can you shoot a slug or buckshot out of a turkey shotgun?
December 30th, 2009 by eranio
I have been looking at mossberg 835 ultra-mag tactical turkey shotgun, and i don’t want to just only shoot turkey loads out of it, i would like to be able to hunt deer, partridge, and or waterfowl, but i don’t know if i can shoot any other type of ammo out of it, i know you cant shoot a slug threw it while the choke is in it but im not sure if you can shoot another type of ammo out of it.
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December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Dont shoot a slug through a turkey choke! Buckshot shouldn’t be a problem as long as it’s not steel buckshot. If your choke is made for steel pellets you should be ok with either lead or steel shot. Or plated. You want an improved cylinder choke for shooting rifled slugs. Or buy a slug barrel.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
You definitely can, just make sure the slugs are rifled slugs. Sabot slugs won’t work well in a non-rifled barrel. As long as the ammo is the same gauge as the gun and fits within the maximum length of shot it is built for you’ll be fine. I assume your turkey gun is set up for a maximum of 3.5 inches?
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Yes, buck will work fine. If you want to you can get a rifled barrel for slugs pretty cheap. Check places like brownells and e-gunparts
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Yes you can and you will not have any problems. You might want to look at different chokes for it and pattern your gun for the different loads.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Yup.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
As long as you remove the choke, you’ll be fine. Stick to slugs made for non-rifled barrels, or get a rifled barrel so you can shoot sabots like the Hornady SST. The only reason these are called turkey guns is because they’re made with all the advantages you would want in a turkey gun (camo, short barrel, pistol grip, sights, blah blah blah). There is nothing different about the way the gun functions from any other shotgun.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Yes, you can.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
DON’T shoot any kind of load through your barrel with the choke tube removed. It can do serious damage to threads and ruin the barrel. If you want to shoot traditional rifle slugs, just screw in an improved cylinder tube and you will be fine. For buckshot, the extra full turkey choke probably won’t give you your best patterns. A standard full choke or even the modified will give better patterns. If your gun didn’t come with a set of choke tubes you can find them in any gunshop or outdoor catalog relatively cheap.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
A turkey gun is generally equipped with a full choke.
Firing buckshot is not recommended and slugs will
cause a dangerous overpressure.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I am fairly certain you can not fire slugs from an turkey 835 barrel… I have seen some 835 shotguns that state on the barrel Do Not Use Slugs….
Even if you put an improved cylinder choke I still think Mossberg says no…. You can fire buckshot but not slugs….
I do know Mossberg does offer an 18.5 inch security barrel for that shotgun…. It can take slugs…. Mossberg does not have it on there website because its not to popular…. But if you call Mossberg and ask them for a Mossberg 835 shotgun barrel Part # 90823 they will sell it to you …. Mossberg also offers other slug barrels for the 835….
http://www.mossberg.com/products/access.asp?type=barrels§ion=access