Mossberg 535 pump-action shotgun review

Mossberg 535 pump-action shotgun review.
My first and only experience of using the pump-action shotgun for real was in the early 1970s on a local farm. I am no longer sure of the make, but I remember that it seemed ancient, even then, for a gun of its type.

The operation was ?chackley? (a local word that described the loose and noisy sounds when cycling the action – it could be heard the best part of a field away).

It was not mine, but lived unloved in the corner of a barn. Its primary purpose was crop protection and it never let us down.

It did, though, introduce me to a type of shotgun not commonly used in the UK, and also to that American concept that a shotgun is simply a tool to do a job.

It was little more than a hand-operated machine to ?shuck shells?, as someone from the US might put it.

LONG, LIGHT AND SLICK
Recently, I had a Mossberg to test and wondered how different the experience might be this time.