patterning my new Mossberg

My new Mossberg

I got a Mossberg 500 for my birthday. So yesterday a couple friends and I went to the range with some paper and different ammo loads. We patterned bot my Remington 870 and my Mossberg 500. We also played with some slugs and buckshot.

The first slug I shot through my mossberg, I wasn't prepared for quite so much recoil and didn't have my face on the stock like I should have, I wound up punching myself with my thumb...I won't be making that mistake again.

But with it's modified choke in, my mossberg patterned quite nicley using Remington Game club loads.

After we had patterned for a bit we had brought some empty water bottles to use as reactive targets and filled them in a nearby creek. That was alot of fun. There was another gentleman at the range and as he was leaving he offerd us an old plastic jug he had in his truck if we wanted something a bit bigger than a water bottle. We gladly accepted. I had been trying to use my camer to get shots of our waterbottles exploding but was too slow on the shutter. Well...I managed to get some pictures of the jug exploding. I took the pictures while my two firends used my Mossberg and remington and doubble slugged it. (sorry the're kind of blurry)









That was a lot of fun.

Here are my Mossberg and Remington next to eachother.

I realy am not sure if i prefer one or the other yet. I've put almost 200 rounds through the Remington so it feels more familiar, but this was my first time shooting the mossberg. It shoots realy well and feels good in my hands. The remingrton has a little more weight to it so I feel more recoil when I shoot the mossberg. I need to shoot both a bit more before I decide if I like one more than the other.

Thanks Dave. Mabey I'll get a chance to come up to PGC this summer