I was given a mossberg 500 slug barrel, well anyone who owns a Mossberg knows that a 500 barrel is not made to fit a Moss 835 shotgun. Well, I done some grinding on the 500 barrel to where it slides back and is engaged in the appropiate grooves on the chamber end of the gun. The chamber "hook-up" part of a 500 & 835 is the same, but the "hook-up" on a 835 at the magazine-tube end is made to slide over the magazine tube end and the cap screw on in front. Well, a 500 barrel is made to screw into the end of the magazine tube end. Well, I have ground away on the 500 barrel to where of course it fits the chamber end and engages, and I got it to where it will screw into this piece of metal *spring retainer* at the end of the magazine tube. It is a solid fit, and doesn't move, but I want to know if you all think it would be safe to shoot, or if I should just save up for a long time and buy the 835 barrel made for slugs. Oh yeah, it costs just as much to buy a slug barrel for my gun, as the cost of a CVA Muzzleloader Package at Wal-Mart. So just think about it and tell me your opinions....