I have only had one for about 35 years and have run a tremendous amount of shot and powder through it. Made the mistake of letting a seriously over-rated choke tube installer put tubes in it last year. Thinking the full tubes too tight for steel...
Anyway, it has killed a barge-load of geese, ducks, turkeys, cranes; called coyotes, foxes, and wolves; feral pigs; and a few other things I would prefer not to admit to...
I have seen most of them going for over a grand here, but they are used here for shooting wolves from the air and are very hard to find.
I do not believe I have ever had a failure to feed or function with mine.
