930 SPX Defensive Loads

[CGRifleman]

Lately I've been looking at a Mossberg 930 SPX as an HD shotgun.
I usually use managed recoil 00 buck for a defensive shotgun. In theory, lower muzzle velocity means less chance of overpenetration, but I've heard of issues with them not cycling properly in many autoloaders. Will the 930 function reliably with reduced-power loads like managed recoil? If not, what do you use in your 930 and why?

 

[lobo9er]

Will the 930 function reliably with reduced-power loads like managed recoil?

only one way to find out.

 

[LeonCarr]

IME shooting full power 00 Buckshot (1325 fps) in a gas operated semiauto has about the same felt recoil as shooting reduced recoil 00 Buckshot (1145 fps) in a pump.

For maximum reliability I would run the full power stuff. I like the Federal Flitecontrol LE12700 myself.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[CGRifleman]

IME shooting full power 00 Buckshot (1325 fps) in a gas operated semiauto has about the same felt recoil as shooting reduced recoil 00 Buckshot (1145 fps) in a pump.

I live in an apartment, so I wasn't worried about recoil so much as penetration. In an HD scenario full power loads might be more likely to go through walls. Thanks for the input though, I will keep that in mind.

 

[rcmodel]

Only if you miss a lot.

I had close-hand experience in the Army where a Stockade guard shot a prisoner in the back while he was climbing over the wire from about 25 feet away.

During the autopsy, all 9 pellets from the standard velocity Winchester military 00 Buck load were found in the front of the guys US GI white T-shirt after complete penetration through the back of the fatigue shirt, t-shirt, and body.

By the time they exited the body and hit the front of the guys shirts, they done run out of steam.

The Army surgeon AMU Pistol Team Wanabe who did the autopsy carried them around and played with them like Captain Queeg during one whole seasons pistol match practice.

Quite unnerving when you thought about where he got them and what he was doing with them while you were trying to shoot a winning score right next to him playing with his balls!

rc

 

[CGRifleman]

Only if you miss a lot.

I do not miss a lot on paper, but paper doesn't move... or shoot back.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

 

[rcmodel]

See, paper targets is your shotgun problem.

Take up Sporting Clays or Skeet for awhile, and hitting big moving targets will seem like childs play!

rc

 

[CGRifleman]

Been trying to find the opportunity for a while now, but that's a different shotgun and a different thread. So about that SPX...

 

[Girodin]

, but I've heard of issues with them not cycling properly in many autoloaders. Will the 930 function reliably with reduced-power loads like managed recoil? If not, what do you use in your 930 and why?

The best way to figure out if a partcular load, including a particular reduced recoil load, will work in your shotgun is to buys some and go out and shoot them.

Everything I have fed my 930 SPX has cycled reliably. 3" mags, to 2 3/4 reduced recoil to federal and winchester bulk bird shot.

Take up Sporting Clays or Skeet for awhile, and hitting big moving targets will seem like childs play!

I get so much opportunity to shoot while moving, moving off the X and firing, firing from cover while using angles, firing from improvised shooting positions, etc. I'm sure if I shoot clays then all those things will just be child's play.

I understand the point people are making about clays and moving targets. I agree that it makes one a better shotgunner. However there is SOOOOOO much more to defensive shotgunning that one will never learn the first thing about shooting clays.

I like shooting clays, I think there is value to it, however it is very far from a 1 to 1 analog for defensive shooting and I am far from convinced that it is the closest/best one that can be found. If you want to do defensive shotgunning I think you are best off learning and practicing defensive shotgunning. Crazy I know.