Mossberg 500's with Scopes, Who's Got 'em?

Alleydude · 02-17-2008, 07:04 AM

Been thinking about getting a scope for my Mossberg 500 for use with the rifled slug barrel. Anyone use a scope on this gun? If so, what do you use and why? If you have pictures, I'd love to see this gun with a scope on it.

Also, what kind of range accuracy could I expect with this gun? 100 yards, maybe?

Thanks...

sbowers5 · 02-17-2008, 08:00 AM

Alleydude, I have a mossberg 835 with a scope on it and it is a very effective and accurate gun out to about 100 yards with saboted slugs, got a 208 lb. deer in indiana last year one shot and it was DRT. go for it you will like it.
steve

Alleydude · 02-17-2008, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbowers5

Alleydude, I have a mossberg 835 with a scope on it and it is a very effective and accurate gun out to about 100 yards with saboted slugs, got a 208 lb. deer in indiana last year one shot and it was DRT. go for it you will like it.
steve

Cool! But I'm sorry, newbie question again... What's DRT?

mr mom · 02-17-2008, 08:22 AM

ive got a 835 and i have a red dot on my slug bdl.. 100 yds no problem!!! here in southern michigan we have to stick with shotguns or m/z.. i hate to clean that thing so i stick with the shotgun.
i feel with the red dot you can get on your target faster .i have a cheap bsa on it never had any troubles . it has the 42 mm . nice for low light

OldTimer · 02-18-2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alleydude

Cool! But I'm sorry, newbie question again... What's DRT?

DRT...Dead Right There, LOL.

samuel · 02-18-2008, 07:37 PM

If you scope it use the saddle mount,not the side mount.On range,sighted dead on at 50yds it will drop 10" with 2 3/4" standard foster type and 6" with 3" mags.This is going by the printed balistics. sam.

trapfreek · 02-19-2008, 07:07 AM

Some of the 500s come drilled on top allready or can be drilled and tapped... so you can use a top mount. My 20 ga. was, and I put a scope on it. My daughter took her first deer this past season with it.

ArkansasHunter · 02-19-2008, 07:29 AM

I beleive all Mossberg shotguns you buy today are drilled and tapped for scope mounts.
My new 930 semi-auto is drilled and tapped.

Can anyone explain what the differents are in shotgun scopes verse's rifle scopes ?
For members interested in shotgun scopes...I take it rifle scopes work fine too but I've noticed a few scope manufactures have lines of shotgun scopes now.
A.H

Alleydude · 02-19-2008, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

I beleive all Mossberg shotguns you buy today are drilled and tapped for scope mounts.
My new 930 semi-auto is drilled and tapped.
Can anyone explain what the differents are in shotgun scopes verse's rifle scopes ?
For members interested in shotgun scopes...I take it rifle scopes work fine too but I've noticed a few scope manufactures have lines of shotgun scopes now.
A.H

Yes, mine is. Thanks for the input so far, much appreciated!

samuel · 02-19-2008, 07:46 AM

Shotgun scopes are usually long eye relief(4"+) for the heavy recoil and often have better light gathering abilitys and sometimes lighted crosshairs. sam.

Windwalker · 02-19-2008, 07:56 AM

A friend has a mossy 500 with the red dot scope. He loves it and got a deer with it .

jim_turnbull · 02-21-2008, 09:00 AM

hello i have a 88 modle that has the scope rail fixed on the rifled slug barrel.i can say this it is the best deer gun i have ever had .the sbot slug fly better and hit just as hard as a foster slug .the range for the rifled slug barrel and the sabot slug is acualy better than a 30/30 and has the knock down power of a 300 w mag.

jimkim · 03-06-2008, 09:55 PM

I would use a good four power or less scope. also if at all possible I would try to get the barrel with the scope rail that way if the barrel moved at all the scope would move with it. Just a thought

ArkansasHunter · 03-06-2008, 10:37 PM

I like this thread because I too am interested in deer hunting with my Mossberg 930
semi-auto.
Reason being this shotgun seems like it was custom built for me.
I beleive I'd go with a red dot scope on mine due to the close ranges I'd be hunting in.
Jim and Jim thank you both for the info, hopefully Alleydude will come back to read this...A.H

Alleydude · 03-07-2008, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

I like this thread because I too am interested in deer hunting with my Mossberg 930
semi-auto.
Reason being this shotgun seems like it was custom built for me.
I beleive I'd go with a red dot scope on mine due to the close ranges I'd be hunting in.
Jim and Jim thank you both for the info, hopefully Alleydude will come back to read this...A.H

I've been reading it all along, and I greatly appreciate the information. I still haven't picked out a scope yet, but I am convinced that I will be getting one. Again, thanks for all the information!

mhanna91 · 06-01-2008, 02:01 PM

I have a 500 with the cantilever scope mount barrel. It is a good concept, but the combo comes with the most crappy scope ever. I hate it. I need a new one, but haven't brought myself to buy one yet.

AllAlaskan · 09-17-2008, 05:28 AM

Hey i just picked this up for $199.99 $215.00 after tax for my Mav 88 Rifled and came with the scope and rail (on the barrel). It was a kit that mossberg makes for hte 500 and will fit the Mav 88 also. I figure when the barrel alone was ganna cost me 165.00 the 199.99 for the barrel and scope mounted on the barrel wasnt bad. It showed up in the guys book so this wasnt just something special he had you should be able to order it any where I think. Any ways here it is on my Maverick 88.

And the scope is a bushnel 3-9x32 by the way so you can zoom it out so your not zoomed way in on something thats fairly close. Im going to be sighting it in this Thursday and will try to get some pics to show how accurate it turns out to be with sabot slugs.

unclejer · 09-21-2008, 08:32 PM

got the same set up at Dicks for 175 with scope at end of season last year also mav 88
lightfield or knock outs work best for the money winchester supremes too expensive

02-17-2008, 07:04 AM	#1
Alleydude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingsley, Michigan Posts: 118	Mossberg 500's with Scopes, Who's Got 'em? Been thinking about getting a scope for my Mossberg 500 for use with the rifled slug barrel. Anyone use a scope on this gun? If so, what do you use and why? If you have pictures, I'd love to see this gun with a scope on it. Also, what kind of range accuracy could I expect with this gun? 100 yards, maybe? Thanks... __________________ USN '83-'92 FC1 CIWS M61A1 22mm 6-Barrel Gatling Gun USS Midway CV-41 USS Independence CV-62 [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-17-2008, 08:00 AM	#2
sbowers5 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: sawyer, ok Posts: 539	Alleydude, I have a mossberg 835 with a scope on it and it is a very effective and accurate gun out to about 100 yards with saboted slugs, got a 208 lb. deer in indiana last year one shot and it was DRT. go for it you will like it. steve __________________ For those who never fought for it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know.

02-19-2008, 07:07 AM	#7
trapfreek Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 491	Some of the 500s come drilled on top allready or can be drilled and tapped... so you can use a top mount. My 20 ga. was, and I put a scope on it. My daughter took her first deer this past season with it. __________________ "Great minds talk about ideas, small minds talk about other people."

02-19-2008, 07:56 AM	#11
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,585	A friend has a mossy 500 with the red dot scope. He loves it and got a deer with it . __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

09-21-2008, 08:32 PM	#18
unclejer Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 48	got the same set up at Dicks for 175 with scope at end of season last year also mav 88 lightfield or knock outs work best for the money winchester supremes too expensive Last edited by unclejer; 09-21-2008 at 08:39 PM.

02-17-2008, 08:22 AM	#4
mr mom Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 217	ive got a 835 and i have a red dot on my slug bdl.. 100 yds no problem!!! here in southern michigan we have to stick with shotguns or m/z.. i hate to clean that thing so i stick with the shotgun. i feel with the red dot you can get on your target faster .i have a cheap bsa on it never had any troubles . it has the 42 mm . nice for low light

02-18-2008, 07:37 PM	#6
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,087	If you scope it use the saddle mount,not the side mount.On range,sighted dead on at 50yds it will drop 10" with 2 3/4" standard foster type and 6" with 3" mags.This is going by the printed balistics. sam.

02-19-2008, 07:29 AM	#8
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,699	I beleive all Mossberg shotguns you buy today are drilled and tapped for scope mounts. My new 930 semi-auto is drilled and tapped. Can anyone explain what the differents are in shotgun scopes verse's rifle scopes ? For members interested in shotgun scopes...I take it rifle scopes work fine too but I've noticed a few scope manufactures have lines of shotgun scopes now. A.H

02-19-2008, 07:46 AM	#10
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,087	Shotgun scopes are usually long eye relief(4"+) for the heavy recoil and often have better light gathering abilitys and sometimes lighted crosshairs. sam.

02-21-2008, 09:00 AM	#12
jim_turnbull Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 2	hello i have a 88 modle that has the scope rail fixed on the rifled slug barrel.i can say this it is the best deer gun i have ever had .the sbot slug fly better and hit just as hard as a foster slug .the range for the rifled slug barrel and the sabot slug is acualy better than a 30/30 and has the knock down power of a 300 w mag.

03-06-2008, 09:55 PM	#13
jimkim Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near the Little Ocmulgee river in GA Posts: 2,051 Blog Entries: 11	I would use a good four power or less scope. also if at all possible I would try to get the barrel with the scope rail that way if the barrel moved at all the scope would move with it. Just a thought

03-06-2008, 10:37 PM	#14
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,699	I like this thread because I too am interested in deer hunting with my Mossberg 930 semi-auto. Reason being this shotgun seems like it was custom built for me. I beleive I'd go with a red dot scope on mine due to the close ranges I'd be hunting in. Jim and Jim thank you both for the info, hopefully Alleydude will come back to read this...A.H

06-01-2008, 02:01 PM	#16
mhanna91 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 19	I have a 500 with the cantilever scope mount barrel. It is a good concept, but the combo comes with the most crappy scope ever. I hate it. I need a new one, but haven't brought myself to buy one yet.

09-17-2008, 05:28 AM	#17
AllAlaskan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North East Texas Posts: 192	Hey i just picked this up for $199.99 $215.00 after tax for my Mav 88 Rifled and came with the scope and rail (on the barrel). It was a kit that mossberg makes for hte 500 and will fit the Mav 88 also. I figure when the barrel alone was ganna cost me 165.00 the 199.99 for the barrel and scope mounted on the barrel wasnt bad. It showed up in the guys book so this wasnt just something special he had you should be able to order it any where I think. Any ways here it is on my Maverick 88. And the scope is a bushnel 3-9x32 by the way so you can zoom it out so your not zoomed way in on something thats fairly close. Im going to be sighting it in this Thursday and will try to get some pics to show how accurate it turns out to be with sabot slugs.