RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?
Unless you absolutely have to shoot 3.5" shells, I would go with a Benelli Super 90. I have had one since 1995 and have shot THOUSANDS of rounds through it without a hiccup. Several years ago, I got heavy into skeet and sporting clays and loaded the lightest 7/8 oz loads that I could due to volume shooting, and they cycled fine in my gun. I have friends that shoot Super Black Eagles and love them, but some SBE's are a little finicky on light loads. My Super 90 will cycle anything from 3" magnum buckshot to super light 7/8 oz target loads.