i have one that i won at the nwtf convention. sweet gun and nice changes over some of the older models. its quieter with the slides and the trigger is nice and crisp with the lpa syatem. its still and 835 tho..as in it still kicks like the rest!
it shoots very well too. i have shot a lot through it since i have gotten it. my favorite loads through it are the nitros and the hevi 13 7s. tss is also another load that works wonders in that gun.
the short bbl 835 will shoot with any out there...dont let others tell you that they will not pattern good with the shorter bbls..cause they are wrong. they shoot just as good as any. i have 3..2 with 20" bbls and one 28". i was testing loads and chokes in all 3 one afternoon and the 20s outshot the 28...by very little, but still.
you cant go wrong with one i dont think. my gun came with the truglow red dot and i ordered a pistol grip fot it as well. let me warn ya about the pistol grip ( it comes on the model 500 guns)..it you are shooting a red dot, you will need something to raise the comb. i had to lift my head off the stock to get the full picture in the scope and it rocked my world...badly. it busted my mouth up pretty bad...yea, kinda embarassing. putting your head down like normal puts you looking down the rib good, but with the scope, you head has to come up a little. its not as bad with the standard stock, but with the pistol grip it was worse for me. the thumbhole model needs a little head lift for a scope as well for me too.
all in all, it is a great gun and you cant go wrong with it. it is a turkey killing machine and will throw some of the best patterns you can get when set up correctly. here are a few of the hevi 13 7 patterns from mine
308 in a 10" at 40 with hevi 13 7s
51013 nitro 4x5x7..368 in a 10 at 40
i have better patterns on my phone with the hevi 13 7s..but it crashed out on me and my pics are not in photobucket
here are some other patterns
