My nephew had one, and that idot decided he did not like deer hunting and sold it without giving me first chance. I hunted with it two years while he owned it, and really liked the rifle. I was teaching him how to deer hunt and that was the rifle my sister bought him to hunt with. So I spent a lot of time on the range with it, and hunted a couple days for those two years with it, every season. The pump was smooth and locked up tight and was a real fast shouldering accurate rifle. I have a couple 30-06's but would have still bought that one in a heart beat.....