I' ve owned a Mossberg 835 and now own a Mossberg 500 and also a Benelli Nova. Of the three guns, the Benelli wins hands down in my opion. A great handling, shooting, feeling gun. Both of the Mossbergs have given me trouble, the 835 would fail to eject and the 500 fails to feed if shot more then twice with high brass. After that it has to be taken apart and cleaned throughly, then repeat after several shots. [:@] Need to send it back now that spring gobbler is over. I just got the Benelli right before spring gobbler and didn' t have it set up soon enough. I really enjoy though on the range