835 Ultra Mag
11-04-2003, 10:14 PM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Juneau Alaska USA
Posts: 157
RE: 835 Ultra Mag
I bought one of the first 835s to be sold up here in my neck of the woods. I' ve used it for everything (including a couple of deer with slugs). I have given this one a lot of punishment, and I find they are pretty tough shotguns. You will hear complaints about the Safety buttons falling off, or that the fore-end is always loose and rattling, but I have never had a miss-fire or a problem getting shells to cycle.
Right now I' ve got a Mossberg Ulti-full choke screwed into the original un-ported barrel, and I shoot Win. 3.5" in 5 shot. I' ve got a decent pattern out to 35 yards, but am considering a Rhino choke/Nitro ammo combination. That, and a new Red-Dot scope of some kind, and I will be set. Oh, and I would invest in the Limbsaver recoil pad if I were you - it makes a big difference when you are shooting patterning holes in paper!
Right now I' ve got a Mossberg Ulti-full choke screwed into the original un-ported barrel, and I shoot Win. 3.5" in 5 shot. I' ve got a decent pattern out to 35 yards, but am considering a Rhino choke/Nitro ammo combination. That, and a new Red-Dot scope of some kind, and I will be set. Oh, and I would invest in the Limbsaver recoil pad if I were you - it makes a big difference when you are shooting patterning holes in paper!
11-05-2003, 05:07 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gray East TN USA
Posts: 288
RE: 835 Ultra Mag
Hey YH, try the Remington hevi shot with the factory choke. My wife shoots these in 3.5 inch (1 7/8 oz. load) and they shoot really well and the recoil is about the same as a 3" lead load. Patterns were much better than the lead. She took 2 nice gobblers this past spring with it and the gun and load worked really well.
11-13-2003, 06:42 PM
#13
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warner Robins, Georgia
Posts: 198
RE: 835 Ultra Mag
It seems that the Remington heavy shot is the way to go with this shotgun. We are in the middle of deer season here in Georgia, but as soon as it is over in January, I will definitely be out patterning the gun with this load. Good luck to you fall hunters who are still hunting!!
11-14-2003, 11:32 AM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Chester County Pennsylvania
Posts: 869
RE: 835 Ultra Mag
The advice that I would give ya is First try shooting the Extra-Full factory choke with alot of different brands and loads. I shoot an 835 and found that winchester number five shot patterned the best outta it. I have shot many turks with it and haven' t had any problems at all with the factory choke. I shot atleast five different shot sizes and all of the ammo manufactures.
11-14-2003, 03:33 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waipahu HI USA
Posts: 2,915
RE: 835 Ultra Mag
As for shot to use: Hevi-shot. It' ll reach out and thump " someone" !
(Don' t open a shell and look at it thought. You' be be scared to fire it. " snowmen, blobs & footballs" )
(Don' t open a shell and look at it thought. You' be be scared to fire it. " snowmen, blobs & footballs" )
