Today the stock of my Mossberg 835 ulti-mag shotgun broke at the grip. There are pictures and more info here:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=132718
My question is, could I have caused this by shooting 3.5" shells? I shot 3.5" goose hunting shells at skeet, to practice and get used to those loads. I planned on going goose hunting and I wanted to prepare myself with the cartridges I would be using.
The gun is SUPPOSED to be designed to handle these 3.5" shells but hey, I have read a bunch of posts online saying that shooting too powerful shells will break your stock.
I hope I can convince Mossberg to replace it for me. I would kind of like to put a synthetic stock on it, after this bad experience...
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=132718
My question is, could I have caused this by shooting 3.5" shells? I shot 3.5" goose hunting shells at skeet, to practice and get used to those loads. I planned on going goose hunting and I wanted to prepare myself with the cartridges I would be using.
The gun is SUPPOSED to be designed to handle these 3.5" shells but hey, I have read a bunch of posts online saying that shooting too powerful shells will break your stock.
I hope I can convince Mossberg to replace it for me. I would kind of like to put a synthetic stock on it, after this bad experience...