Here you go Matt. http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...p?Item=7962928

 

Mattsbox99-

What kind of ammunition do you recommend for the 500? I've heard of the 500's jamming like mad with 3" shells. Is this true? I'm fairly new to shotguns. I have a Ruger 10/22 .22 rifle for plinking, but I'm looking for a little more "BOOM", and skeet shooting looks like fun.

Should I look into the 500?

XXL

 

I have shot many different kinds of ammo and never had one jam, they might on something like a 3 1/2'' super turkey load but I don't think they would have any problem with a 3'' load. Also the 3'' and 3 1/2'' loads are pretty expensive and I shoot mostly 2 3/4" loads most of them are getting so cheap that its more expensive to handload. The only thing I would never shoot is somebody elses handloads. I have a good friend that was nearly killed when he shot a super hot load .44 magnum out of a Colt Python, the gun exploded. The load was given to him by another guy at the range who also happened to replace my friends revolver and pay for his hospital stay. I do not know the seller involved in that particular sale on gunbroker. There are a lot of other 835's and 500's and 590's on there so you can look around. Try and find something without a reserve. Also check your local pawn shops and make sure that you can have a gun checked by a qualified gunsmith before the deal is done. Mossbergs are truly great guns.

 

That's a good deal on the 835's. I didn't realize the base models came so cheap. $259 for the woodgrain and $349 for the camo at Walmart. I'm sure u can get it cheaper too.

 

do you have a dicks sporting goods near by they were on sale a few weeks ago for $279

 

10 Gauge Gold hunter

 

I started out with a Remington 870 Magnum Express in the black synthetic when they first came out. When Mossberg came out with the 835 in camo, I traded the 870 for it. I was very unimpressed with the Mossberg. The safety on it sucks compared to the 870. I had the Mossberg 500 for a short while. The thing to remember with it, is it is no where near the quality of the 870. That's why they have the 835. The 500 is just their cheap model for people who only want to spend 150 bucks for a shotgun.

I now shoot a Benelli Nova for duck and goose, and shoot my Remington 1100 for dove and quail, and have a Browning Superpose 12 gauge O/U that I shoot skeet, trap, and hunt pheasant with.

I definitely recommend the 870 over the 500.