I have a mossberg 835 ultra mag waterfowl and for some reason it doesn't want to feed shells into the chamber. Also, it wont eject them from the chamber sometimes. How do I fix this problem?

assume this is a Mossberg. All pump shotgun forearms wobble from side to side and feel loose. As long as it functions properly (loads and ejects shells), nothing is wrong.

Small pin at the back of the bolt. Top edge. Tap it out. As with all pins, just drift it out to the point that you can grab it with smooth pliers and twist it out. Do NOT drive a punch any further into that hole than you need to. Punches widen as they go and you'll deform the hole. Pins are cheap to replace, bolts aren't.

Not much can go wrong. Have you checked your extractor? If it's intact and not broken, try moving it with your thumbnail. Is it loose? That's a spring problem. If it's tight and intact, WITH THE BOLT OUT, try slipping a small diam wooden dowel down the barrel to see how hard it is to push a spent shell out. If it's tight, you've got a burr in the chamber or dirt/varnish buildup. Examine the shell for scratches. If the shell's good and no scratches, clean the chamber with a brass brush mounted in a drill.

I'm sorry but I don't quite know what you mean, sir. Can you explain a bit?

The 835 is a tube mag pump action. You load it by slipping a shell into that open area on the bottom of the gun, slip the shell forward into the tube until it's thumb knuckle into the tube. That gets it past both shell stops.

There should be a catch on the magazine tube of the shotgun, is it ejecting two shells into the chamber when you try to cycle the action? If so check to see that the catch is not damaged. I have the same shotgun and I can take a look at it when I get home.

Push all the shells into the tube ALL THE WAY with the first half of your thumb. Try shooting it again. The most common "double feed/one drops onto the ground" is one shell not all the way forward of both stops in the mag tube. If it's only one stop, it drops to the ground. Second, if that didn't fix it, try stripping the gun and cleaning the slots the two stops rest in. Both have to be spotless without grit or the stops won't work right. Third, if both the others didn't fix it, email Mossberg and get replacement stops....someone "fitzing" the gun without knowing what the heck they were doing is the third most common fault in feeding. You can get them from Ebay cheaply but chances are they may be the bad ones someone else replaced.

Poke it out with a clothes hanger...or a thin poker.

The 535 is simply a slightly stretched model 500. It can chamber and fire 3.5" shells where the 500 will only handle up to 3" shells. The guns are identical in function and pretty much identical in parts except the stretched bits.

The loading port is on the bottom of the reciever. You mention that it is "magazine ready"? Mossberg shotguns have a tublular magazine underneath the barrel, surrounded by the action bar and front grip.

Loading the magazine entails holding the shotgun in one hand, taking the shell in the other with the folded end facing the front end of the barrel. Place the shell in the magazine opening (on the bottom) and push it up with your fingers and forward with the thumb of the same hand. It will go completely forward of the silver/blue lifter and stay there when you let go. (the action must be closed to load the magazine).

Alternately, you can open the action and pop a shell into the ejection port on the right side, close it back up, and shoot!

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