Hey I have been reading many of the forums and want to say thanks for all the great info thats on here.
I hope this is the right place for this question
This question is aimed toward Crock but if anyone else can help me out this would be great thank you
I am a relatively new hunter and bought a 12 gauge shotgun a while back. It is a mossberg 835 ultimag turkey gun. Its the exact same thing thats in this link (if it works): http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg ... /63130.jpg
its a great gun and love it a lot. it has a 20" overbored barrel with ulti-full choke with adjustable fiber optic sights with the thumb hole grip. I have one concern however. I want to use it to hunt deer and hog here in florida. I am concerned that the 20" barrel may be too short for this though. I read that for using buckshot the barrels are usually longer.
Cr0ck1,
I read that you have this same shotgun and was wondering what your set up was like. Do you use this short barrel or do you have a longer one that you use. Also, what type of sights do you use. One last question: if i wanted to use it to shoot birds, what barrel would you recommend and would the thumbhole grip be okay for this. Also any suggestions if i want to use it for small game as well and what size shot to use for the small game. and also any suggestions if i wanted to use the shotgun for dog hunting with some buddies. but my main question is for regular still hunting/ stalking deer and hogs
Sorry for this long post, but it has been bothering me for a while. Just curious as to what your shotgun setup is like. Any tips and suggestions would be much appreciated. And by the way i will be hunting mostly in the north florida area
Thanks a lot
Joe
you can shoot slugs or buck, what chokes do you have??
its an ulti-full choke. i heard that you cant shoot slugs out of this gun tho cause its an overbored barrel. is this true?
my main concern is if the barrels too short for buckshot patterning since most people use longer barrels
Welcome to the site. :toast I know cr0ck was shooting buck shot last year with his. (If it is the same gun.) We got some good people here that can help you a lot more than I can.
TRUE, you should not shoot slugs thru the overbored bird bbl. they make a separate bbl for slugs. the 20" length is handy in brush and with the right choke tube should give you good patterns with buckshot, turkey loads or birdshot. the only times it would be too short would be on long shots like ducks,geese or maybe pheasant or trap. check your owners manual about the slug issue or talk to somebody that realy knows what they are talking about.
