M44 Us

[REB13]

Does anyone know how many Mossberg M44 US's were made from 1943 to 1949? I know it was at least 154,000 but was just wondering.
Thanks for any information.

[m1crazy]

Does anyone know how many Mossberg M44 US's were made from 1943 to 1949? I know it was at least 154,000 but was just wondering.
Thanks for any information.
According to Havlins book Mossberg more gun for the money they state Mossberg delivered almost 58,000 units from 1943-1945. Serial number blocks listed below.
HTH
Barry In MO.
M44US dates:
01/21/1943: 100,001-114,500
03/01/1943: 114,501-121,500
05/01/1943: 121,501-131,880, 134,998-135,000
10/15/1943: 135,591-138,921 (cancelled)
01/31/1944: 139,922-152,448
08/31/1944: 152,449-165,648
01/03/1945: 165,649-177,948 (cancelled)
These are the contract dates for the above serial numbers

[Dave]

The years 45 to 49 would be civilian models, no militray contracts, and no records exsist for those years. Mossberg records were all thrown out (by mistake) during an office move/remodel sometime after the war.

[REB13]

Thank you very much for the information. Have a great day..

[edlmann]

Does anyone know how many Mossberg M44 US's were made from 1943 to 1949? I know it was at least 154,000 Emphasis Added

No pre-war M44US, and only the military contract rifles received a serial number (starting at 100,001, IIRC).

FWIW; AFAIK; IMHO; YMMV; yadda, yadda, yadda.

Regards, Ed Mann (edlmann@embarqmail.com)

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[DiverseDave]

Here is something else of interest regarding US44 production numbers and collecting,

The 1st delivery of Mossberg 44US .22s (SN# 100,001-114,500) are something of a special collectable batch.
This is because they were delivered with very desirable (and more expensive) LYMAN #57 target peep sights!
Standard Mossberg S-100 peep sights were used on all the following deliveries.
The reason for this variation was the (then new) S-100 rear sight, specially designed for the M44US, was not yet in production,
and unable to make the 1st delivery date to Uncle Sam.

If you are lucky, you might get one of these 1st 114,500, M44US's from the CMP.
.....And if you are REAL lucky (as I was! ) get one in NIB condition! Original Mossberg blued finish, and its original LYMAN #57 rear sight still mounted on it!
I was VERY happy to say the least!

[HoosierDaddy]

I got one. Wonder how close our serial numbers are?