3in or 3.5

[northms]

I shoot 3", I don't like dealing w/ the recoil from a 3 1/2" and a 3" kills 'em just as dead.

[EMSDJ2]

Chose 3" cause even thinking of shooting 3 1/2" makes me pull my mouse to the right!!

[grousec]

My gun will shoot 3.5 but I shoot 3.  My hunting buddy shoots 3.5 but I get as many turkey as he does, so until I see a advantage in the field I will stick with my 3". 

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

I shoot both.  Depends on what gun I have.  The 835 shoots the 3.5" Hevi-13 7's better than the 3" load.  No comparison.  But it does have more shot in that load. 

[Boomstick]

3 for me, thats what my gun will hold

charlie

[JustinM]

Kick don't bother me, so i like the 3.5 inch here for the extra pellets. But its whatever patterns better in your gun. Me and my nephew i hunt with, both had mossy 835's. His gun did not pattern well with 3.5 inch shells it liked the 3 in better, where as mine was total opposite. My gun patterned better with the 3.5in and not so much the 3 inch

                                                           

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[INDY]

I shoot 3", the 3.5 never patterned good for me. I,ve always thought it blows the pattern apart. Maybe with the right choke who knows.

[mossybird]

3.5 Most deffinatley. Really depends on what your gun likes. 

[mudhen]

I've shot it all pretty much.  Even shot the 3oz Nitro 10 gauge from my now sold BPS.  I've bought 50+ chokes, and spent maybe $3000+- on ammo in the past 10-12 years.

Sure, I'll keep some 3.5" in the vest, but I've found a few pet 3" loads that really have caught my attention lately, 3" MB being one of them.  3" H-13 #7's is another pet load that just seems to work well in my guns.  My new 870 SM likes 3" H-13 5's for some bizarre reason, and that load sounds like a Nebraska prairie hunter's dream!

Of course, there will always be 3.5" H-13 5's & 6's on hand, but I really want to work with these 3" loads for awhile, so much more enjoyable to shoot...

mudhen

[SR1]

I shoot a 3 1/2 in for turkey cause they dont make a 4in yet.

[woodchip]

I shoot a 3 1/2 in for turkey cause they dont make a 4in yet.

Exactly why I shoot a 3.5"

[Gobbling Buck]

I shoot 3.5" because my gun will.  I bought the gun because I wanted the 3.5" capability and after settling on the load, I found them at half price at the end of the season a few years back.....so I stocked up.   I will probably stick with them though, after shooting with a buddy and seeing how the 3.5" performed against his 3".  I'm not a guy that gets wrapped up in more expensive = better or bigger is better either.  But we both shot the same patterning board and the board fell after he shot.  When I shot the 3.5" it blew it down.  Same brand shells.

[WildSpur]

3" for me.  Less recoil, less expensive!

[joshua]

I voted 3.5".  I'm gonna throw as many projectiles at him as possible.

[RustySap]

3.5 in my mossberg 835 for me...