if you want the best of the best the benelli super black eagle(think thats the 3 1/2 incher...) is hard to beat..but than again i used my mossberg 500 my dad got me used for everything but quail u mentions plus pheasants..chuckars...squirrells..grouse..rabbits and probally more...sure i can only throw a 3 inch mag but ive never needed more...sure with the 3 1/2 incher yo ucan reach out a little farther but to me turkey hunting(where the extra range and 3 1/2 inchers are used most) i want the bird close as possible just for the thrill...theres nothin fun about poking one 65yds out...now get him at 12 steps gobbling and strutting around then you get a good show...but thats me...i havent hear much on the 11-87s so i cant say..i know a bunch of guys the shoot SBEs and love them...ive shot a few and i like them..they shoot good and i hunted with a guy the took his out for a few diffrent game in some diffrent weather conditions and it always functioned...nice light guns...but they come with a nice price tag....its all on what you want..the guys i know shoot 1000s of rounds a year and a cheap gun just wont hold up..i mean ive shoot a few 1000 rds out of the 500 but i guess thats all luck? everyone tells me what junk they are when im hunting beside them and the miss and i have to back them up and bag the bird...hmmmm...lol...really its all on what you want/need...theres alot of nice shotguns out there..id go to the biggest gunshop around and ask him what he recomends and play with a few and see what you like....you get a 3 1/2 inch mag with changable chokes your det for anything youd want...even big game....but you might not need a 3 1/2 incher..i duno much about goose and duck hunting maybe you need them..i always carry 3s and do ok...