Mossberg 500 Youth 20 Gauge - fixed mod choke

[Buckman18]

My dear ol deddy is not a turkey hunter, he bass fishes instead. I was telling him about the big movement of folks switching to 20 ga and 410 with TSS.

He pulled out an old mossberg 500 youth pump 20 that I learned on back in the 80's, and said, 'Here! Take her for a spin!' Only drawback is it's a fixed modified choke barrel.

Any idea what would be a good shell to experiment with? Would the TSS or hevi shot be decent with a modified? Anyone tried Longbeards? LB's ain't worth a flip with a mod choke in my 12's.

[backforty]

If you have a gunsmith nearby take and get the barrel threaded for a choke.  I know it's not what your asking but probably your best option.  It cost me around 80.00 bucks to get my H&R single 12 threaded a few yrs back

[Dtrkyman]

federals with flight control wad would be best, but nothing is going to be impressive with the Mod choke. send it to sumtoy if you want to make a turkey gun out of it, if you just want to kill a bird for sentimental value then you have a 25-30 yd gun.

[Dtrkyman]

There is a 22 inch 500 barrel on gunbroker for 50 bux, come with a mod. tube, worth looking into.

[dutch@fx4]

Long beard works okay in mod choke

[Teduardo]

federals with flight control wad would be best, but nothing is going to be impressive with the Mod choke. send it to sumtoy if you want to make a turkey gun out of it, if you just want to kill a bird for sentimental value then you have a 25-30 yd gun.

I'm not sure what constitutes a 40 yard gun but my daughter's beretta with a modified puts over 100 in a 10" circle at 40 with Federal TSS 1.5 oz #9 reduced recoil loads. Could probably tighten it up to 125ish with a little adjustment. The couple of full chokes I have for it are too tight for her in my opinion.


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[Dtrkyman]

That would surely work but I was talking standard loads


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