and I can do twice as good a job cleaning my stoeger in half the time as you can ANY gas operated system.
You must not have ever cleaned a gas gun like the Beretta Xtrema, Franchi 600,700, or 900 series, or a Weatherby SAS. The Stoeger and Franchi I-12 may be the easiest to clean semi autos but no where near twice as fast.
The Stoeger and SBE II are not really that similar other than Beretta owns both and the are Inertia operated. The Stoeger is lighter in weight than the SBE's or even M1 and M2. The recoil spring is around the magazine tube on the Stoger unlike Benelli's stock mounted assembly. At almost 1/3 of the price of a Benelli they are a good gun for the money. Quality is not as high on the Stoeger as a Benelli, but again neither is the price.