Gun , choke tube , and shell ???

[Hoosier Daddy]

Fellas i'm having a little issue with a Mossberg 535 pattering , it has a 22" barrel I've been using a Kicks 655 choke , with numerous different brands of shells #5 and #6 all 3'' , i'm not getting good results out of them at 40 where I need them due to some of my set ups , I have not tried the Winchester Long Beard XR yet..........whats your guys opinion on my matter ? what should i do ?  i need range period , if i cant get it i guess i'll go back to my 500 with a 26'' barrel but i really like the shorter barrel for running and gunning .

Thanks
Mark

[Gumby]

With that choke I would try hevi13 7s. If don't want to spend that much on shells, then try longbeard 6s

[backwater]

John shoots the 535 with good results. I'm sure he will have some advice once he logs on. 

[tonybforua]

I have a IC in my 835. Im pleased with it. Shooting longbeards I got 193 with the 5s and 137 with the 4s. Not high numbers but deadly at 40.

[bornagain64]

I have the same gun. I purchased an Truglo SSX from allaboutshooting on here. I think
That is the website, allaboutshooting.com, for around $50.
I shot both Hevi Shot #6 shot and the mag blend thru it. Shot both 3" and the MANly 3 1/2".
I had #s around 209 pellets in a 10" circle at 40 yds. ( that was the 3 1/2" MANly shells)

The best thing you can do to improve your pattern is to polish your barrel. you can do a search on here
Or check youtube. It made a huge difference in my pattern.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Thanks fellas much appreciated !!! , gonna get to work on it this weekend

[jordanz7935]

Deep cleaning your shotgun barrel would probably improve your patterns.They say short-barreled shotguns can be finicky about chokes and loads. I'm not sold on polishing your barrel. I know it has helped a lot of guns pattern better. But theres reputable people who work on shotgun barrels for a living who advise against it. The thing with me is, once you polish your barrel, what if your results get worse? Then what do you do, un-polish it?