I recently bought a SBE. Only got to hunt dove with it so far. I only got to hunt 2 days and did not break it in with two boxes of 3" like the store and manufactures book said to. I did have some jamming with the cheap light loads. I shot a couple 3" through it with no problems. Looking forward to duck season. It will definately be broke in then. I wanted the 3 1/2 for turkey. And my mouth started watering when I held it and I got a little carried away. I do not remember what the MI cost but I wanted to buy one shotgun for all my needs and the SBE did it. I'm sure that they are both great guns. Although I am also sure that they are both over priced!