BOUGHT NEW SHOTGUN. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CHOICE?

[Huntsalotey]

I am new to shotgunning. I have had two shotguns in my lifetime. I had a .410 that my dad got me when I was young and still have put away till my 3 year old boy gets ready. I had a 12 ga. Eastfield model 916 that Dad got me for my 13th birthday. No longer have it.
Well I wanted to get a new shotgun for all around shooting and shotgunning and to use for Turkey hunting. Not primarily a Turkey gun, but one I could use. I wanted it to be accurate and hold tight patterns. Being new to shotguns I did not have any experience to draw from. I went to my dealer and looked used. He had 1 870 Rem express in 12 ga. with 28 inch barrel. The receiver and barrel looked good but the stock and forearm was wore pretty good. It would have to be redone on the wood to look good. He had 1 Winchester 1300 12 ga. with 28 inch barrel. It was the Ranger model. The wood looked good on it, but the receiver and barrel was rusted. Not completely but a considerable amount. He said you could get it off with oil and steel wool but to keep it off you would have to re blue it. And he had 1 Mossberg model 835 ulti-mag 12 ga. with 28 inch barrel and the barrel was ported and overbored, whatever that means. It looked brand new. If you held it beside a new one you could not tell it apart. Even the ejection port metal that is silver was still brightly polished and silver with no spotting. It has the Accu-Mag choke.
The Remington was 219.00 The Winchester was 175.00 and the Mossberg was 199.00. Of course that was priced to me. The tickets were more. Anyways I choose the Mossberg. It had the ventilated rib also and he said the ported barrel would cut down on recoil. Do you think I made a wise choice based on the 3 shotguns? Again I have no shotgun experience.
Also, what is the Accu-Mag choke? Is it full or what? Would it be fine for Turkey hunting? Thanks
Whitey

[Clint.]

I have a Mossie 835 with the screw in chokes. My barrel is a shorter one though. I like it. Shoots where I point it and has given great service.

Clint

[halcon]

If you like the gun that is the main thing . Stop second guessing yourself and enjoy it . I'm guilty of doing the same thing at times .

[bigbulls]

Yes I think you made a good choice. I have the 1300 and Mossberg 500 and both of them function just fine.

The over bore on the 835 simply means that the inside diameter of the barrel is larger than a standard 12 ga. barrel. Mossberg does this because of the 3.5 inch shells that the 835 uses. It is suppose to produce tighter patterns, less recoil, and less shot deformation compared to the same shell in the standard barrel because the load isn't as constricted when it is traveling down the barrel.

If I remember correctly it is very close to, or is, the same diameter as a standard 10 ga. barrel


Accu-mag choke is simply Mossbergs name designated for their screw in chokes on the 835 only. So you can change the chokes from one to another depending on what you are doing with the gun at any particular time. The chokes for the model 500 are designated accu-choke with the "mag" left off. If you ever buy any chokes for the gun you must buy the accu-mag chokes because the 835 has a larger bore diameter than the 500.

[semi]

I have a mossberg 500 and i think it's a great shotgun. The thing has been thru the ringer and has never let me down.

[ARSAKO]

If you like it stick to it and dont listen to anyone telling you its not good enough!

[dvdegeorge]

Great turkey gun,get yourself an undertaker choke tube,it will tighten your pattern right up.