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I have several SBE's and they are great guns. Also love my SX3. The new A5 is attractive but from what I've heard and read, the 3.5" A5 should be avoided. Lots of cycling problems.

I have a good buddy with a 3" A5 and he loves it. Shoots a fair amount of heavy (waterfowl) loads through it (1.5-2 cases/year) and it goes boom every time. He was the one who alerted me to the issue with the 3.5" guns.