I think someone just doesn't know Peas from Carrots, when it comes to downgrading the MOSSBERG shotgun! I love my Browning Gold and my Remington 1100's (all 5 of them) however I defend my home with a Mossberg shotgun with double slides.
I remember when a few years ago, the Mossberg 12ga pumpgun was the only shotgun that met the requirements of the Army or Marines!!! At least a 1/3 of all duck hunters in Arkansas and Kansas use a Mossberg pump shotgun.....FACT.
If I where in the military and having to go through the jungle, wet conditions everyday or blowing sand in the desert, I would certainly pick the Mossberg pump shotgun hands down over any other make on the market bare-none.