Just shot a 3.5 inch shell from my Mossberg 535 and it packed quite a punch. I'm going to get a limbsaver but don't know if I should get the slip on model or the fitted model. Any suggestions? Thanks.
i shot 3 of them in less than a minute one time out of my 835 couldnt hardly move my shoulder the next day but did manage to shoot a yote with another 3.5 inch shell. i say just suck it up find a shell and choke that works for it and dont shoot it unless ur shooting at a turkey. i almost developed a flinch because of them two days i caught myself a few times after that but im back to normal now. but if u got money to blow u cant go wrong with either one haha. remember to squeeze not pull
Imo get the precision fit pad. Just screw in slowly because you don't want to strip the stock.
Take note though many attest on here that the 535 kicks the most. Not sure if that's because it's not overbored or not.
I know for me thumb hole or pistol grip stocks help with recoil nicely.
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Quote from: WildSpur on May 22, 2014, 09:37:59 AM
Imo get the precision fit pad. Just screw in slowly because you don't want to strip the stock.
Take note though many attest on here that the 535 kicks the most. Not sure if that's because it's not overbored or not.
I know for me thumb hole or pistol grip stocks help with recoil nicely.
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X2!
I have a limbsaver on my BPS and it works great.
In addition, I always take out the plug and fill it up with shells when patterning it. It increases the weight of the gun and reduces the recoil somewhat.
The slip on model will change the length of pull.
Precision fit is better. :z-twocents:
I bought a 20 gauge for the grandsons this spring, wow does it ever shoot so much easier than my 835! I would up carrying it a couple of times myself.
I may have to buy me one this off season... :toothy12:
A gas-operated gun will reduce felt recoil.
Good gun fit will reduce felt recoil.
A good pad can help reduce felt recoil...
3.5" shells have recoil though... When shooting game (whether it is ducks/geese or turkeys) we do not feel the recoil in the field per say... But at some level we are aware of it, and flinching becomes an issue for many of us...
When doing my patterning for turkey loads, I do all my patterning for POI and POA with target loads. Once the gun is shooting where I want with a good pattern, I might push one turkey load through just to make sure I am getting a good pattern with the load I will be shooting. You really notice that recoil when you are shooting paper (as compared to game)...
My guns and loads are capable of 40 yard head shots on a turkey all day long, so the 3.5" shells and the price and recoil that go along with them, are not all that seductive to me...
Turkeys are also the one critter I will spend the money for Hevi-shot... That stuff patterns tighter (at least for me) and carries more energy than lead, so a lighter payload is probably more lethal than a heavier payload in lead (in my opinion)... My preferred load (which is becoming more difficult to come by) is a 3" 1 5/8 oz load of Hevi-13's in #6's....
And alot of people really overlook the felt recoil on the cheek,which is why i use a beartooth comb raiseing kit.It helps alot!
limbsaver
Quote from: timb on May 22, 2014, 07:20:48 PM
And alot of people really overlook the felt recoil on the cheek,which is why i use a beartooth comb raiseing kit.It helps alot!
that is what always gets me i end up with a bruise after 1 shot with a 3.5 shell
You won't feel a thing when you blast a bbig ol gobbler with it!
535 + 3.5 inch = loose teeth.......... :funnyturkey:
Use a 3" shell........
Knoxx stock...tames them 3.5" loads.
Gman
get a past shooting pad, I have had one since 1992 and they take the sting out of 3.5 inch shells, cheap too. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/699899/past-super-mag-plus-recoil-pad-shield-ambidextrous
I tried the slip on limbsaver and it couldn't get it to sit still on the stock - even with double sided tape - it kept folding over to the side.
so I put a grind to fit on my 12 ga slug gun and love it. the limbsaver really really works.
Limbsaver also makes a nitro version which is 1.5" instead of the regular 1" version. I just bought the nitro to put on my 10 ga, but haven't done it yet.
I put a Limbsaver on my 535 the year that I bought it. I absolutely hate putting more than 1 or 2 3.5" turkey loads through it at the range. I actually went to 3" shells this year since the Winchester Longbeards gave me a good pattern. I agree that you don't feel it when shooting a bird.
Ouch is right!!! I was out patterning my Benelli yesterday. I shot 14 3" turkey loads. 4 were the old hevi 13's so they weren't so bad. The other 10 were Mag Blends and LongbeardXR's...MY LORD!!! Every shot was "man, this is going to hurt..." I felt like I had been a few rounds with Mike Tyson! Those things were actually giving me a headache! WHY??? Why can't I like rabbit hunting?
Just ask your neighbor to sight it in. ;)
Quote from: Fourcooks on May 22, 2014, 09:23:21 AM
Just shot a 3.5 inch shell from my Mossberg 535 and it packed quite a punch. I'm going to get a limbsaver but don't know if I should get the slip on model or the fitted model. Any suggestions? Thanks.
A 3.5" shell contains a larger shot payload than a 3" shell but it goes no further and kills no "deader" than a 3" shell.
In many cases it's trying to cram a shot charge down a barrel that was designed for and intended for loads of 1 oz. of 1.25 oz. of shot. The overbored Mossbergs are the exception but they were in reality designed for waterfowl hunters when steel (non toxic) shot was mandated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
All turkey loads can cause us to develop a flinch. All turkey loads deliver punishing recoil to us and even if we feel immune to it, it causes trauma to our bodies. We all know or have heard the comparisons of 3" turkey loads in standard 12 gauge shotguns, to guns used for the most dangerous game in Africa. Recoil is not our friend.
I pay a price every day for all the turkey loads I've shot over the last 20 years, off my right shoulder.
I would encourage you to use a really good recoil pad on your gun, the Limbsaver is an excellent one and not to fire too many shells at any one time. In competition I often fire one shell every 10 minutes or so for a couple of 10 hour days in a row. It used to be many more than that and still can be if there are not many competitors at the event.
A good recoil pad and good gun fit can help but too many shells will take their toll.
Thanks,
Clark
P.S. When I was doing work for Remington, Winchester, Federal and EM in the early 2000s, I often fired up to 100 shells per day. I am paying for that now.
P.S. When I was doing work for Remington, Winchester, Federal and EM in the early 2000s, I often fired up to 100 shells per day. I am paying for that now
Clark, hats off to you...You had to have been an animal!!! I didn't want any more after about six of those 3" shoulder tenderizers!
Here are some more recoil shields that will help with those 3.5 inch shells. http://www.midwayusa.com/find?dimensionids=10706