You won't be disapointed in the 870 Express. I think I've had mine for about 18 years. The only problem I had was the wood forearm got soaked in a driving rain and when it dried out it split. I ordered a Remington synthetic stock and forearm from Cabelas for around $85. A few years ago when I got my 1187 the super mags just came out, I was wanting to buy one of those but couldn't find or Remington didn't have the rifled cantileverdeer barrel out yet. So I got the 3 inch SPS in synthetic stock and forearm.