I just meant that you are probably looking for more opinions than just mine is all.

I am not going to sit here and tell you a 180 dollar H&R is everything a benelli is, that is not the case at all. However I feel the Nova's are a cheap version of a benelli and really should not be compared to the expensive autos that the name conjures up when you hear it. Not that the Nova is a bad gun by any means.

The H&R's feel different because they are lighter and the balance is different. They will also kick harder because they are lighter. You can add weight to them though. I don't think you will notice the recoil in the field at all.

My personal opinion is for what you want the tracker would be a better gun for less than what a barrel would cost for your Nova. The advantage would be the quick follow up shot the nova could give you. If you had a mossberg or something and you could get a barrel for 150 bucks or something I would tell you to go that route. But if the barrels are 3 or 4 hundred for a benelli I don't see the justification in the price vrs getting a different rifle. Heck for that kind of money you could almost get a Savage slug gun.

One of the nice things about the H&R's is they are stupid simple. There is really nothing to them. Which means there is very little to go wrong with them. And if you get one from the factory I think you can even have them do a trigger job on it before you get it. No clue to what it would cost though. The H&Rs are built so well you could probably beat a deer to death with one, or slam it against a tree and it would still work fine.

Paul