835 garbage?

[Carlos]

That's the thing. You don't notice it. And yes, if it shot 4", I'd be using them too. I'm not going to go so far as to say the ones that feel it kicks hard sit to pee...but their husbands might...

I'm JK with y'all, no offense meant to the Men & Women who just can't grip it and rip it.

 

[BigJohnJTP]

I have a 3.5 inch capable single shot break action something-or-other old beat up 12 GA. gun that I thought would be a good to "leave-in-the-truck" as a "SHTF emergency gun." I had a gunsmith cut the barrel down to about 19 inches making it very light. I took it to the range to test it and shot it ONCE. I thought for a second I might have both broken my nose and dislocated my should at the same time! I have no plans to EVER shoot it again at ANYTHING with 3.5 inch shells. I even thought I might should put a warning label on it.

 

[cbhunter]

No joke. I was patterning 3.5s out of mine way back in the day and I almost lost my grip on a shot and barrel about kicked me in the @ss.

Mine sure smacked them turkeys hard but I traded it for a gun cabinet that is less violent towards me


Quick back story…dad made me the gun cabinet, made out of all cedar. Went through a divorce and my ex b*%ch sold it in the brief time I was out of the home (got home back). I seen it 6 months or so later for sale on CL but financially couldn't afford it at that time. The guy selling it had bought it from a resell shop that my ex sold it to. So no fault of his


A couple years went by and I seen it on CL again and was able to trade for it

 

[wcw280]

Glad there are people that like em. I wouldn't have one.

 

[knightrider]

Im ashamed to say how many i currently own and how many ive owned over the years. I love them but have retired to a 20 in my old age

 

[TnKen]

The first turkey I killed was with my 835. I was excited when I flipped the safety off and wrapped my thumb around the stock. When I touched off the 3.5 my thumb recoiled into my nose making my eyes all glassy like getting punched. I ran up to the flopping bird tripping and dodging trees because I couldn't see clearly.

 

[redblood]

Crude, heavy and effective. Hillbilly hunter has one since they came out and it has presided over many a turkey funeral

 

[Gravey]

What a bunch of pansies, yall probably sit down to pee too, right?



I've never noticed the 3.5" kicking much at all.

If they made a 4" model- I'd probably be shooting it.

I never noticed it when killing a turkey but I hated to pattern that son of a gun!

 

[tellico4x4]

I never noticed it when killing a turkey but I hated to pattern that son of a gun!

Thats what grandsons are for

 

[Gravey]

Thats what grandsons are for

I'd have to borrow one because I don't have any yet.

 

[2HUNT]

When I started turkey hunting, my buddy said I needed a single shot 10 gauge H&R, so that is what I got. Then I stepped up to an 835 in the early 90's and never looked back. It was a cream puff compared to the 10!

 

[Popcorn]

What a bunch of pansies, yall probably sit down to pee too, right?



I've never noticed the 3.5" kicking much at all.

If they made a 4" model- I'd probably be shooting it.

You tell em! It's an 835

not a 6.5…

 

[19_A_CPT]

Ok one question, Who the hell is sitting around shaking their gun so muchin the woods?

Michael J Fox is very disappointed in you right now.

 

[knightrider]

Michael J Fox is very disappointed in your right now.

 

[Rakkin6]

No one fully understands a "kick" unless they have shot 3.5" out of a 535. 835 has nothing on them! And YES 835's kick hard!

I was gonna say the same thing but you beat me to it. Very first turkey hunt I ever bought was back in 2010. I started hunting turkey at about 30 years old and I am self taught. But I bought the Mossberg 535 turkey thug and some 3.5" Winchester Double XX Turkey shells. I shot two rounds and said #$&@ no. It rattled my sphincter, 100% the hardest kicking gun I have ever shot in my life and I have shot some large caliber guns. Needless to say I dropped down to some 3" winchester longbeards. But I will say with a .660 Indian Creek I would put that gun against any other gun with lead or TSS. With #9 TSS in either a 2 3/4" or 3" shell it's amazing. I still pattern it every year for a backup and carry it occasionally and the only way I will get rid of it is to a family member. That's a pattern at 45 yards with 3",#9 TSS and an Indian Creek .660. That's not my gun but that's the exact model I have.

 

[Woodsman10]

Fightin words around here. Every turkey I've ever killed going on 23 years of hunting them has been down the bead of my 835. When I say you couldn't give me a gun to replace it, I mean it. Mines been beat, submerged, ran over, used to clear paths, used as an oar, been frozen, fell over, dropped, dirty, abused…. And functioned better than new every single time. No shotgun made could handle the abuse an 835 will take. I shoot 3" shells in mine, I don't think the recoil is any different than 3" shells in my 1187 that flash rusts if it whiffs outside air. The safety location is so much better than the Remingtons, same reason I went mossberg for my home defense gun. And rattles? The tiniest bit of paying attention resolves any rattles… but then again I drive a 97 f350 daily so maybe I'm desensitized a bit. One thing for sure, Donald Trump was right when he said the 835 was the greatest turkey killer ever produced

Hahahaa

MAGA- Mossbergs Are Great Americans

 

[grill-n-man2]

The only ones I can think of that would even remotely say a Mossberg 835 is junk are the ones that would check the non binary box under sex on a background check form

 

[shooterjr]

Great one shot turkey guns. Not great for ducks or another mid to high volume shooting. There are some decent ones out there that will stand up to volume shooting, but not many. We would not work in them in the shop, and many came in with issues. Never had an 870 or BPS with a functional issue come in for repair.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Great one shot turkey guns. Not great for ducks or another mid to high volume shooting. There are some decent ones out there that will stand up to volume shooting, but not many. We would not work in them in the shop, and many came in with issues. Never had an 870 or BPS with a functional issue come in for repair.

NEVER had an 870… but had MANY 835's? My sample size is extremely small… but I have two broke 870's and a broke 1100 hanging up… one functional 1187 and 3 functioning mossbergs

 

[deerhunter10]

Great one shot turkey guns. Not great for ducks or another mid to high volume shooting. There are some decent ones out there that will stand up to volume shooting, but not many. We would not work in them in the shop, and many came in with issues. Never had an 870 or BPS with a functional issue come in for repair.

I've seen more issues with 870s more then any other pumps. Including the paper weight I had.