I have shot many different rifles,shotguns,military.
I don't think i have ever felt anything like the wrath of a mossberg 535 turkey thug
Benelli nova not even a comparison and its a beast in its own
Without getting a stock like a knoxx or a different recoil pad you will have to exert more force on your slide towards your target. That is 30% right there.
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:anim_25:never thought of trying that but I will now
Knoxx stock or a sims recoil pad. Or both.
Try using 3 inch shells. Most likely the turkeys will never know the difference! ;)
Pachmayr or Sims recoil pad, and something like the Bear comb raising kit will work well. Porting the barrel may help slightly, but it will also make the gun a lot louder.
While the Knoxx recoil reducing stock will work, I am not a fan on the Mossberg due to the top tang safety.
Remove the sling off of it and put it on an 870! Shoot it and not worry about detaching your retinas! :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
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The 535 is a gun that should never have been born imo. It is nothing more than a stretched model 500 and with 3.5" loads it is nothing short of brutal on your cheek and shoulder...even more than an 870 because it weighs less. The only pump guns Mossberg should even worry about is the 835 and the 500 and its variants. The 535 was a gun for a niche` that didn't need to be filled in the first place. Kind of like Hevi Metal Turkey. ::) Shoot 3" loads in it like the 500 should use in the first place (again nothing more than a long frame 500!!), Put a limbdsaver pad on it and pick up either a shim kit, a neoprene stock sleeve or both...that or just trade it in for a model 500 so you won't be tempted to run those roman candles in a gun that wasn't meant to shoot them in the first place.
Set of leaf springs might help. Add in a full facemask football helmet with a bull ring and you're good to go! :toothy12:
Quote from: captin_hook on February 17, 2013, 02:33:41 PM
Set of leaf springs might help. Add in a full facemask football helmet with a bull ring and you're good to go! :toothy12:
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Quote from: mightyjoeyoung on February 17, 2013, 03:59:25 PM
Quote from: captin_hook on February 17, 2013, 02:33:41 PM
Set of leaf springs might help. Add in a full facemask football helmet with a bull ring and you're good to go! :toothy12:
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Then leave that beast in the gun safe!
I sold mine, and got an 835. I have never been kicked so hard in my life! Glad I got rid of it.
Do you ladies shoot much? The 535 ain't that bad. :)
Everyone needs to shoot one now and then to knock the demons out of their brains.
I don't enjoy practicing with 3.5, but I don't notice the kick in the woods. I like carrying the 535 way more than others. I put a sims pad on mine and that helped a lot.
Shoot 3" hevishot loads. Hevi is loaded to 1090 fps instead of the typical 1200 to 1300 fps for lead. This will significantly reduce the recoil force and should pattern nice as well. I have run both 3.5 and 3 inch shells in my 535 and find the 3" loads outperform the 3.5" shells despite a lighter payload.
Yeah, I was shooting win high velocity 3.5 inch 2.25 ounce #5s. It was absolutely brutal to shoot with that load. Hurt the face more than anything.
Quote from: whiskey on February 17, 2013, 07:22:44 PM
Do you ladies shoot much? The 535 ain't that bad. :)
Everyone needs to shoot one now and then to knock the demons out of their brains.
I don't enjoy practicing with 3.5, but I don't notice the kick in the woods. I like carrying the 535 way more than others. I put a sims pad on mine and that helped a lot.
LoL. whiskey must be imortal or never shoots anything other than a 535 cause its deffinatly the hardest kicking gun on the market and i shoot a 300rum frequently
Funny you say that bama, I wasn't going to tell anyone, but my buddy bought a brand new 338 ultra mag for Canadian bear hunting and I sighted it in with him. The 535 hit me harder than the ultra mag. For real.
Load up the magazine of your turkey gun when patterning , it will add a pound or two where it is needed -- It helps
Get a good recoil pad
hold on tight !! :fud:
Quote from: WickedBama on February 17, 2013, 08:14:41 PM
Quote from: whiskey on February 17, 2013, 07:22:44 PM
Do you ladies shoot much? The 535 ain't that bad. :)
Everyone needs to shoot one now and then to knock the demons out of their brains.
I don't enjoy practicing with 3.5, but I don't notice the kick in the woods. I like carrying the 535 way more than others. I put a sims pad on mine and that helped a lot.
LoL. whiskey must be imortal or never shoots anything other than a 535 cause its deffinatly the hardest kicking gun on the market and i shoot a 300rum frequently
No, I am just full of BS. :)
I just don't shoot it much since finding the right shell/choke combo.
But who's really taking the time to think of a kick when a longbeard is 30 yards away
I shoot the 535 for turkey due to a shoulder injury where i lost 90% of my strength in left shoulder. I needed a very light gun to hold up and steady turkey hunting. I put a gel pad on it from Clark Bush allaboutshooting. I also put a bear comb raising kit. Its no problem to shoot 4 to 5 times a year hunting. When I dial it in i have it in a led sled. 1 to 2 shots to make shure ff still on and 4 to 5 for the long beards. I love the gun. My benelli shoots good also but I struggle to hold it up when working a bird.
A 3.5'' Magnum turkey load punches out 66 foot pounds of recoil out of an 8 lb pump shotgun. A .458 Win Mag weighing 10 lbs punches out 53 foot pounds of recoil.
Now the .458 was made to kill the largest mammals that walk the planet.
The 535 weighs much less than 8 pounds.
I shot a 3.5" shell out of my 535. Once.
"Mommy! My shotgun kicks too hard"!
(http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab192/strutzone18/crying-baby.jpg)
Seriously though, you'll never realize it while shooting at a gobbler. For bench shooting, get good recoil pad, I like the Limbsaver on my mine. For cheek slap, I put one of these on. It helped a lot. http://www.kickeezproducts.com/cheek-eez.php
I also jammed cotton balls into my stock. It takes out the hollow "knock" in the stock. Doesn't do anything for weight really, but doesn't sound like rapping your knuckles on something hollow in the woods anymore.
A good kicking pad will help quite a bit, but without adding weight that thing is going to kick. Consider the shells you are using, 2.25 oz at 1200 fps. An oz is 437 gr. With the wad and buffer that is over 1000 gr going 1200 fps! A good 3" lighter payload htl shell would kick much less and kill at 40 yds easy. I have a 1 5/8 oz hevi #6 Remington load in the classifieds that shoots great to 40+ and has very mild kick, great for a new shooter or lighter gun. For my big 3.5" ers I like a 8 lb gass gun.
Iv shot the gun so many times now I think I'm getting used to it not as bad as the first impression. No doubt it's still a hammer.
The 535 is the only gun I ever got rid of because of recoil. An 835 or 870 is a pussycat compared to that gun.