 DUCK
SEASON WITH MOSSBERG’S DENNIS KENDALL
The Three-Day Test
EDITOR’S NOTE: The mourning begins on the last
day of duck season, which is usually the end of January.
Many months will pass before we once again don waders,
gather up our decoys, load up our retrievers and head
for our blinds. However, duck season doesn’t have
to end. How would you like to be able to hunt ducks
from March through August and take 40 ducks or more
per day without drastically affecting the North American
duck population? If this sounds like an unrealistic
dream, it’s not, if you travel to Argentina. Argentina
is the Valhalla for the duck hunter where you see thousands,
possibly millions of ducks. This duck-hunting paradise
is so good that you’ll have a difficult time believing
what you’re about to read. Dennis Kendall, director
of marketing for Mossberg of New Haven, Connecticut,
invited me and two other outdoor writers, Wayne Van
Zwoll and Lamar Underwood, to Argentina to test the
newest of the Mossberg shotguns, the 930 model. A three-shot
autoloader that cost less than $300, the guns were to
be given the acid test. We drug them through the muddy
rice fields and marshes and shot three to four boxes
of shells every morning and every evening to test the
durability of the 930 Mossberg Autoloader.
 Question:
In Argentina, you’re mainly hunting marshes, rice
fields, mud and other gunk. The guns are subjected to
a nasty environment. How do you feel they performed?
Kendall: We brought the guns to Argentina to test them
under these extreme conditions. I believe that everyone
was very surprised at how well the guns held up and
performed with lots of rounds being fired with plenty
of mud and water.
Question: With the 930 Autoloaders, you brought synthetic
stocks and forearms. Why?
Kendall: We knew that the opportunity for dunking the
guns in mud, muck and water would be high. We wanted
to bring stocks and forearms that were durable and almost
indestructible. We found that the synthetic stocks and
forearms performed well in this harsh environment.
 Question:
This test has been tough for Mossberg shotguns. Why
did you go to the extreme of bringing writers all the
way to Argentina to hunt in mud, rice fields and marshes
to test the Mossberg 930 Autoloaders and the Silver
Reserve Over-and-Unders?
Kendall: We offer our guns at such-affordable prices
that many times I wonder if the consumer really knows
just how reliable shotguns at this price can be. We
wanted to bring our guns to Argentina where they would
take more abuse in one day than they would normally
take in a season. In three days of hunting and shooting,
these guns actually took more punishment than most guns
would take in several seasons to demonstrate that you
don’t have to spend a lot of money to purchase
a reliable high-performing waterfowling gun. Since the
guns have performed flawlessly, our guests (writers)
and their readers will be able to understand that you
can purchase a quality shotgun like Mossberg at a reasonable
price. We know that our guns are for real, and Mossberg
can’t be beat for performance and price. We just
wanted to show the writers and their  readers
what we’ve known all along: that quality, reliability
and performance are affordable with a Mossberg product.
For more information about Mossberg's products, you
can visit the company’s website at www.mossberg.com.
To learn more about duck hunting in Argentina, please
visit www.pacoriestra.com.
Tomorrow: The Structure of
the New 930 Mossberg Autoloader
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