835 garbage?

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I used one for years , killed I don't know how many turkeys with the gun. The 835 will pattern with anything out there that I have seen. The only reason I went 20 gauge was the weight, I still get great patterns and I liked keeping all my teeth , shoulder and jaw in check! 😂, the kick is unbelievable with the 835 but that was on me , no need to shoot a 3.5 inch shell just because it will. Lol
 
The 835 is far from garbage. I used one for quite a few years and it patterned everything from good to great. The old 3" 1 7/8oz Winchester loads that Walmart sold in #5's and #6's were probably the best for pattern vs price. They'd both smash a bird farther than 40yds. I mainly used hevi13 #7's in 3.5" with sone Winchester 3.5" HV.


I finally realized that 3.5's were just kind of stupid for shooting turkeys and I decided I wanted a lighter turkey gun. I traded off the 835 and I went to a 20 gauge 870 youth with Federal HW #7's. I bought 20 boxes for $10 a box and haven't missed the 835 a single second packing around the 20 gauge in the mountains. Sometimes I even carry my .410 with #9 tss.
 
Ive told countless people through the last 40 years that if you want to buy a gun, take it out of the box, and go kill turkeys, get the 835. I REFUSE to own one though lol. Its like carrying a 2x4 edgewise, rattles like an old ford truck, and kicks like a mule drunk on used corn mash.
I had to always play around with chokes and loads to get a Remington to outshoot a mossturd, but I always managed to do it.
 
Let me be clear. The 835 is a turkey killer and can pattern amazing. That's not what my comment was about. As far as a shotgun goes IMO it's a giant pile of metal and that's about as bad as it gets. Only one worse to me is the king of the rattle trap the Nova (and that's coming from a benelli guy)

There is nothing pretty, light, or quality on it again imo. But yes it does work on turkeys
 
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REN said:
Let me be clear. The 835 is a turkey killer and can pattern amazing. That's not what my comment was about. As far as a shotgun goes IMO it's a giant pile of metal and that's about as bad as it gets. Only one worse to me is the king of the rattle trap the Nova (and that's coming from a benelli guy)

There is nothing pretty, light, or quality on it again imo. But yes it does work on turkeys
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I agree on the nova to. I'll get some hate on this one. But my 870 was a rattling piece of junk to. (It was a newer one) not an older one. Sold it almost immediately.
 
My 835 has killed every turkey I have fired it at and that's no small number over the years. I only shoot Winchester 3.5 number 5's in it and it still has the old original kicks GT choke.
It's been so dependable I just can't bring myself to leave it at home. Killed my first turkey with it many years ago in Jackson county, I guess I'll dance with the one that brung me till the end, I'll kill my last gobbler with that old 835 then it's my sons …
 
Dont understand all the heavy comments, ive got three that are the lightest 12 gauges ive handled? Do they rattle and kick? Of course they do but ive never found another gun that would out pattern an 835/935. The 870's, 1187's ive handled you couldn't give em to me, heavy and dont fit or feel good to me at all.im glad they make so many different ones so we dont all have to like the same ones😁
 
I wouldn't consider them junk. They are kind of like an old work truck, they will get the job done. I used one for several years and then got a 935. As said above they pattern great, and I've killed a bunch of turkeys with them.
I'm going to give 20 ga a try this year. It has some big shoes to fill, the 935 will be in the batters box.
 
GumbyGuy said:
I don't have any problem with any mossberg … BUT if I could say something to them . They could make the pump action so that they don't rattle like they do. You don't have that rattle in a Remington 870
That's my only problem with the mossbergs
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The rattling is part of owning an 835 i believe they all do , once i got tired of the rattling i went with a 935, it kills them just as dead, and no rattles!
 
Fightin words around here. Every turkey I've ever killed going on 23 years of hunting them has been down the bead of my 835. When I say you couldn't give me a gun to replace it, I mean it. Mines been beat, submerged, ran over, used to clear paths, used as an oar, been frozen, fell over, dropped, dirty, abused…. And functioned better than new every single time. No shotgun made could handle the abuse an 835 will take. I shoot 3" shells in mine, I don't think the recoil is any different than 3" shells in my 1187 that flash rusts if it whiffs outside air. The safety location is so much better than the Remingtons, same reason I went mossberg for my home defense gun. And rattles? The tiniest bit of paying attention resolves any rattles… but then again I drive a 97 f350 daily so maybe I'm desensitized a bit. One thing for sure, Donald Trump was right when he said the 835 was the greatest turkey killer ever produced.
 
I thought at one time I wanted an 835, but my 870 with a carlsons longbeard xr choke and longbeard xr ammo throws a pattern that looks like a gas station punch board, so I didn't see the need to try achieve better... plus the fact I had owned a 535 that felt like Mike Tyson slapped you ever time the trigger was pulled, helped in not ever getting one. nowadays it's a Stevens 301 I let do the talking
 
tpgarrett21 said:
I thought at one time I wanted an 835, but my 870 with a carlsons longbeard xr choke and longbeard xr ammo throws a pattern that looks like a gas station punch board, so I didn't see the need to try achieve better... plus the fact I had owned a 535 that felt like Mike Tyson slapped you ever time the trigger was pulled, helped in not ever getting one. nowadays it's a Stevens 301 I let do the talking
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No one fully understands a "kick" unless they have shot 3.5" out of a 535. 835 has nothing on them! And YES 835's kick hard!
 

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