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Mossberg slug gun question
Just picked up a like-new Mossberg 835 combo (since I didnt really have anything that would throw a slug)
Anyone use a 835 for deer? What slugs does yours prefer ? I'd like to have a starting place for ammo before I hit the range thanks
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My 870 has the mossberg 24 rifled slug barrel and It like the barnes expander slugs and reg. lightfield sabbots.
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Rifled barrel, or smoothbore?
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835
ported 24" fully rifled Trophy Slugster® barrel with integral scope base. ... 3 1/2" chambered, 835 barrels with Accu-Mag™ choke tubes handle 2 3/4", 3" and 3 1/2" shotshells -
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We've had good luck with remington's copper solids, in most of the slug guns we shoot. Also lightfields, and the old BRI sabots. By a very good margin, 2 3/4" slugs seem to be more accurate. JMHO
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I shoot 2 3/4 Rem Solid Copper out of my 11-87. Too much stuff comes and goes as far as ammo. The Solid Copper seems to have grabbed a foot hold and has the possibility of staying around for a while.
Mine will shoot about 3" groups at 100 yds. Figure its good out to 125 or 150 which is more than enough for the Woodlots of NewEngland. |
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835 Back Bored Barrels
Just make sure you only attempt to shoot slugs out of that 835 using a barrel designated as safe to use with slugs. The smooth-bore barrels are all back-bored, making them unsafe to shoot with slugs. All the smooth-bore barrels for my 835 say this on the barrel. You do have to read it though. This is also addressed in the owner's manual. However, since I got the impression that you got your gun used, you may not have gotten the owner's manual. You are probably already aware of this but I figured I'd point it out in case you weren't.
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