Hello again, Just wanted to thank you'all for providing me with some feedback on the Benelli's cost. I was able to hunt with it this morning for the first time and man, what a shotgun. The hunting I do this time of year is CROWS, they are very hard on crop seedlings and also will seek out and destroy nest of ducks and other gamebirds. They are a very worthy adversary and from what I understand, one of the most intelligent birds of this continent. Anyway, my M2 performed flawlessly and was no doubt the smoothest weapon I have ever shouldered. I was shooting handloads-1 1/4oz #6's over 25gr of Winchester Superfield and the M2 digested them with the greatest of ease. I am very happy with my investment. Again, thanks for the feedback. ROB63