Mossberg 500 Load Advice

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02-03-2014, 06:50 AM

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keyshunter

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Originally Posted by hunter177

I just got a Mossberg 500 Turkey model 12 gauge. It came with the factory XX-Full turkey choke. I know you're supposed to try a bunch of load/choke combinations but it's just not financially possible right now. Has anyone had any experience with a 500 and Winchester shells in general? I bought 2 boxes of the Winchester DoubleX, 3", 1125 fps, 2 oz. of #5 shot. Has anyone had experience with the DoubleX loads. Any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

My G/F uses that exact load and tube in her 535, which is just a long chambered 500. She has no trouble killing gobblers to 40 yards, although she prefers to call them in much closer.