I think I found my new gun

[eilybird]

I want a 31/2 but dont really want to spend alot of money. This weekend I found the Mossberg 835 utility mag. This gun is fully camod and suprisingly light. Walmart has them for 290.00 wich is I think a good price. So does anybody have one or heard good or bad. Thanks in advance for your comments.

[done workin]

From what I have heard over the last 3-4 years since their introduction (Or however long it's been), very good gun especially for the money.

I have heard more than one report say that it is a legitimate 50 yard turkey gun, and able to be stretched to 60 in the right hands with the right choke and load.

[mtgarman]

I have been using mine for the past 10 years or so. I have carried it in Kansas for pheasants and quail, turkeys in WV, and here in MD and in Colorado for ducks and geese. It gets a bit heavy lugging it around the prairie for four days but it shoots pretty well and I haven't had it jam on me yet. I also got a rifled barrel at Cabelas in their bargain cave and with a scope it is a good deer gun as well. For my money I am very pleased with it. A lot of folks look down on Mossbergs, but again for the money they are hard to beat.

[SuperSwabby]

I have a 870 and love it what i really like about it are the possiblitys are endless for barrels accessorys ect. although my favorite for duck and goose hunting has got to be my super black eagle but that cost four time as much as the mossberg

[Gary Gilliam]

I agree with mtgarman I have two mossberg 500 and have had one for ten yaers now and paid $100 for it. My dad sad it was a cheap gun when I bought it. And he was right. But my grand father told me the last time I took a turkey by his house "Son I bet you have killed a tractor trailer load of game with that d#m* pump gun havent you". I also have the rifled slug barrel topped with a Nikon straight 6 and like the man says for the money it is a great all around gun. I bought the second on because I thought the first one was worne out but I just needed a good cleaning.

[done workin]

The mossberg trophy slugster was the first real 150 yard slug gun when it was introduced, sold as a combo with the shot barrel it was unbeatable.

I currently shoot the Mossberg 695 bolt slug gun and would never think of shooting anything else. When shot using the Winchester Partition Golds, it is damn near the most accurate combo out there. According to the last side by side test I saw it was only beat out by the custom made Tar Hunt ($1000+). Groups were 1/4" smaller at 100yds.

Bottom line, mossberg makes a good gun.

[nchaput]

They may make a nice gun but I will say without a doubt that Remington makes the easiest guns to take apart and clean. I have 3 870's in 12, 16 and 20ga and I can take them apart and put them back together in the same amount of time it would take someone to dismantle and reassemble a mossberg. I have never had a problem with any of my shotguns and hopefully never will. My 12 is an express magnum (shoots 2 3/4 and 3") and my father got it for $150 in the box. Look for deals. Go to gun shows.
My $.02

[Dual Force]

I would go for the 870 Remington 3 1\2" .. You can find the Express model for the same cost of the 835 Moss. I have worn out one Moss. 500. replaced it with a 870 about 25 years ago.
I have never had one problem with it!!!

GO REMINGTON...

[getwood]

its a good gun and can handle most steel shot, but like any gun under a certian amount ,if you do alot of shooting you will ware it out, but most of us are seasonal shooters and i dont see a problem with the newer models of mossbergs you realy cant beat the price

[Jimmy Kipper]

This subject comes up at a good time for me because I am in the market for a new 3.5 pump. I've got two 870's and a 1187 that I am selling which are all in good shape, I just want to scale down the shotgun collection. I just want one shotgun. I've been looking at the 835 and the 3.5 870 and they both seem good and have their own little pluses. Any additional input from others is appreciated.

Jimmy