lol, I cuss'em for their "so so" quality and if you are asking about buying a 835 for an all purpose shotgun I will STRONGLY steer you toward a 870 or even a Benelli Nova over the Mossberg. BUT if you are asking about the 835 strictly for turkeys then yeah go ahead and get one. I was talking the other day with our buyer (he was the one that got us all turned on too Hevi-Shot several years ago and then the Nitro's lastyear) he has done more testing with more guns and Hevi-Shot/Nitro loads than anyone else I know. He said that because of the 10ga back boring that the 835 uses that it is DEVASTATING on turkeys with Nitro loads (one of which is especially built for the 835!) and a .660 Rhino tube.

I have had a 835 quietly rusting in my gun room for years now (was dunked a couple of times during duck seasons past and never torn down and cleaned) I replaced it with a 870 SuperMag when they came out so the gun has been sitting for several years. Well lastnight I stayed up until almost 2am pulling EVER single piece down, cleaning the rust off and re-assembling the whole thing. LOL the hardest thing to get out was the barrel, luckily the choke tube wasnt stuck. Thank God they have an alloy reciever or it probably wouldve been trashcan city for this one. Anyway it is as clean and ready as it is going to be. The typically weak camo finish like all Mossbergs, is rusting and I will have to keep an eye on it. Under the rib especially, but being a turkey gun I dont care about looks so its probably gonna get primer and paint over the cleaned up rust spots!

It'll get a 45mm TruGlo on top, a Rhino tube in her big mouth, some 2 1/4oz triplex Nitros and its gonna be LIGHTS OUT city once again for this old rattle trap.
RA

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Oh yeah and she'll geta Sims recoil pad first thing this week. The 835 is absolutely MURDEROUS with turkey loads. I mean it kicks harder than my Warbird with the brake taken off!!! [:@]