870 Or 835....What To Get....
08-11-2004, 08:59 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: pa.
Posts: 1,115
RE: 870 Or 835....What To Get....
Whatever gun you decide on you will have to pattern it for turkey hunting. If the gun is not camoflauged you will have to do that also. Both will work very well for turkey as long as you do these two things. Good luck.
08-18-2004, 08:38 PM
#14
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 94
RE: 870 Or 835....What To Get....
I bought a remington 870 express super mag with synth stock that looks like wood, and couldn't be happier. The parkerize like finish on it stood up great during the wet/cold early turkey season we had in Michigan (I had ice forming on my muzzle on one morning.) I also used the "Ventilator" choke put out by remington which seemed to pattern well with 2.25 oz of #6.
08-19-2004, 03:18 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Posts: 3,171
RE: 870 Or 835....What To Get....
thats a tough one I'm stuck 50/50 between both, a 870 is a tough as nails gun but so is the mossberg, well if i had to boil it down Id like the 870 better because of the steel trigger guard and the mossbergs is Polymer plastic. But the mossberg with its over bored and ported barrel eases the heavy recoil of a 3.5 inch magnum better and Produces a tighter pattern. The mossberg is lighter in weight and is easier to lug around. Oh yea I just remembered why I dont like 870's the butt stock feels to small and skinny feels funny. I have no problems with mossbergs stocks they feel perfect but if I chose a 870 I would deffinately replace the stocks with something else probably butler creek or better yet Mossbergs replacement stock for the rem 870.
08-23-2004, 01:10 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SouthWest OH, Remington Country.
Posts: 2,058
RE: 870 Or 835....What To Get....
I dont like mossberg, just shot one on sunday that was an auto, 5500 and it just sucked!.........i would stick with the 870, great safety, smooth, and is just darn near indestructable
