn't say "Made in Japan" on it.

jhm · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2005, 04:01:53 AM »

Don : The 1500 series I was refering to were the rifles not the shotguns that were made in the pederson shop, they also made a shotgun in that plant model 1500 but it doesnt show the 800 series being made there.

JIM

gunnut69 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2005, 08:37:38 AM »

The Mossberg 800 series rifles were produced under the Pederson name. They were produced by Mossberg. they also produced a SxS and an OU as well as a verson of the M500. All were marked Pederson, which was a subsidiary of Mossberg.

jhm · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2005, 12:38:36 PM »

Per Mossberg, The pederson plant was "building number 2 "- behind the main plant Building " number 1 " the Model 800 was made in the main plant building number " 1 " .

JIM