been hunting canada`s ,snows , ducks in the most imaginable weather possible, purchased 3 rremington 11-87 2 of them 3 inch and 1 3.5 inch bought winchester sx2 3.5 inch this is in the past 18 years ....best buy was my first 11-87 in 3 inch and my sx2, problem was I am not a fan of maintaining my guns and neither are my partners (clean in beginning of season and and end of season), go through about 2 cases of shell in spring and about 3-4 cases od shell in the fall, the only guns that have never never mal-functioned were my buddies sbe and SBE 2, so after the money that I did on guns settled on max-4 sbe 2 28 inch, alot more money but in the first time I know this one will be an investment!!!