Does anybody here shoot a Mossburg 835 with a Jebs .655? If so have you tried any Hevi-13 straight 7s?? Or what is yalls set up? Thanks in advance!
I have never tried a Jeb's-good looking tube, but .655 seems tight for the fat barreled 835's.
I agree with dirt road ninja , the 835 has an "overbored" barrel....ie larger diameter. I think .670 is closer to what you want or even larger. The popular Star Dot choke for 835's measures .676
I understand that the .655 seems tight but Jebs choke tubes are supposedly different from other tubes. Not 100% sure but that's my understanding. Have yall ever shot 7s?
:welcomeOG: Corey, many on here shoot the 835 and I'm one of those. The 835 normally shoots best with chokes in the .670 to .680 range. The .655 maybe too tight but the only way to determine that is for you to shoot it and see. I shoot the .670 Pure Gold in mine with Hevi 7's with GREAT results. Some other chokes that do really well are the .670 SSX., .675 Indian creek, .675 Sumtoy and the .676 Stardot.
Thanks for the info guys, I've been shooting the .655 Jebs for a while but have gone from 280+ pellets in 10" circle now to barely 150. I have no idea what's goin on with this gun so when I get home from offshore tomorrow I am gonna try some #7s. I've neeve shot the 7s. I may need to get them to send me a .665-.670
What are you turning 280 with? I turn about that with 7's out of both of my Mossy's.
Surprised they even make a choke that tight for this gun! Are you shooting 3" or 3 1/2" through it? 2 oz. or 2 1/4 oz.?Seems it might would swell your barrel a little bit. Will it come out??
That was with Longbeard XR 6s. I don't like shootin lead at all but it patterned great last year and now this year it patterned terrible. Same box of shells, same gun, same choke, just a year older! Not quite sure what has happened with my gun.
Also shooting the (older model) 835....I been shooting with Primos TightWad .690 but its ported and I'm experimenting with new loads (Fed 3rd Degree performs better in solid choke)...so I picked up a Carlson .690...have yet to pattern it
Mine is also the older 835.
280s down to 150s, something had to happen. Bad batch of shells, POI issues, damaged choke, something went wrong there.
That .655 seems crazy tight for a 835 but 280s is smoking!!
Temperature can make a lot of difference in pattern numbers. Also whether the barrel is clean or dirty.
Shot before and after I polished the barrel, still didn't improve. POI is good, the pattern has just fallen apart by sittin in the gun safe since last May. I have no idea. Same box of shells as last year so that's not the problem. Temps were in the 60s
Quote from: Coreywelch835 on February 22, 2015, 09:58:36 AM
Shot before and after I polished the barrel, still didn't improve. POI is good, the pattern has just fallen apart by sittin in the gun safe since last May. I have no idea. Same box of shells as last year so that's not the problem. Temps were in the 60s
Did you inspect the choke? Sounds very weird.
Yessir.. The choke still looks brand new.
Yessir... Still looks brand new.
How many patterns did you shoot last year? What was the temps?
Only shot once at beginning of the season and it was prolly in the 50-60s. It was dead on, this gun killed 34 birds last spring ending in Tennessee on May 5th and it sat in the safe since then.
Was the choke screwed in tight? I had a choke (can't remember which one) that would come loose in my 835 . . it is gone now and no problems with other chokes.
I shoot a 835 with the .676" Stardot. I can't imagine going any tighter on the overbore barrel. The whole ideal is to have a consistent pattern that kills well from 5 yards out. At 10 yards with the Stardot and W-W 2oz 3.5 #5 it has a corona about 7" that nothing could survive. At 40 the 10" pattern totaly canvases the target which is exactly what it was designed to do. reflexl
your making me nervous,i shoot 835 as well and my pattern has very high numbers ssx choke LB #6s 3.5 " makes me want to check it again, are you shooting out of the same box/lot# ?
Mic it and see if it is still .655. That choke is awful tight. You may have messed your choke up. I'd be calling Jeb's. Is that the choke they recommended?
Quote from: jg on February 23, 2015, 04:58:57 PM
your making me nervous,i shoot 835 as well and my pattern has very high numbers ssx choke LB #6s 3.5 " makes me want to check it again, are you shooting out of the same box/lot# ?
Your choke is .670 so you are tight for an 835 but not worrisome tight. .670 is as tight as I would use in an Accumag.
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Last year I used an 835 with a Primos Tight Wad and Winchester Long Beard XR #5 shot 3.5". This is what it does.
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dang how far away were you?
Wow, Jeb offers a .650 for the 835 as well. That is just crazy to me! They offer a .650 - .660. Just seems too tight for the Accumags. They probably know something I do not.
Eeeee...a .655 is a HUGE squeeze for an 835. Try running a Longbeard out of the factory tube and see what happens.
Quote from: jg on February 23, 2015, 10:36:04 PM
dang how far away were you?
I was about 20 yards. Blew his beak right off.
Mossburg 835 w a Star Dot .676, 3"Longbeard XR #6, Can't beat that combo. I love mine.
I'd be surprised if the choke would even screw out now!!!
835 with a Indian creek .675 and hevi 7s. Hard to beat that pattern!!!!!
i like the ssx but i definatly want to see what the indian creek will do for LB #6s 3.5"
I can tell you what the Indian Creek does out of my 835 with the LB #6's. I got 268 on one shot and 270 the next. That's a 10" circle at 40yds.
I shoot an 835 with a .676 Star Dot and longbeard 6's and it is an awesome combination. The Jebs just sounds a little to tight.
shot my 835 with .690 jellyhead choke with longbeard 5 shot 3 " at 50 yds the pattern was terrible not sure what is wrong
Quote from: strut-n-rut on March 20, 2015, 10:51:50 PM
shot my 835 with .690 jellyhead choke with longbeard 5 shot 3 " at 50 yds the pattern was terrible not sure what is wrong
Usually won't get a great pattern at 50 yards. Patterns can go down hill real fast past 40yds. One of the reasons we're not supposed to talk about shooting birds past 40 yards on here.
But I would recommend trying a tighter Choke with the long beards in your 835. They seem to pattern great with a tighter Choke. I personally shoot an 835 with a .675 Indian Creek with #4 longbeards
I shoot a 835 with a Jellyhead and H-13 3.5" 2.25 oz. #6 and get around 220 avg. @ 40. Tried a SSx and Stardot and got slightly less in the 10" (like 215 avg.) but not as even. My first shot with an SSX was 266 though but could not get that to repeat with shells out of the same box. My guess is it had something to do with the choke. I will say that it was not deburred well and the machining quality looked poor. My guess, burrs could have caught wad and acted like a wad catcher which may have helped pattern, poor heat treating and choke deformed somewhat after first shot?? Who knows. May have been ammo but all shots after first in several other chokes all seemed fairly consistent.