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Author Topic: Mossberg 835 40 yards  (Read 4012 times)

Offline Old Timer

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Mossberg 835 40 yards
« on: March 09, 2020, 06:07:28 PM »
Lb 3" 1 3/4 #5 40yards

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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2020, 06:16:54 PM »
That’s a great pattern. Especially w/ 5s
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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2020, 06:53:04 PM »
 Shot in a stiff headwind. The 1 7/8 was uneven. I'm a little concerned about 20 to tight. I guess I can't have it both ways. The new fed Grand slam pattern was terrible.

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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2020, 06:55:56 PM »
You could open your choke up so better 20 yd pattern. Any 40 yd pattern near 100 hits in a 10” is deadly. You got some room to play.
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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2020, 07:06:22 PM »
I was in the same boat recently. I got a sumtoy choke for my 835 and tried Winchester xx because my patterns were so tight with the long beards, and after getting the choke I was getting roughly 140 in a 10” at 40 and the 20 yard pattern was way more forgiving. The cost savings didn’t hurt my feelings either. This was with xx 3.5” #5s

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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2020, 10:29:32 PM »
You could open your choke up so better 20 yd pattern. Any 40 yd pattern near 100 hits in a 10” is deadly. You got some room to play.
tryed factory .695 , to open at 40

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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2020, 05:05:19 PM »
Shoot sixes. More pellets
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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2021, 04:50:00 PM »
As mentioned you can try 6's or smaller shot size.
I really like the idea of 100 plus pellets in a 10 inch circle sounds like sound advice

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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2021, 06:27:56 PM »
I like them 5's
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Re: Mossberg 835 40 yards
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2021, 08:19:18 AM »
Have you tried a stardot choke?
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