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Mystery Mossberg?

The 1979 issue of Gun Digest heralded the coming of a Mossberg “Combat Model” .45 pistol which would be ready for delivery “at the end of this year” for just under $350. One stainless steel prototype automatic pistol evidentally was available for display at the NRA show that year. It would be interesting to know at this late date exactly what became of that prototype and why the production of that gun never proceeded.

That same Gun Digest article goes on to state that this was not the only Mossberg entry into the handgun field. It outlines how Security Industries of America had a small-frame 5-shot revolver they’d been developing but to which Mossberg had obtained the rights “and will be producing it soon.” Oh, yeah?

Interesting to note, in that article the author calls our beloved Brownie “anything but a howling success,” and notes that “it soon disappeared from the scene.” The author further says of the Brownie, “Today it’s a lesser collector’s item.”

The author finishes his story with this statement: “This time Mossberg seems to have taken a more likely tack and we expect to see a good shooter response to these two guns.” Hmmmmm.... That was written just 30 years ago. The author obviously did not have access to a crystal ball.