The browning is one of the, if not best pumps out there. The only disadvantage I can think of is that its a bit cumbersome for shooting trap with the bottom loading. You have to push the slide forward about 1/2" to collapse the elevator and thumb a shell into the chamber, which also makes your thumb dirty. I used a Wingmaster for trapshooting for about 15 years and find it (the 870) much more intuitive to use for trapshooting. For sporting clays, a pump in the right hands doesn't give up anything to an autoloader, so long as you don't short stroke it. I've had people comment that I shoot my browning faster than they can shoot their gas guns.