Made it to the range last weds. I shot my Mossberg 500 12 gauge at 50 yards. First i shot with my special run 20 inch hastings cantilever barrel mounted with a bushnell banner 3-9x40 cantilever slug scope. I was shooting Remington buckhammer 2 3/4 1 1/4 oz slugs. 1 inch groups at 50 yards from a solid rest. Adjusted the scope to hit 2 inches high at 50 yards. Then i changed barrels to my short range setup. 20 inch smoothbore with wad wizard choke, mounted with a bushnell banner 1.75-4x32 scope on a weaver converta mount. I was shooting remington reduced recoil 1 oz foster slugs. At 50 yards i could only keep a group the size of a paper plate-hence that is my max range. With federal vital-shok 000 buckshot this gun with the wad wizard will keep 7 out of 10 pellets in a 6 inch circle at 40 yards. Needless to say my shotgun is ready to go here in southeast MIchigan!
