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For a Mossberg 500 20ga Bantom with an 18in barrel, Any suggestions? thanks
Quote from: singleshot12 on January 21, 2014, 06:54:42 PMFor a Mossberg 500 20ga Bantom with an 18in barrel, Any suggestions? thanksIf your intention is just to try it out for ducks, I'd go with a full choke since it's a 20ga. Personally I like a long barrel for sighting. Longer sight plain makes it easier to be accurate. I'd opt for a longer barreled gun if I had the choice.
Patterns have little to do with barrel length, for many years my saltwater waterfowl gun was a 870 Turkey Special with a 21" barrel and youth stock and it worked very well. You need to pattern the gun and in most cases IC or MOD will work very well with steel shot for waterfowl. Most Turkey guns have short barrels and are expected to shoot very tight patterns.Learning to HUNT waterfowl, being on the "X" and not spooking them will eliminate the need for special chokes or extended range and heavily loaded shotshells. I shot a youth 20ga for a few years before going back to my beloved old hammer guns.I wouldn't judge the abilities of a shooter by the gun they shoot. Rudy Etchen shot a plain barrel 870.
Thanks guys and I rechecked the barrel length and it is 22in. and NOT 18,I also looked at the choke it came with and it appears to have an improved cyl. It's a great gun(turkey edition with fiber-optic sites) The kid likes it and seems to pattern well for ducks 25 yards and under. It's frustrating for him to hit birds at 30-40 yards and only hit them with a pellet or two.The seasons winding down now so we have all year to get it resolved.