Mossberg 500 HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Mossberg 500A pump shotgun!!!!! What shell do you use 2 3/4 or 3 inch and what size shot??? Also if you use a choke what kind???


THANKS

Colby

RE: Mossberg 500 HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

What ever choke you decide on I would definetly start out with Win HV #5's if you choose to go lead:)

I don't know how much money you are looking at spending but the Undertaker by HS Strut is a pretty decent choke for about $20.00

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Yea I seen that choke. It is in a trueglow package it has the undertaker choke and trueglow sights for $35 i think.

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i have a mossberg 500......i have tried #4 shot, #5 shot ...i got awesome patterns with the #5's @35 yds and closer........winchester supreme,double x magnum turkley loads, 3'', 2 oz. loads.....it's never let me down......;)
i personally use the factory full choke, the turkey choke at close range has too tight of a pattern , i believe for me , it's better that they spread out a lil....;)

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Thanks, so you think the #5 would work the best? How far can this gun shoot that load effectively?

Thanks

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Last season I was using the factory XX Turkey choke with the 3" 2oz Win Supreme #4's. It would put around 10-15 pellets in the turkey head target at 40 yards. It was a .670 choke. This year I bought the Undertaker, and will be patterning the same Win Supreme loads, along with Win Supreme #5's and the new Federal Mag Shok Flitecontrol #5's as well. I will shoot whatever patterns best. A lot of my turkey hunting this year will be longer distance than last season so I want to feel comfortable shooting 45 yards this year.

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i wont go past 35 yds. so any further than that, you would have to find out, but i wouldnt take a shot over 40 max.......if you are thinking of shooting any farther than 35 yds., i would get a turkey choke......but you want that bird as close as you can get him.........

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with my mossberg 500 i use 3 inch mags with 1 3/4 oz or 2 oz of number 6 shot with a winchester X-Full choke.

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I use the mossberg 500. I recently purchased the Mossberg XXfull choke and tested out a few shells with this. The Federal Magshok with flite control wads (#5 shot) gave me awesome patterns at 35 and 40 yards. At 40 yards I averaged around 25 in the head / neck vitals and a very uniform pattern around that. The winchesters did pretty good also but not as good as the federals. Also the HEavy weight federals didnt perform very well for me.

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I use the Mossberg factory turkey choke. It patterns very well with 3" Winchester #6 and Remington #5 turkey loads.

Hal

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:D
Still have my 500 Moss 12 ga. and I use:

3" Whinchester Heavy Load #5's in the Undertaker H.S. that others on this site recomended to me. Bass Pro has it for $16 but found it later at Wal Mart for $14. Did a feild test on a tree at around 40 yards on a plastic bottle and I loved the pattern I got not only on the bottle but the tree as well.;)

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Get a Hastings extended choke tube, and 3 inch with #4 shot.

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One of the best lead shot 40 yard patterns I've seen, (not a Hevi-shot load), was fired from a Mossberg 500 pump. The choke tube was a Hastings non-ported extended turkey tube, in a .665 constriction, using Winchester High Velocity, (black box), 3" Turkey loads of # 5 shot in the 1 3/4 ounce payload. The choke tube's affordable, (about 23 dollars), as were the shells at under 10 bucks a box. A very lethal combination in that gun. #6 shot in the same load works well too, but you give up some down range energy with the smaller shot size. I'd stick with the 5's.

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Extra full choke, 3in 6 shot

RE: Mossberg 500 HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

get a remington........there problem solved!! get er done!:D