American Shooting Journal – August 2019

(Sean Pound) #1

Renowned manufacturer of shotguns, as well as rifles and handguns, turns 100 years old in 2019.


STORY BY FRANK JARDIM • PHOTOS BY O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS INC.

O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS:


THE AMAZING ORIGINS OF THE


LAST GREAT FAMILY-OWNED


AMERICAN GUN MAKER


Oscar Mossberg (center) and sons Harold
and Iver around 1920 outside the Greene
Street, New Haven, Connecticut, location
they moved to when their brand new
company outgrew its first rented loft.
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