new to Slug shooting

[NozeMan]

All,

I'm a Mossberg 500 owner and have only used it for skeet shooting w/ a 28" barrel. I'm picking up a hogue overmold stock since my original wooden stock cracked on me. I did some shopping around and also found a good deal on a 18.5 inch barrel and plan to pick it up as well.

The question: with the above mentioned equipment do you think I have the necessary parts to shoot slug as well? Both the barrels would be smooth and bead sights at the end. Would I need to instal new sights to use slugs to shoot effectively?

I've read other threads on here about what types of slugs to use, seems that 1 oz is the most popular.

Thanks,
Noze

[MrMurphy]

You can shoot a bead sight with slugs out to about 25 yards or so depending on the gun and shooter. Sometimes further. With rifle sights or ghost rings you can be VERY accurate out to 100 yards (I used to do head shots on silhouettes at 100 yards from the prone with my ghost-ring sighted Benelli).

[GLW]

(I used to do head shots on silhouettes at 100 yards from the prone with my ghost-ring sighted Benelli).

Do you shoot reduced recoil slugs in your Benelli? I've tried but get frequent failures to eject in mine. Full power slugs work well but are a real disadvantage in 3-gun competition. Is there anything I can do to improve the reliability with reduced recoil loads? Thanks.

[MrMurphy]

1. No longer own the Benelli.
2. It was a Nova SP (manually operated) so no problems working with them.
3. Yes, because it was a pump, I shot reduced recoil slugs. I had a mix of both, preferred the RR ones because except for bears, cars, and walls, I doubt a normal human target would ever notice the fact it got there 100 or so feet per second slower. 1 oz of lead hits like a truck, regardless.

[TEXGLK22]

I have a Mossy 535. It is very similar to the 500 except it has a 3.5 inch chamber. It has a 28 inch barrel and a front and mid bead. With the stock gun, I am able to shoot 3 inch slug groups at 50 yards off hand. This is with a smooth bore and Winchester Super-X rifled slugs.

TEX