Benchmade are nice. Coldsteel is better. Automatic knifes are a gimic. They don't open any faster.
Buck makes a few good ones to. I carry a buck strider.
Give me 100 bucks at I'll mail you back. . And quit maxing out your smiley faces. I have to delete one of yours to put one of mine every time I want to be a smart azz.
How far are you shooting? And what shell/choke are you shooting now? I'm guess you have other shotguns that pattern better with the same shell/choke combo for you to say it sucks.
I've kill plenty of birds with my nova.
I've never had to defend myself off from bears before. But like I said, hard hitting (3 inch) and solid slugs. Chances of you have to shoot one will be slim to none. Black bears are more scared of you than you are for them.
I know 2 nova's and a supernova. At are great guns. I've had zero problems with any of them. I perfer my novas over my super. But like I said. All are great guns.
slugs would fine for black bear. Get some solids that won't expand. But, check your local laws. In my state, you can't have slugs on your person when turkey hunting.