After ogling the 835s for years and reading and hearing nothing but good about them, I finally bought one at a very good price (new). Haven' t fired it yet as I' m waiting for some good weather to pattern it and sight it in (I added an Allen Turkey Taker).

I don' t have any use for the 3 1/2" loads, but I like the other features that weren' t on my 500. I have no doubt I' ll enjoy shooting it.