Mailman29680

If I were buying a gun today I'd spend the extra money.
I have had trouble with my 835 but was lucky it never cost me a bird.
I use the 9200 for sentimental reasons.

Go Benelli

KYhunter14

Mailman,

Just curious as to what problems you have had with your 835. I bought one in late spring and planned on hunting with it this spring, unless of course you have some nightmare story that scares me into getting something else.

Thanks

snowdog2

If I were to invest in an exclusively turkey gun, I think I would seriously consider a 10 gauge over/under, pump or autoloader. Why not? Those 12s are just 10 gauge wannabes, half the time you're sitting when you're turkey hunting, so the extra weight of a ten gauge is not as much a burden as it would be if you were lugging the gun through the grouse woods, pheasant swamps, woodcock coverts or quail country. A buddy has one and he kills 'em dead with the 10 gauge, not a lot of floppin around. Boom! and they're down. To me, the only real drawback to a 10 gauge is a lack of a variety of available name brands and action types.

If I were to invest in a shotgun principally for turkeys but also for ducks/geese, I would probably get a camoclad over/under, still probably in 10 gauge, but if not, for sure capable of 3 1/2" 12 gauge, and then have it backbored, ported, with recoil reducer(s), sling and probably a quick mount/take off Holosight for the turkey times. I'd want screw in chokes and run my turkey setup full or extra full on the under barrel and modified on the over barrel, for the 20 yarders (over barrel) and the 40 yarders (under barrel) and the 20 yarders that are now 40 yarders (over, then under) because I missed with my first shot!!! To me, the main drawback to a 10 gauge for ducks/geese is shell cost, as I can usually find suitable case lots of 3" 12 gauge steel for under $6.00 per box, after rebates, but can't come close to that in 10 gauge.

Mailman29680

I have an older one and when I eject the shell I just shot,sometimes the next shell ejects.

Now,
a reason may be the fact that I do not clean my weapons enough.
Looking for a self cleaning one.LOL

For the $$$ the 835 is a great turkey gun.

Beard Buster

I will stick to my winchester 1300. It is very reliable and It gets the job done well. I have never had a problem with it and I am very satisfied. I will hopefully have that gun till the day that I die.