This is going to be a stupid question but what advantage does the overbore barrel give the 835?bownut said:both are great guns, with the slight edge going to the Mossberg if you want to shoot steel shot, with it's overbore barrel. I don't necessarily agree the Rem's are "built better", and I'm a BIG remington fan. I have an 870 supermag and love it, never had an issue. I have shot the 835, but don't shoot it as well. The Mossbergs fit me differently than the Remingtons and I shoot the Remingtons MUCH better as a result...
Pick whichever fits YOU best...can't go wrong with either one.
Right from the mossberg website:SgtUSMC said:This is going to be a stupid question but what advantage does the overbore barrel give the 835?bownut said:both are great guns, with the slight edge going to the Mossberg if you want to shoot steel shot, with it's overbore barrel. I don't necessarily agree the Rem's are "built better", and I'm a BIG remington fan. I have an 870 supermag and love it, never had an issue. I have shot the 835, but don't shoot it as well. The Mossbergs fit me differently than the Remingtons and I shoot the Remingtons MUCH better as a result...
Pick whichever fits YOU best...can't go wrong with either one.
I just got the 835 and was thinking about trading it in for a supermag. The newer ones fit me a lil bit better with that longer forend that goes all the way to the receiver. I'm used to shooting a semi and keep my front hand pretty much at the edge of receiver and forend on that.
With the mossy, I've been practicing pulling up with my front hand out farther, may sound dumb but its alot different than what I'm used to.
My buddy has an old smoothbore deerslayer that he drilled and tapped, and mounted a scope. He shoots the $4 a box Rem Sluggers into a ragged hole at 100 yards all day. I just never found a gun that liked the rifled slugs or beleive me I would definitely be saving the money and using rifled slugsStogey said:I like the older 870's. Like 'em so much I durrently own 3 of them. A buddy of mine has an 870 with the smmooth bore slug barrel. It loves winchester rifled slugs. Can touch holes at 100 yards on paper with it. Enjoy the 835.