Mossberg 510 Mini Super Bantam 18 1/2

[IORIO52]

Hi Everyone,

I recently picked up this gun for my young boys and was hoping you can point me in the right direction on where to start with a choke/load combo? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[BrowningGuy88]

My son is shooting one with a Carlsons 575 and old Hevi 6's. It's all he needs at 8 years old. It also shoots long beards pretty well.

I have confidence it would do great with TSS but I'm not letting him shoot over 30 yards anyway, so no need for tss in this situation.

[fmf]

I've only shot tss loads through mine, federal, apex, and burgess creek and they all shoot good.  Apex and burgess creek shoot better than federal though.  I've used a carlson 562 and indian creek 562 and the indian creek shot the best, but the carlson was still good.  Having said that, those TSS loads are 1 5/8, and I wouldn't suggest those for young kids, that gun kicks like the dickens with full turkey loads.

[krm944]

Keith at Salt Creek Custom ammo has developed a 20 gauge TSS load for the youth hunters. All the companies want to load 1 5/8 ounce a payload most youths can't handle. When developing this load, he was considering the lightweight single shot guns (4 1/2 pounds) and payload vs recoil was key.

[IORIO52]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the advice!