mossberg 500 ?s

[hunter82]

i also posted this in the lead forum.i am currently using a .660 primos tightwad choke with winchester supreme hv 6s.the gun has a 20 inch barrel.i get an average of 150 hits in a 10 inch circle at 35 yds.what would be acceptable numbers for 40 yards. i have also thought about goin with the hevi 13 - 7 shot. so what numbers should i be looking to get.

[WyoHunter]

No problem with those numbers at 40 yds. Your number of hits would increase with the 7's but you won't have any problems killing a gobbler at 40 yds with Hv 6's. I would expect no less than 215 hits with the 7's but you'll have to shoot them to really know.

[new2turkey]

Getting good patterns out of my 500 with hevi #6s

[Dwnforce]

I get 180 at 35 with Heavy 5's...Go with the sevens..Im waiting on mine as we speak

[SumToy]

658 to 660 with lead or HTL will give you a good hunting pattern.  It put good numbers and meat on the table.  Now If you want it bad we need to drop it down into the 640's.

[njdevilsb]

I'm going to shoot my 535 tomorrow with an Indian Creek .660 and a SSX .643 with Hevi #7's.  Mine also has a 20" barrel.  I will post my results.  I'm shooting the 3.5" 2 1/4 ounce loads, but it should give you somewhat of an idea if you're shooting 3".  I have some various Winchester Supreme shells that I'll use for making sure I'm hitting where I want, and I can throw a couple of those downrange to give you lead numbers also.

[SumToy]

Shoot you some junk shells (8's/9's)at around 50 ft.  This will let you know what is going on.  You can fine tune with them then move to the big loads and the 40 yards.

[stinkpickle]

I'm going to shoot my 535 tomorrow with an Indian Creek .660 and a SSX .643 with Hevi #7's.  Mine also has a 20" barrel.  I will post my results.  I'm shooting the 3.5" 2 1/4 ounce loads, but it should give you somewhat of an idea if you're shooting 3".  I have some various Winchester Supreme shells that I'll use for making sure I'm hitting where I want, and I can throw a couple of those downrange to give you lead numbers also.

I'll be curious, too.  I have an old 20" Mossy 500 that I got back in the '80's that I pulled out of retirement a couple of years ago (and use it as my backup's backup gun) when I found an Undertaker and a set of Tru-glo sites on clearance at Walmart for $13.  It carries and maneuvers really nice, so I might dress 'er up a bit and give 'er some more field time.