Mossberg 935 Magnum
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1963beretta
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Interesting! What shot sizes are you shooting and kind of choke are you using? You're right about each gun being different, but its strange that we've had such different experiences. I patterned BB and BBB out of a modified Kicks high flyer choke...patterns werent horrible, but no where close to the other brands. I patterned the gun out to 40 yards
1963beretta
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When i have a chance this weekend, im going to try to pattern the blackclouds and hypersonics again. I'll do it with the factory and kicks chokes just to see if there is a difference. I know I still have hypersonics lying around, gotta see if i still have any blackclouds left. Will report back
1963beretta
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Ok here are my finding for the patterning tests i did yesterday. I patterned Remington Hypersonic, Federal Blackcloud, Federal Waterfowl and Winchester Expert. I would have loved to pattern the gun with 3.5" shells, but i didnt have any 3.5" Hypersonics or Blackclouds and didnt feel like spending $60 on shells i dont really use. Test was done with both factory modified and kicks high flyer modified choke. All 4 brands tested were BB's and were pattered at 30 yards. Here are my results
1) All four shells patterned better with the Kicks high flyer choke. The kicks choke is an extended ported choke that adds an additional 1.5" in barrel length. The extra length likely contributes to the better patterns. The Kicks choke also had noticeably less recoil then the factory choke
2) The order from best pattern to worst with the factory choke was Winchester Xpert, Federal Waterfowl and Federal Blackcloud and Remington Hypersonic. It is important to note that there was minimal and almost negligible difference from 1-3, and the Hypersonic shooting slighly high and to the right.
3) the order from best to worse using the kicks choke was federal waterfowl, hypersonic, federal blackcloud, winchester xpert. There was virtually zero difference between the blackcloud and xpert, and the order could be reversed. The hypersonic was vastly improved with the kicks choke which may have been improved due to the reduced recoil (possible i didnt flinch as much). The federal waterfowl had quite a few wild flyers, however they also punched the biggest holes closest to the centre which was impressive.
My conclusion remains unchanged. Although the blackcloud did pattern better then i recalled, it wasnt leaps and bounds better then the inexpensive ammo for me to justify the additional costs. The hypersonics im sure would be devastating with 3.5" shells, but i know they dont reliably cycle with my mossberg and at $45 a box, its an expensive way to turn a gun into a single shot. I will continue to use the federal waterfowl and winchester xpert based on their satisfactory performance and cost.
1) All four shells patterned better with the Kicks high flyer choke. The kicks choke is an extended ported choke that adds an additional 1.5" in barrel length. The extra length likely contributes to the better patterns. The Kicks choke also had noticeably less recoil then the factory choke
2) The order from best pattern to worst with the factory choke was Winchester Xpert, Federal Waterfowl and Federal Blackcloud and Remington Hypersonic. It is important to note that there was minimal and almost negligible difference from 1-3, and the Hypersonic shooting slighly high and to the right.
3) the order from best to worse using the kicks choke was federal waterfowl, hypersonic, federal blackcloud, winchester xpert. There was virtually zero difference between the blackcloud and xpert, and the order could be reversed. The hypersonic was vastly improved with the kicks choke which may have been improved due to the reduced recoil (possible i didnt flinch as much). The federal waterfowl had quite a few wild flyers, however they also punched the biggest holes closest to the centre which was impressive.
My conclusion remains unchanged. Although the blackcloud did pattern better then i recalled, it wasnt leaps and bounds better then the inexpensive ammo for me to justify the additional costs. The hypersonics im sure would be devastating with 3.5" shells, but i know they dont reliably cycle with my mossberg and at $45 a box, its an expensive way to turn a gun into a single shot. I will continue to use the federal waterfowl and winchester xpert based on their satisfactory performance and cost.
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Seems this thread died a while ago, but my 935 cycles everything but the lightest 2 3/4 target loads. The gas system has to be impeccably clean for it to work on the lighter loads. I installed a rubber O ring from a remington 1100 on the gas tube in front of the gas ring ( I think, its been a while ) and problem solved. I picked up a few spare O rings at the automotive store for spares, just make sure they are the thin ones like the 1100 ones. Possibly the fact that it is the shorter 24" turkey model doesn't utilize all the available gas hurts with the lighter loads. It is a good work horse of a shotgun. Not as refined as my SBE II but it definitely has it's place. Just not at the trap range. Hey my trap gun only takes 2 3/4 shells. Must be a piece of crap.
