Mossberg 930 and 935 semi

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Thinking of buying a 930 or 935 and was wondering on other peoples experiences with either of these? Do these guns have any problems during cold weather? Any info would be appreciated thanks
 
I have a 935 I use exclusively for water fowl. It is dependable with 3 and 3.5" shells and even cycles heavier ( 11/4 oz) 23/4" shells as well. It is too heavy in my mind for an upland gun but has served well in the goose blind.
 
I have the 935 and have been relatively pleased. In cold weather clean with solvent and do not oil and it will cycle fine. Mine works with 3" and 3.5" only. However, with the rifled slug barrel it is designed for 2 3/4" sabots. Very accurate with Hornady SST's. I use it for all my hunting and do find it very heavy to carry through the fields for rabbit and grouse.
Rick in London
 
935... cold weather... and a lil dirt... just equals a bad disaster... hunt with 2 guys who use the 935 and both had problems this year... early goose and the chambers were flying, but soon as the cold hit it turned into a disaster... unless u clean ur gun every hunt and oil it back up i have a feeling u may run into the same problems we have had... i hear rlly good things about them, but i cant say we have had the best experiences
 
My buddys 935 won't cycle my 7/8oz reloads but factory rem gun club 1 1/8oz it will. He brought it out and went thru 2 flats of shells without issue. Wish my 2 1100s could do that. Good guns for the money and yes they are a lil heavy
 
I've been doing a fair bit of reading on the 930 and it is a lot of shotgun for the money (less than $500 retail). I've been holding off getting one until I hear what the Flanigan signature edition ones will be selling for. The 930, in one form or another, is definately my next firearm purchase.
 
Bought myself a walnut-stocked 930 combo and like it very much. Only had 2 FTE's at the range on my first 100, none since.

Just a couple of observations and comments for prospective buyers.

First, the synthetic stocked version comes with adjustable spacers to alter the stock drop, wood stocked versions do not. I found my stock just a tad high so I took it off and filed the wood about 1/8" where it mated to the receiver, this dropped the stock enough for my liking.

Secondly, I tried shooting slugs out of the rifled barrel but found that the gun was shooting high even at the maximum rear sight elevation adjustment setting.
Only fired about 10 rounds of two different types of sabots, I'll have to try it again.
 
I had a 935, I liked it, but I wanted a gun that would cycle 2 3/4 so I ended up selling it and buying a winchester 1300. I did enjoy the 935, shoots fast and never had it jam once on a 3" or 3.5" Some people have said they could shoot 2 3/4 out of them but I tried several types and they all jammed on me.
 
One thing to note is the 935 uses an over bore barrel. I believe its actually a 10 gauge barrel so you are not supposed to shoot lead slugs through it as they can jam. This was the other reason I sold it. The larger bore is supposed to give the big 3.5" shells a longer forcing cone giving it better patterns and less felt recoil or something like that.... Patterned awesome with turkey chokes.
 
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