I don' t think you can go wrong with the Mossberg 835. The Wingmaster 870 is/was a nice firearm. But I' m not impressed with the 870 express at all. I used to sell those for 219.00. We sold the 28" model 835 for 235.00. Camo stock and forend, dull black receiver and barrel, and it' s ported. You could use light loads for dove and quail, 3" mags for Duck, and 3.5" loads for Geese and Turkey. Everything you could want in one package.

I forgot to mention. The Mossberg 835 actually has a 10 gauge bore. So if you' re shooting lead, you get tighter patterns due to less pellet deformation and flyoff out of the pattern. I sold a bunch of those guns and never had anybody complain about them.