bought my versa max during dove season last year, had a browning maxus that i just couldn't shoot that well, before i go much further let me say i'm 51 yrs. old, dad took me to my first dove shoot when i was 7, in 44 yrs i have NEVER missed opening day of dove season, i mean NEVER!! i didn't care if i was sick, it's raining, whatever, i was shooting birds. we usually shoot every weekend during season, wouldn't be afraid to say i've probably killed more dove than some of you have ever seen, but getting back to the post... i love my VM... i'm not a big fella, 5'10 170lbs, never had a gun i could stand to shoot a 3 1/2 shell in but can shoot em in my VM with no problem, i've had probably every autoloader made at one time or another, benelli m1's, m2's, vinci, browning a5's, golds, u name it, i've had one... now i did have a problem with the VM shooting low right when i patterned it for turkey, sent it back to remington, they put a new barrel on it, had it back in about ten days, shooting straight. Now before i swear by it gonna have to shoot a few more thousand rounds through it, but so far, i'm HAPPY with it, those of you complaining bout how much they cost, if you can't afford it, maybe you oughta be workin' instead of huntin'