Anyone have any experience with these 2 automatics by Mossberg. I am looking to get my wife a new turkey gun(she has shot a Beretta for the past 10 yrs) with a shorter barrell for just ease of handling. How do they pattern and recoil? Are they good guns? Pros and Cons. Thanks
I really like my 935 Turkey with a 24" barrel. It patterns extremely well so far with both 3" and 3.5" shells.
The 930 is supposed to be a great gun and the only reason I didn't buy one is I wanted a 3.5" gun.
Clark (allaboutshooting) has both and maybe he will pipe in!
Daman
I have the 930 Turkey and it patterns really well with the Indian Creek Black Diamond Strike and Hevi-13 3-2-7's. Will your wife be able to handle the 3.5" capability of the 935? If not, I would go with the 930. It is a very well built auto loader and I haven't had any problems with mine so far.
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I have a 935 pistol grip turkey model with 22" barrel that I use only for turkey and I love the gun.
It is quite heavy but that helps with the recoil. So I would ask the question will she be walking and carrying the gun a lot if so may want lighter 930, if not walking a lot the 935 will help with the recoil even with a 3' shell.
the 930 is what you want for your wife,the 935 is heavy
Quote from: campcreekfarm on February 26, 2013, 10:36:11 AM
Anyone have any experience with these 2 automatics by Mossberg. I am looking to get my wife a new turkey gun(she has shot a Beretta for the past 10 yrs) with a shorter barrell for just ease of handling. How do they pattern and recoil? Are they good guns? Pros and Cons. Thanks
I own and shoot both of them. If I had to choose one, it would be the 930. It's just a patterning machine.
Thanks,
Clark
Thanks for the answers guys. Just so happened that yesterday I ran up on a used 11-87 turkey gun with a shur shot stock and 24" barrell. Recoil really doesnt bother her that much(she shoots a 300 Win Mag during deer season and has shot my 10 gauge numerous times) it was just that her other gun just was not a good fit. Thank yall very much.
Keep an eye on the o-ring. My buddy got tired of replacing it in his 11-87 so he sold it.